1st Edition

China's Policy Towards Territorial Disputes The Case of the South China Sea Islands

222 Pages

by Routledge

224 Pages

by Routledge

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Since 1949 and the founding of the People's Republic, China has been involved in more than one territorial dispute with its neighbours. Currently the most unstable and dangerous dispute is the one over the Paracel and Spratly islands in the South China Sea. With their potentially rich and accessible petroleum resources, these islands have become the new arena of conflict for the 1970s and 1980s,... Read more

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 China’s Claim to the Paracels and Spratlys; Chapter 3 The Paracels Operation; Chapter 4 The Dispute with Hanoi, 1974–78; Chapter 5 The Dispute with Hanoi, 1978–84; Chapter 6 The Disputes with the Philippines and Malaysia; Chapter 7 The Idea of Joint Development; Chapter 8 Conclusion;