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China's naval operations in the South China Sea : evaluating legal, strategic and military factors / by Bruce A. Elleman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elleman, Bruce A., 1959- author.
- Series:
- Renaissance Books Asia Pacific series ; v. 3.
- Renaissance books Asia Pacific series ; volume 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law of the sea.
- Claims.
- South China Sea--International status.
- South China Sea.
- South China Sea--Claims.
- China--Foreign relations--Southeast Asia.
- China.
- International relations.
- Southeast Asia.
- Southeast Asia--Foreign relations--China.
- South China Sea Region.
- Law of the sea--South China Sea.
- Diplomatic relations.
- International law.
- Genre:
- Claims.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 328 pages : maps (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Kent : Renaissance Books, 2018.
- Summary:
- China's Naval Operations in the South China Sea provides a closely observed and highly topical history of the South China Sea conflict. It lays out the stakes for each of the bordering states and China's interaction with them ? namely, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, and Taiwan, and considers the U.S. government's role in the region. Importantly, it also Tracks the evolving perception of the People's Republic of China's (PRC) of the South China Sea (SCS), and Beijing's accompanying maritime strategy to claim the islands and waters, particularly in the context of the strategies of the neighboring stake-holding nations. In addition to long-standing territorial disputes over the islands and waters of the SCS, China and the other littoral states have growing and often mutually exclusive interests in the offshore energy reserves and fishing grounds. Likewise, many other countries outside of the region worry about the protection of sea lines of communication for military and commercial traffic, oil tankers in particular. These differences have been expressed in the increasing frequency and intensity of maritime incidents, involving both naval and civilian vessels, sometimes working in coordination against naval or civilian targets. Each chapter on the littoral states closely examines that state?s territorial claims to the islands and waters of the SCS, its primary economic and military interests in these areas, its views on the sovereignty disputes over the entire SCS, its strategy to achieve its objectives, and its views on the U.S. involvement in any and all of these issues. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 The Early History of the South China Sea Disputes 1
- 2 China's Maritime Territorial Disputes with Vietnam 31
- 3 China's Spratly-KIG Maritime Dispute with the Philippines 54
- 4 China's Continental Shelf Dispute with Malaysia 75
- 5 China's Energy Resources Dispute with Brunei 85
- 6 China's Natuna Island Fishing Dispute with Indonesia 93
- 7 China's Sovereignty Disputes with Taiwan 105
- 8 The United States as the South China Sea Maritime Arbiter 127.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 301-311) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1898823677
- 9781898823674
- OCLC:
- 994356337
- Publisher Number:
- 99975321488
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