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China's land reclamation efforts in the disputed South China Sea may eventually become the nation's first island chain, allowing the nation to contain the US military facilities in Australia according to the Japan Military Review, a defense magazine based in Tokyo.
Saburo Tanaka, a Japanese expert in Chinese military development said that the US bases in Australia have become the primary concern of the People's Liberation Army. With the land reclamation projects in the disputed region, China is capable of defending its maritime supply line in the north of the Strait of Malacca while preventing the US Pacific Fleet from entering the South China Sea from the Celebes Sea according to the article.
Read the full story at Want China Times