Abstract This article addresses the recently ratified Sino-Vietnamese Boundary Delimitation Agreement in the Gulf of Tonkin and its implications for bilateral cooperation and development of…
Country or Region: China
Abstract On 4 November 2002, China and ASEAN signed a Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (ASEAN, 2002). Incidents related…
Abstract The past summer was a tempestuous one for Sino-Vietnamese relations. In May and June 2011, Vietnam accused China of deliberately cutting the cables of…
Abstract While its economic dynamism stimulates continued growth in Asia, China’s increasing demand for energy is creating intense competition, particularly with Japan, over international sources…
Abstract The rapid development of Chinese naval forces over the last decade has provoked much debate over where this modernization is headed. Observing the decennial…
Abstract The objectives of this article are, firstly, to identify the place occupied by the Indian Ocean and South Asia in China’s maritime strategy, and…
Abstract The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)’s recent accomplishments are impressive but have not gone beyond ‘pocket excellence’, as its overall structure and equipment…
Abstract The Indian Ocean has long been a hub of great power rivalry and the struggle for its domination has been a perennial feature of…
Abstract The PLA Navy (PLAN)’s capabilities in key areas (assets, trained personnel, experience) are currently insufficient to support long-range sea lanes of communication (SLOC) defense…
Abstract The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is becoming increasingly significant in the world arena, with the United States, India and China—the most important stakeholders in…
Abstract The Chinese government and its companies have dramatically increased their presence in Africa in the last decade. There has been much media interest and…
Abstract China’s double-digit average growth in the last twenty years has built up manufacturing and industrial behemoths that helped move the country from an agrarian…
Abstract Since the mid-1990s, China’s and Russia’s strategic outlooks have gradually been converging. The two great powers have incrementally shed their mutual apprehensions and started…
Abstract This article examines Thailand’s response to China’s rise. Contrary to predictions made by power transition theories that states respond to rising powers by balancing…
Abstract This study first shows that China’s naval strategy has undergone two major changes: from “near-coast defense” prior to the mid-1980s to “near-seas active defense”…
