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Scholik, Nikolaus: Seemacht im 21. Jahrhundert – Handbuch & Lexikon

Ou, Si-Fu: China’s A2AD and Its Geographic Perspective

Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI): "The PLA Navy - New Capabilites and Missions for the 21st Century" , 2015
http://www.oni.navy.mil/Portals/12/Intel%20agencies/China_Media/2015_PLA_NAVY_PUB_Print_Low_Res.pdf?ver=2015-12-02-081233-733

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/plan-doctrine-offshore.htm

Bernard D. Cole: Reflections on China’s Maritime Strategy: Island Chains and the Classics
https://www.usnwc.edu/Academics/Faculty/Derek-Reveron/Workshops/Maritime-Security,-Seapower,---Trade/Maritime-Working-Papers/cole-island-chains.aspx

NAVAL WAR COLLEGE REVIEW, Spring 2008, Volume 61, Number 2
https://web.archive.org/web/20080624212954/www.nwc.navy.mil/press/review/documents/NWCRSP08.pdf

http://www.nvr.navy.mil/NVRSHIPS/FLEETSIZE.HTML

http://www.navy.mil/navydata/nav_legacy.asp?id=146

FUELLING THE DRAGON - Natural resources and China’s development, Australian Strategic Policy Institute

US Navy: A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower
https://web.archive.org/web/20090227115427/http://www.navy.mil/maritime/MaritimeStrategy.pdf

Department of Defense: Quadrennial Defense Review Report - 2006
http://archive.defense.gov/pubs/pdfs/QDR20060203.pdf

Evans, Damon: China's Oil Imports Will Keep Surging, Rebalancing Global Markets; Forbes; Sep 14, 2016
https://www.forbes.com/sites/damonevans/2016/09/14/chinas-oil-imports-will-keep-surging-rebalancing-global-markets/#34834d3d3483

Bloomberg News: China Crude Output Drops to 6-Year Low as Giants Shut Fields; September 13, 2016
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-13/china-oil-output-drops-to-6-year-low-as-state-giants-shut-fields

http://converticious.com/area-square_nautical_mile-to-square_kilometer

http://www.defensenews.com/articles/us-navys-new-fleet-goal-355-ships

Mazza, Michael: With Rodrigo Duterte In Power, What Hope Is There For U.S.-Philippines Relations?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/insideasia/2017/05/04/trumps-white-house-invitation-to-philippines-president-rodrigo-duterte-foolish-or-forward-thinking/#19efa2ca25ef

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