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See "The Long March to be a Superpower: China's Military Might," The Economist, 4 August 2007, p. 20; Robert Kaplan, "America's Elegant Decline," The Atlantic Monthly, (November 2007), pp. 104-112. See "Into the Wide Blue Yonder; Asia's Navies," The Economist, 7 June 2008, p. 6; Ronald O'Rourke, "China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S ... ................
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