Untuk mengakhiri tulisan ini, izinkan saya mengutip satu kalimat dari Buku Putih Pertahanan China yang sungguh-sungguh harus kita pahami maknanya; "The traditional mentality that land outweighs sea must be abandoned, and great importance has to be attached to managing the seas and oceans and protecting maritime rights and interests."
Referensi:
Andrew S. Erickson, China's Maritime Ambitions (Ch8), The Routledge Handbook of Asian Security Studies (2nd ed.). Routledge, 2018.
James Kraska & Michael Monti, The Law of Naval Warfare and China's Maritime Militia, vol. 91, Stockton Center for the Study of International Law, 2015.
Jennifer Rice & Erik Robb, China Maritime Report No. 13: The Origins of Near Seas Defence and Far Seas Protection, U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons. https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1012&context=cmsi-maritime-reports
Kennedy, C. M., & Erickson, A. S. (n.d.). China maritime report no. 1: China's Third Sea Force, the People's Armed Forces Maritime Militia: Tethered to the pla. U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons. https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cmsi-maritime-reports/1/
