TY - BOOK AU - Coutansais,Cyrille P. TI - China Reflected in the Sea PY - 2010///. N1 - 45 N2 - The ocean is the source of great power: from the Spain of Charles V to the United State and passing to the British empire, the principle always proved itself. China is no exception to the rule. Ignored by successive governments over a long period, China now reveals its maritime vocation as a mirror that shows how Beijing perceives itself, its ambitions but also its deficiencies China is attempting to emerge as a major world maritime power, although it can not, so far, claim that title… UR - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-internationale-et-strategique-2010-2-page-28?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080 ER -