An analysis of China's diplomatic maneuverings and negotiation postures involving the South China Sea.
Preface Introduction The Setting for China's Dialogues with ASEAN Formal Multilateral Dialogues "Informal" Multilateral Talks Bilateral Dialogues Concluding Observations References Index
LEE LAI TO, former Director of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, is Associate Professor of Political Science at the National University of Singapore. He is the author or editor of eight books, including Trade Unions in China, The Reunification of China: PRC-Taiwan Relations in Flux, and ASEAN in the Post-Cold War Era.
?China and the South Sea Dialogues provides a valuable contribution
to our understanding of Chinese foreign policy towards Southeast
Asia in the 1990s as well as its participation in
multilateral....Lee's book should become required reading for
anyone seeking to understand the potential for a peaceful
resolution to the Spratly Islands dispute.?-H-Net Book Review
?Lee Lai To presents a detailed and balanced analysis of the
territorial and maritime disputes involving the People's Republic
of China (PRC) in the South China Sea, including the Spratlys....A
clear and thorough assessment, this work is arguable the most
detailed and comprehensive study on on the issue published to date
and, as such, it is likely to become the standard work on the
diplomatic aspects of the South China Sea disputes....Lee's
analysis is a valuable contribution to an understanding of both the
formal and for scholars and policy-makers involved in security
issues in the Asia-Pacific region.?-Contemporary Southeast Asia: A
Journal of International and Strategic Affairs
?This book is an important resource for specialists interested in
China's relations with Southeast Asian states over the disputed
territorial issues in the South China Sea during the 1990s. It is
written smoothly and dispassionately by a prominent
scholar.?-Pacific Affairs: Winter 2000
"China and the South Sea Dialogues provides a valuable contribution
to our understanding of Chinese foreign policy towards Southeast
Asia in the 1990s as well as its participation in
multilateral....Lee's book should become required reading for
anyone seeking to understand the potential for a peaceful
resolution to the Spratly Islands dispute."-H-Net Book Review
"This book is an important resource for specialists interested in
China's relations with Southeast Asian states over the disputed
territorial issues in the South China Sea during the 1990s. It is
written smoothly and dispassionately by a prominent
scholar."-Pacific Affairs: Winter 2000
"Lee Lai To presents a detailed and balanced analysis of the
territorial and maritime disputes involving the People's Republic
of China (PRC) in the South China Sea, including the Spratlys....A
clear and thorough assessment, this work is arguable the most
detailed and comprehensive study on on the issue published to date
and, as such, it is likely to become the standard work on the
diplomatic aspects of the South China Sea disputes....Lee's
analysis is a valuable contribution to an understanding of both the
formal and for scholars and policy-makers involved in security
issues in the Asia-Pacific region."-Contemporary Southeast Asia: A
Journal of International and Strategic Affairs
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