China's Naval Power
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China Military Science
China's Naval
China's Naval Modernization
China's Naval Strategy
China's Neighboring Seas
China’s Naval
China’s Naval Modernization
China’s Naval Strategy
China’s Neighboring Seas
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Chinese Naval
Diaoyu Islands
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Distant Great Power
East Asian security
East China Sea
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Japanese Coast Guard Ship
Jiangkai II
Land Based Air Defense
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Liu Huaqing
Luyang II
Maritime Blockade
maritime strategy studies
military doctrine analysis
Naval Forces
Neighboring Seas
offensive realism
offensive realist naval strategy framework
PLA Air
PLA Navy
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Potential Regional Hegemon
power transition theory
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SAM System
sea
security studies textbook
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South China Sea
Taiwan's Air Force
Taiwan’s Air Force
Victor III
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- ISBN 9781409451846
- Weight: 594g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Jan 2014
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The rapid modernization of the Chinese Navy is a well-documented reality of the post-Cold War world. In two decades, the People's Liberation Army Navy has evolved from a backward force composed of obsolete platforms into a reasonably modern fleet whose growth is significantly shaking the naval balance in East Asia. The rationale behind China's contemporary rise at sea remains, however, difficult to grasp and few people have tried to see how the current structure of the international system has shaped Chinese choices. This book makes sense of Chinese priorities in its naval modernization in a 'robust' offensive realist framework. Drawing on Barry Posen's works on sources of military doctrine, it argues that the orientation of Beijing's choices concerning its naval forces can essentially be explained by China's position as a potential regional hegemon. Yves-Heng Lim highlights how a rising state develops naval power to fulfil its security objectives, a theoretical perspective that goes farther than the sole Chinese case.
Yves-Heng Lim, Fujen Catholic University, Taiwan.
