China's Maritime Security Strategy

The Evolution of a Growing Sea Power
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-367-74570-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 398 g

Reihe: Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies Series

This book examines the evolution of China’s maritime security strategy, and questions what has made China shift from a constrained to a more assertive strategy.

Historically, China has not been an active player in maritime security, but in recent years Beijing has begun to pursue policies and measures to safeguard its maritime rights and interests in the Indo-Pacific region. This growing influence in the region has become a concern for other countries about what kind of sea power China is developing. This book seeks to address this concern by providing an overview of the development of China’s maritime security strategy from the era of Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping. It suggests that while the involvement of maritime actors and the development of naval capability have provided the depth to the strategy, the national strategic guidelines from each generation of Chinese leadership have determined the overall direction of the maritime security strategy. After 40 years of development, China has established a set of priorities for its maritime agenda: territorial integrity is at the top, followed by development, and then regional and international maritime cooperation. These findings help us to understand China’s multidimensional maritime power as being both assertive and cooperative.

This book will be of much interest to students of naval strategy, maritime security, Chinese politics and International Relations.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chan, Edward Sing Yue

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Seestreitkräfte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: What Makes China the Sea Power Today? 2. Understand Maritime Security Strategy in China 3. Deng Xiaoping’s Era: A Limited Maritime Security Agenda 4. Jiang Zemin’s Era: When Maritime Security Became a Concern 5. Hu Jintao’s Era: The Rise of China in the "Maritime Century" 6. Xi Jinping’s Era: Constructing a Strong Maritime Power 7. Conclusion: China the Twenty-First Century Sea Power

Über Autor(innen)

Edward Sing Yue Chan is an independent researcher of China’s maritime security. He was a Visiting Fellow of and he obtained his PhD degree from the Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney, Australia.