1、F e b r u a r y 1,2 0 1 3About this publicationThe bulletin series provides timely analysis and information on security issues in the east and South China Seas.For further information,please contact infocnas.org.by Zachary M.Hosford and ely ratnere a S T a n d S o u T H C H i n a S e a S b u L L e T
2、 i n 8The Challenge of Chinese Revisionism:The Expanding Role of Chinas Non-Military Maritime VesselsRecent actions by Chinas non-military law enforcement vessels pose one of the most immediate threats to peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region.Although the high-end capabilities of the People
3、s Liberation Army(PLA)preoccupy U.S.strategists and planners,Beijing is actively deploying ships from its maritime agencies to forcefully advance sovereignty claims in waters currently outside its administrative control.To this end,Chinese maritime law enforcement ships have been harassing legitimat
4、e foreign commercial and military vessels,occupying waters that surround disputed land features and making provocative incursions into the territorial waters of neighboring states.Chinas willingness to use these vessels in assertive ways presents a fundamental evolution in Beijings efforts to redraw
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