I mean the seas around china are dominated by the US Navy, we effectively have a ring of allied bases around them. Use of those seas is because the US allows i

I mean the seas around china are dominated by the US Navy, we effectively have a ring of allied bases around them. Use of those seas is because the US allows it. I don't know why the authors said "indo-pacific" in a scare piece about China, I think the Indian Ocean would be a lot less relevant to the topic.