China's Geostrategy in the Indo-Pacific zone

The Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo started protecting the idea of the Indo-Pacific format, which appeared in 2006. The Japanese leader believed, that the USA, Japan, India and Australia would join the format. In the context of this idea, the emphasis was made on building the China’s effective deterrent system. The PRC caught that trend and undertook active diplomatic steps to neutralize the strategic danger. Nowadays the Indo-Pacific zone is the most important element of the overseas strategies and conceptions of China and the United States. The Chinese foreign policy in this region is determined by the Chinese leadership, which is to turn the country into a strong nautical power as a part of the integral composed idea of the Chinese nation’s successive revival. According to this idea, the nautical potential of China must match its integrated state capacity and national security and progressive development interests.