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

• Autore: Chung Chien-Peng
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (235 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.51/009/045
• Soggetto geografico: China History 1949-; China Boundaries; China Foreign relations 1949-; China Politics and government 1949-
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Domestic politics, international bargaining and China's territorial disputes
• ISBN: 0-429-23116-4; 1-134-31686-0; 1-280-07885-5; 0-203-41389-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450321303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Politics in Asia series.