Control of Key Maritime Straits ' China's Global Strategic Objective

Abstract

This document signifies China's decision to become a global hegemon. With its issue this Chinese African-Eurasian "silk bridge" strategy redirected geopolitical analysts' attention away from another Beijing's strategic objective: control of key maritime straits, especially those featuring "maritime chokepoints", where concentrations of commercial and military naval routes flow. Which are the main maritime straits covered by the Chinese "offensive"? What are the geostrategic implications of this approach?