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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450321303321

Autore

Chung Chien-Peng

Titolo

Domestic politics, international bargaining and China's territorial disputes / / Chien-peng Chung

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004

ISBN

0-429-23116-4

1-134-31686-0

1-280-07885-5

0-203-41389-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Collana

Politics in Asia series

Disciplina

327.51/009/045

Soggetti

Electronic books.

China History 1949-

China Boundaries

China Foreign relations 1949-

China Politics and government 1949-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by RoutledgeCurzon.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-211) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Domestic Politics, International Bargaining and China's Territorial Disputes; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Importance of topic; Territorial sovereignty disputes and two-level games; Contribution to the field; 2 The two-level game hypothesis; Toward a theory of negotiation and ratification; The importance of win-sets and their determinants; 3 The Diaoyu/Tiaoyutai/Senkaku Islands dispute; Introduction; Sovereignty and resource claims over the Diaoyu/Tiaoyutai/Senkaku Islands

The first incident: petroleum discoveries and the Okinawa reversion (1970-1972)The second incident: the Sino-Japanese Peace and Friendship Treaty of 1978; The third incident: of torches and lighthouses (1990); The fourth incident: the Kita-Kojima lighthouse (1996); Subsequent incidents, findings and conclusions; 4 The Zhenbao/Chenpao/Damansky Islands dispute; Introduction; The geography of Damansky/Zhenbao Island; The historical background of



the Damansky/Zhenbao Island dispute; Prelude to the Sino-Soviet border conflict: 8 March 1963-1 March 1969

The Sino-Soviet border conflict: 2 March 1969-21 March 1969""Chicken"" diplomacy in the aftermath of the conflict: 29 March 1969-10 September 1969; Resumption of border negotiations: 11 September 1969-14 December 1969; Border negotiations stalled: 1970-1986; The Sino-Soviet boundary dispute 1962-1986: a look back; Border negotiations in the Sino-Soviet rapprochement: 28 July 1986-16 May 1991; Ratification and demarcation: persistence amidst adversity; Findings and conclusions; 5 The McMahon Line/Aksai Chin dispute; Introduction; Sino-Indian relations before March 1959

The breakdown of boundary negotiations and the prelude to war: March 1959-November 1962The Sino-Indian War and after; Normalization and Sino-Indian dialogue: 1976-1987; Confidence building and Sino-Indian relations since 1988: rapprochement or rivalry?; Findings and conclusions; 6 Beyond two-level games? The role of subnational, national and transnational actors in the South China Sea islands dispute; Introduction; A brief history of territorial claims; Petroleum prospecting and the involvement of multinational oil companies; Track II

Chinese bureaucratic tangle in the South China Sea disputeMischief Reef and after: strategic interaction between China and ASEAN and within ASEAN; Scarborough Shoal: subnational actors at play; Fishing in troubled waters; Possible future developments; 7 Testing the propositions of the two-level game hypothesis; Two-level game analysis and China's territorial sovereignty disputes: strengths and limitations; 8 Conclusion: the ""moral"" and ""realist"" bases of the Chinese approach to territorial sovereignty disputes; The changing perception and self-perception of China's role and identity

A quest for socialist internationalism

Sommario/riassunto

This is a groundbreaking analysis of China's territorial disputes, exploring the successes and failures of negotiations that have taken place between its three neighbours, namely India, Japan and Russia. By using Roberts Putnam's two level game framework, Chung relates the outcome of these disputes to the actions of domestic nationalist groups who have exploited these territorial issues to further their own objectives. By using first-class empirical data and applying it to existing theoretical concepts, this book provides a detailed account of China's land and maritime border disputes that is