CONTENTS: Tables and Figures, Abbreviations, Introduction, 1. China’s Grand Military Strategy, 2. China’s Military Modernisation: Theory and Practice, 3. China’s Air and Naval Capabilities, 4. China and the Indian Ocean, 5. PLAN’s Basing Strategy in the IOR: The ‘String of Pearls’, 6. China’s MSR Asset Accumulations in the IOR, 7. PLAN’s Indian Ocean Strategy Under Xi Jinping, 8. A Comparison of the PLAAF’s and IAF’s Assets in the Indian Ocean, 9. Conclusion, Index.