Asian Waters : the struggle over the Indo-Pacific and the challenge to American power / Humphrey Hawksley.
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : Abrams Press, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: xxviii, 302 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 21 cmContent type: - text
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- South China Sea -- International status
- East China Sea -- International status
- Yellow Sea -- International status
- South China Sea -- Boundaries
- Conflict management -- South China Sea
- Territorial waters -- Southeast Asia
- China -- Foreign relations -- South China Sea
- United States -- Foreign relations -- South China Sea
- Southeast Asia -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Southeast Asia -- Foreign relations -- China
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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.
Can the United States and China handle the changing balance of power peacefully? Do Japan, the Philippines, South Korea, and Taiwan share enough common purpose to create a NATO-esque multilateral alliance? Does China think it can even become a superpower while making an enemy of America? If so, how does it plan to achieve it? Asian Waters delves into these topics and more as Hawksley presents the most comprehensive and accessible analysis ever of this region.
"Originally published in hardcover in the United States in 2018 by the Overlook Press."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-277) and index.
Part 1: China. The story of a South China Sea fisherman ; The Great Wall of the sea ; Wars that never end ; Chinese islands -- Part 2: Southeast Asia. A tapestry of values ; The Philippines: a precarious tightrope ; Asian democracy: why I didn't shoot the president ; Vietnam: don't mess with us -- Part 3: South Asia. India: the violence of poverty ; India, Pakistan, and the bomb ; Where is India's Monroe doctrine? -- Part 4: East Asia. Japan: Asia's first industrial power ; The United States: war games and black swans ; North Korea: the moon landing and the Beatles ; The technology race: cyberwarfare and warfare in space ; Taiwan: a divided family ; The heart of the matter -- Part 5: great power status. A parallel world order ; Who is in charge? ; How to fix the fault lines.
"The fractious relationship between China and the United States will be a central issue for the coming decades, and no region is as hotly contested and the Indo-Pacific. At its heart is an intensifying rivalry between the autocratic and democratic systems of government marked by the disputed South China Sea where China has built military bases in open violation of international law. At stake is the survival of current rules-based world order. In Asian Waters, award-winning BBC journalist and Asian specialist Humphrey Hawksley breaks down the tensions that he has followed throughout this vast and volitale region for years. He joins dots that include America's rise as the predominate Pacific power Sino-US trade wars, threats against Taiwan, war on the Korean peninsula, Japan's role in protecting democracy in Asia, and much more. With vivid storytelling, concise history, and pointed arguments, Asian Waters is a must-read for anyone interested in global politics"--Cover.