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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464197303321

Autore

Samuels Marwyn S.

Titolo

Contest for the South China Sea / / Marwyn S. Samuels

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-136-57553-7

1-315-01890-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

China, history, philosophy, economics ; ; XXV

Disciplina

320.12095

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Paracel Islands International status

Spratly Islands International status

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1982.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. A Chinese lake -- 3. The open sea -- 4. A question of sovereignty -- 5. The post-war contest -- 6. Battle for the Paracels -- 7. China's ocean policy -- 8. The southern maritime frontier.

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1982. Wide-ranging and fully documented, this book is the first detailed study of the origins, contexts and consequences of the long-standing dispute between China, Taiwan, Vietnam and the Philippines over the Paracel and Spratly Archipelagos in the South China Sea - one of the world's most strategically important inter-ocean basins and China's southern maritime frontier. Samuels' analysis: * Highlights the impact of the shifting balance of power in Asia and the growing competition for oceanic resources * Examines the implications of the dispute in terms of the historical an