The South China Sea Disputes: Flashpoints, Turning Points and Trajectories focuses on the currently much-debated theme of the South China Sea disputes 鈥 one of the hottest international disputes of the 21st century which can easily turn from a brewing flashpoint into a regional conflict with ...
and Tennessee)secededfrom the Union and formed theConfederate States of America. The ensuingCivil War(1861–65) wrought immense destruction on much of the South, which emerged the loser in the conflict. In many areas, cropland was ruined, livestock lost, railroads destroyed, and billions of dol...
Republic of China (Taiwan); Vietnam. Source: Revised by author based on the map drawn by the US Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC in 1995. The islands in the South China Sea are important for strategic and political reasons, because ownership claims to them can be used to bolster...
ThenVietnamannouncedthatitsnavywillholdlive-fireliveexercisesintheSouthChinaSeaforninehourson13June2011,aimedtoPLAN.ItissaidthatthePLAmassedtroopsinGuangxiprovinceincaseofthepossibleconflict 3 Contents A.BackgroundonSouthChinaSeaB.ThesituationofSouthChinaSeaC.What’sthefutureoftheSouthChinaSea?4 A.Background...
independent in 1956, numerous governments over the years found it difficult to win general acceptance from the country’sdiversepoliticalconstituencies, especially in the south. An early conflict arose between those northern leaders who hoped to impose the vigorous extension ofIslamic lawandcultureto ...
a specific 'geographic imagination' of the SCS. Maps are regarded as an important element in the 'spectacle of fear' propagated by the West, with the representations of the SCS shown to be part of a wider use of maps by the press to cover issues related to geopolitics and conflict. ...
[with Vietnam].China should, at the appropriate time, adjust its strategic focus, and conduct far-sighted and realistic research on the South China Sea. Make every kind of war preparation in the South China Sea area, especially for war-fighting 作战 against Vietnam. As soon as conflict ...
(1,000 metres) abovesea level, and only about one-tenth of its area iscultivated. Grain, fruit, and vines are grown, partly under irrigation. Sheep are raised on the higher slopes, and the considerable forest wealth is exploited. Continued separatist conflict with Georgia—from which South ...
are no proper islands in the Spratly archipelago. This reduced China’s maximum legal claim under UNCLOS to the sprinkling of 24 nautical mile-wide circles roughly indicated on the map. (Compiled using Google Earth, incident coordinates found in official materials, and Greg Poling’s CSISreport....
Disputes over who owns the South China Sea have been going on for decades. While China's cold clashes with the U.S. and its antagonism toward Taiwan grab the most headlines, the superpower has been in conflict with Vietnam, the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan, and Malaysia at one ...