As China emerges as a trading giant (one increasingly dependent on imported oil), a few of its military analysts talk about the need to protect distant sea lanes in the Malacca Strait and beyond.
ECONOMIST: China's military might
And the United States objected last summer when China defined its "core interests" as including the distant waters of the South China Sea.
CNN: Don't fear the rise of China
Consider a relevant example in the not-so-distant past when technology and engineering unlocked the geophysical abundance of the North Sea.
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The sea offers space, a view to a distant horizon, a physical perspective less oppressive than hard-edged close-up urban architecture.
BBC: Alone at the seaside
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