China: Transición de un poder continental a un poder marítimo
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La presente investigación analiza el proceso de transición en marcha, mediante el cual el gigante asiático pretende convertirse en un poder marítimo, considerando su estatus actual de potencia continental debido a su incomparable crecimiento económico, tecnológico y militar durante las últimas tres décadas. En ese sentido, busca asegurar sus líneas de comunicaciones para alimentar su omnívora producción industrial y, a la vez, proyectar su influencia a escala global. Para ello será necesario describir teorías geopolíticas clásicas como las del Heartland, el Rimland y el Poder Naval, para posteriormente contraponerlas en el escenario geopolítico regional de Eurasia, fuertemente influenciado por los Estados Unidos de América, de tal forma que nos permita entender el comportamiento e intenciones de la China para alcanzar el estatus de potencia marítima.
This research analyzes the ongoing transition process through the Asiatic giant pretends to become a maritime power considering its current continental power status due to its remarkable economic, technological, and military growing during the last three decades. Likewise, China seeks to ensure main lines of communications, which allows to feed its omnivorous industrial manufacturing while projecting its influence globally. Therefore, it will be necessary to describe classical geopolitical theories such as Heartland, Rimland, and Sea Power to overlap them with the Eurasia regional scenario, strongly influenced by the U.S. in order to understand the China’s behavior and intentions to reach the maritime power status.
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