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China recognises India's special role in stabilising the strategic Indian Oceanregion but the perception that it is India's "backyard" may result in clashes, Chinese military officials and experts have cautioned.
"The word backyard is not very appropriate to use for an open sea and international areas of sea," Senior Captain Zhao Yi, Associate Professor of the Institute of Strategy in China's National Defence University, said during a rare candid interaction with the resident Indian journalists here and a visiting Indian media delegation.
Indian Ocean not India's backyard, says China | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis
"The word backyard is not very appropriate to use for an open sea and international areas of sea," Senior Captain Zhao Yi, Associate Professor of the Institute of Strategy in China's National Defence University, said during a rare candid interaction with the resident Indian journalists here and a visiting Indian media delegation.
Indian Ocean not India's backyard, says China | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis