Perhaps it's time for China to modify and update their policy regarding the deployment of China's nuclear arsenal, perhaps to put it simply, turning those policy from a purely defensive nature to a half-defensive, half-offensive-per-deterrence one.
I believe this is included into what Xi Jinping means when he mentioned "strengthening China's strategic deterrence capabilities" during the 20th CPC National Congress two weeks ago.
Those PLA bases in the South China Sea thus play a very important role in becoming an effective shield against attacks (by bombers and long-range missiles) from Australia and the Southern Pacific. Simultaneously, Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean should be taken into the scope of southern frontier defence by China as well.
This is the reason why you see the US has been so invested in the South China Sea issue - They want to borrow ASEAN in order to get rid of China's southern shield, and thus, fully exposing China's Pearl River Delta in southern China to American aggression. That is, alongside the Yellow River Delta in eastern China, and the Bohai Rim in north(east)ern China, both of which are pretty much already naked in front of American aggression that passes through South Korea and Japan.
In fact, I think Beijing should really pour in more efforts into making the entire Southeast Asia into a fortified bastion against American and Australian aggression. South Asian and Central Asian countries should receive the same attention from Beijing as well for broadly similar reasons.
The US formulated several island chains in the Pacific and Indian Oceans since the 1950s in order to surround and contain China. Perhaps it's time for China to return the favor, firstly by doing so across immediate regions surrounding China first.
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