China's strategic interests in the South China Sea
Subtitle: power and resources
By: Sigfrido Burgos Cáceres
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
ISBN-13: 9781857437096; 9781315879338
Subjects: Strategic aspects; National security; Sea-power; Foreign relations; Energy security; Natural resources
Description: "Explores China's strategic interests in the South China Sea, with a specific emphasis on power projection and resource security. Contains sections on China's power and resources and case studies on Japan, Vietnam, the USA and the Philippines, and discusses how China's actions are reshaping the power dynamics in East and South-East Asia"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-154) and index.
Table of contents: title: Assessing China's external and internal dynamics and influences; title: Understanding China's global search for energy and resources; title: China's oil security : diplomacy, economics and the prospects for peaceful growth; title: Japan; title: Philippines; title: USA; title: Vietnam; title: Power projection; title: Resource security.