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200 10$aContest for the South China Sea /$fMarwyn S. Samuels
205   $a1st ed.
210  1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2005.
215   $a1 online resource (220 p.)
225 1 $aChina, history, philosophy, economics ;$vXXV
300   $aFirst published in 1982.
311 08$a1-138-97174-X 
311 08$a0-415-36169-9 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $a1. 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.
330   $aFirst published in 1982. Wide-ranging and fully documented, this book is the first detailed study of the origins, contexts and consequences of the long-standing dispute between China, Taiwan, Vietnam and the Philippines over the Paracel and Spratly Archipelagos in the South China Sea - one of the world's most strategically important inter-ocean basins and China's southern maritime frontier. Samuels' analysis: * Highlights the impact of the shifting balance of power in Asia and the growing competition for oceanic resources * Examines the implications of the dispute in terms of the historical an
410  0$aChina, history, philosophy, economics ;$v25.
607   $aParacel Islands$xInternational status
607   $aSpratly Islands$xInternational status
676   $a320.12095
700   $aSamuels$b Marwyn S.$01880267
801  0$bFlBoTFG
801  1$bFlBoTFG
906   $aBOOK
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996   $aContest for the South China Sea$94494142
997   $aUNINA