China develops sea power

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Robert D. Kaplan, While U.S. is distracted, China develops sea power.
Washington Post, Sept. 26, 2010 (available now).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/24/AR2010092404767.html?sub=AR
("Whereas an island nation such as Britain goes to sea as a matter of course
, a continental nation with long and contentious land borders, such as China
, goes to sea as a luxury. ")

My comment:
(a) The commentary states, "China has the world's second-largest naval
service, after only the United States. "

I assume the author means the number of ships, instead of quality. I mean,
UK and France has aircraft carriers and real blue water navies.

(b) The "hence" in "a decade hence" is an adverb defined as "from this time."
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