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Much of the PLA's current military diplomatic activity is focused on protecting and ad-vancing specific Chinese strategic interests.20 Chinese foreign policy emphasizes managing stra-tegic relations with great powers such as the United States and Russia and engaging countries on China's periphery; Chinese military diplomacy emphasizes interactions with the United States, Russia, and countries in the Asia-Pacific region.21 China is increasingly dependent on oil and natural gas imported from the Middle East and Africa; the PLA Navy's (PLAN's) counterpiracy presence in the Gulf of Aden facilitates strategic ties in the Middle East and Africa, helps guarantee China's energy security, and provides operational experience in protecting China's sea lines of communication.
The counterpiracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden that began in late 2008 have crowded out some of these port calls but have provided new opportunities for port calls by PLAN ships en route to or returning from a counterpiracy deployment.41 This study distin-guishes between port calls conducted as part of an escort task force (ETF/????)
The PLAN's ongoing participation in counterpiracy deployments in the Gulf of Aden since late 2008 generated new requirements for port calls (for ships in the antipiracy ETFs to replenish supplies) and provided new opportunities for these ships to conduct friendly visits to foreign ports.
For example, in September 2012, ETF-12 conducted the first combined counterpiracy exercise with the United States, and in August 2013 ETF-14 conducted the second exercise between the two navies.108 On March 4, 2013, Pakistan organized the Peace-13 (??
Most PLA port calls in the Middle East are intended to meet operational requirements of PLAN counterpiracy missions, while PLA port calls in the Asia-Pacific are mostly friendly port calls rather than exercises.
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