China's ocean frontier : international law, military force and national development / by Greg Austin
Published
St Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin in association with the Dept. of International Relations and the Northeast Asia Program, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, 1998
1. Introduction 2. A Framework for Analysis 3. U.S. Encroachment of Japan 4. U.S. Embankment of the Four Little Dragons 5. The Cold War Syndrome and China's Isolation 6. Nixon's 1972 Visit to China as a Result of Market Forces 7. A Change of U.S. Power Context and China's Adaptation to the World Economy 8. U.S. Foreign Policy Divergences with China 9. U.S. Foreign Policy Convergences with China 10. The Market Force and China's Transformation
Summary
"During the past two years influential American and Japanese critics have been arguing that China poses a growing threat to East Asia's security. Beijing is depicted as being too willing to resort to force in pursuing its maritime territorial disputes with its ASEAN neighbours and Chinese maritime forces are seen as a looming threat to vitally important sea lines of communication in the South China Sea."--BOOK JACKET. "This study by Greg Austin challenges such claims. It argues that China seeks both a benign regional security environment and to resolve its ocean frontier disputes cooperatively. Dr. Austin also marshals evidence to show how, in terms of international law, China's sovereignty claims over its maritime areas should not be viewed as expansionist."--BOOK JACKET
Analysis
Border disputes
China
Japan
Law of the Sea
Navies
Overseas item
Paracel Islands
Regional security
Senkaku Islands
Sovereignty
Spratly Islands
Territorial waters
United States
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 382-406) and index
