05/28/2018
Hawksley (Democracy Kills), a BBC journalist who worked and lived in Asia for decades, provides a clear introduction to the subject of Chinese efforts to expand the country’s sovereignty into the islands of the South China Sea. The book is based primarily on secondary sources, the author’s observations and analysis, and interviews with key leaders in the region. The first part of the book explores China’s perspective; Hawksley says that China sees itself as a dominant global power, humiliated by Western colonialism generally and the Opium Wars specifically, whose recent moves are merely reasserting the position it held over thousands of years. Parts two to four consider the experience of China’s neighbors: India, which Hawksley argues has been “dwarfed economically and encircled” by China; the Philippines, which he thinks likely to cozy up to China; and Japan, China’s biggest potential rival for dominance in the region. This is a solid overview, but one place where it falls short is the lack of discussion of U.S. policy regarding Chinese expansion and the relative military capabilities of the two nations. Despite this shortcoming, this volume is informative and thought-provoking and will be of interest to anyone interested in Asia, contemporary affairs, national security issues, and foreign policy. (June)
In the sphere of future global politics, no region will be as hotly contested as the Asia-Pacific, where great power interests collide amid the mistrust of unresolved conflicts and disputed territory. This is where authoritarian China is trying to rewrite international law and challenge the democratic values of the United States and its allies. The lightning rods of conflict are remote reefs and islands from which China has created military bases in the 1.5-million-square-mile expanse of the South China Sea, a crucial world trading route that this rising world power now claims as its own. No other Asian country can take on China alone. They look for protection from the United States, although it, too, may be ill-equipped for the job at hand. If China does get away with seizing and militarizing waters here, what will it do elsewhere in the world, and who will be able to stop it?
In Asian Waters, award-winning foreign correspondent Humphrey Hawksley breaks down the politics-and tensions-that he has followed through this region for years. Reporting on decades of political developments, he has witnessed China's rise to become one of the world's most wealthy and militarized countries, and delivers in Asian Waters the compelling narrative of this most volatile region.
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In Asian Waters, award-winning foreign correspondent Humphrey Hawksley breaks down the politics-and tensions-that he has followed through this region for years. Reporting on decades of political developments, he has witnessed China's rise to become one of the world's most wealthy and militarized countries, and delivers in Asian Waters the compelling narrative of this most volatile region.
Asian Waters: The Struggle Over the South China Sea and the Strategy of Chinese Expansion
In the sphere of future global politics, no region will be as hotly contested as the Asia-Pacific, where great power interests collide amid the mistrust of unresolved conflicts and disputed territory. This is where authoritarian China is trying to rewrite international law and challenge the democratic values of the United States and its allies. The lightning rods of conflict are remote reefs and islands from which China has created military bases in the 1.5-million-square-mile expanse of the South China Sea, a crucial world trading route that this rising world power now claims as its own. No other Asian country can take on China alone. They look for protection from the United States, although it, too, may be ill-equipped for the job at hand. If China does get away with seizing and militarizing waters here, what will it do elsewhere in the world, and who will be able to stop it?
In Asian Waters, award-winning foreign correspondent Humphrey Hawksley breaks down the politics-and tensions-that he has followed through this region for years. Reporting on decades of political developments, he has witnessed China's rise to become one of the world's most wealthy and militarized countries, and delivers in Asian Waters the compelling narrative of this most volatile region.
In Asian Waters, award-winning foreign correspondent Humphrey Hawksley breaks down the politics-and tensions-that he has followed through this region for years. Reporting on decades of political developments, he has witnessed China's rise to become one of the world's most wealthy and militarized countries, and delivers in Asian Waters the compelling narrative of this most volatile region.
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BN ID: | 2940170633760 |
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Publisher: | Tantor Audio |
Publication date: | 07/10/2018 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
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