INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS China builds Great Wall in the South China Sea*

The landmass of Eurasia is dominated by two great powers, namely Russia and China. They are both continental powers and their maritime experience is limited.
Russia is largely confined to the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea and ports in the Russian Far East, which are often iced in for a great part of the year. China, under the Ming and Ching Dynasties, restricted the use of naval power. The voyages of Admiral Cheng Ho in the early Ming Dynasty, though fruitful, were an aberration.
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