(Newsweek) Map Shows America's Shipyards Disappear as China's Naval Empire Rises

(Excerpt from: https://www.newsweek.com/china-map-navy-ships-2044043)

A map by Newsweek has outlined the extent of the decline of American shipbuilding, which President Donald Trump wants to rejuvenate. Garnering fewer headlines than the rest of his address to Congress last week, Trump also announced in his speech a new maritime office in the National Security Council to revitalize both military and commercial shipbuilding.

It comes as a report published this week by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) a Washington think tank, highlight's China position as the world's dominant player in shipbuilding, posing economic and security challenges for the United States.

The U.S. Navy has only four active public shipyards. Meanwhile, China has at least 35 sites with known ties to military or national security projects, according to CSIS researchers Matthew Funaiole, Brian Hart and Aidan Powers-Riggs, who analyzed 307 Chinese shipyards, all of which "operate under state directives."