How Aggressive Is China?
Journal: The Korean Journal of International Studies
Year: 2016

Several policymakers and other experts have called China's behavior, especially its activities in the South and East China Seas, 'aggressive.' This article compares China's behavior with a suggested definition of 'aggression' based on the one enshrined in international law, and it finds that these experts' use of the term 'aggressive' is inconsistent with this definition. It furthermore compares the reactions of China and the United States to each other's provocative actions that do not amount t