Summary Can regional mechanisms better institutionalize the increasing complexity of economic and security ties among the countries in Northeast Asia? As the international state system…
Country or Region: China
Summary East Asian countries are now pursuing greater formal economic institutionalization, weaving a web of bilateral and minilateral preferential trade agreements. Scholarly analysis of “formal”…
Abstract As China has grown stronger, some observers have identified an assertive turn in Chinese foreign policy. Evidence to support this argument includes the increasingly…
Abstract Because of its resource potential and clean burning advantages, the development of shale gas can significantly increase the supply of cleaner energy while offering…
Abstract This article seeks to analyze the development of free trade agreement (FTA) policies adopted by China, Japan, and South Korea with particular interests in…
Abstract Xi Jinping’s declaration that China should strive to become a “true maritime power” (海洋强國) has been much discussed in the context of China’s “peaceful…
Summary In recent years China has overtaken the United States as the world’s leading producer and consumer of energy. Since 2009 China’s energy requirements have…
Abstract Regarding the regime of military and intelligence gathering activities in the EEZ, China argues that the freedoms of navigation and overflight in the EEZ…
Summary The author, Wu Shicun, discusses the South China Sea dispute from a Chinese perspective with regards to history, law, international politics, the economy, diplomacy…
Summary Safe navigation of the seas is of global importance. Sea lanes provide vital connections for the growth of the global economy and the wellbeing…
Summary China has evolved from a nation with local and regional security interests to a major economic and political power with global interests, investments, and…
Abstract Despite continuing economic liberalization and social integration, relations between Northeast Asian governments are often tense and lead to enhanced military readiness. Alongside confrontation in…
Abstract While it is true that coastal states exercise sovereignty over their territorial seas, this is subject to a right, and not a privilege, of…
Abstract In the study of China-Taiwan relations, scholars view the so-called “1992 consensus” as essential to economic ties across the Taiwan Strait. However, such an…
Abstract China’s attitude toward the U.S.-Japan and U.S.-Korea alliances, particularly the former, has drawn a lot of attention in the post–Cold War era. How China…
