The Origins of the First World War

Prestige navies are instruments of propaganda. Reputation and status cannot be discounted as a factor in the development of sea power. If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war. The prospects for such collaboration now seem less bright. Unless the logic of naval development is rewritten, china's quest for naval self sufficiency and sea power rests on a solid if traditional foundation.