A Threat in the South China Sea?

1 See Tim Huxley, `Southeast Asia in the Study of International Relations: the Rise and Decline of a Region', The Pacific Review, vol. 9, no. 2, 1996, pp. 216-217.

2 The full extent of China's claims was outlined, rather ambiguously and without precision, in February 1992, when Beijing proclaimed a new law on territorial waters.

3 Michael Leifer, `China in Southeast Asia. Interdependence and Accommodation', in David S. G. Goodman & Gerald Segal (eds), China Rising. Nationalism and Interdependence (London: Routledge, 1997), at p. 167.

4 Mark J. Valencia, China and the South China Sea Disputes (Adelphi Paper 298) (London: International Institute for Strategic Studies, 1995), p. 16.

5 For example, Professor Juwono Sudarsono, Vice Governor of LEMHANAS, Indonesias National Resilience Institute. See `ASEAN: ASEAN-China Conflict Possible Over Oil', Reuters, 1/2 August 1996.

6 Tammy Arbuckle, `Scourge of Piracy Returns to Southeast Asia', Jane's International Defense Review, no. 8, 1996, pp. 27-28.

7 See, for example, Karl W. Eikenberry, `China's Challenge to Asia-Pacific Regional Security', in Richard J. Ellings & Sheldon W. Simon (eds), Southeast Asian Security in the New Millennium (Armonk, NY: ME Sharpe, 1996), pp. 95-96; Geoffrey Till, `China, Its Navy and the South China Sea', RUSI Journal, vol. 141, no. 2, April 1996, pp. 45-51.

8 See, for example, `Government Radio Demands China Remove Oil Rig From Territory', BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, FE/2878 B/7, 27 March 1997; `Vietnam, China in New Maritime Dispute', Straits Times, 24 November 1997; `Philippines: Ramos Warns of Conflicts in Asia', Reuters, 3 December 1996.

9 Straits Times, 14 November 1997. In another article, Professor Ji has highlighted seabed areas near Vanguard Bank (which includes features occupied by Vietnam) as `desirable for initial joint development arrangements'. Ji Guoxing, `Energy Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific', Korean Journal of Defence Analysis, vol. 8, no. 2, Winter 1996, p. 293.