China's strategists worry at the vulnerability of their economy to maritime corridors, such as the Strait of Malacca, which they think America's superior navy could choke at will.

中国战略家担心中国经济容易受海上走廊（例如马六甲海峡）的风吹草动影响，他们认为美国的超级海军可以任意掐断这些走廊。

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Smaller Asian navies are expanding as a counterbalance to the big powers, and they have an interest in keeping hands off the choke-point of the Malacca Strait.

其他亚洲小型海军的扩张，只是为了保持与大国的军事平衡，它们愿意把手从马六甲海峡的瓶颈处移开。

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For years, the Strait of malacca-a narrow but vital waterway between Malaysia and indonesia-was bedeviled by buccaneers.

多年以来，马六甲海峡——一条狭窄但至关重要的航路，处于马来西亚和印度尼西亚之间——海盗猖獗肆虐。

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Last autumn, the Japanese-owned Tenyu sailed out of the Malacca Strait bound for South Korea with 1, 500 tonnes of aluminium ingots.

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The island city-state sits at the mouth of the strategically vital Strait of Malacca.

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Of the 74, 000 vessels, carrying one-third of global seaborne trade, that passed through the Strait of Malacca last year, most also plied the South China Sea.

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