TY - BOOK AU - Hu,Bo AU - Yanpei,Zhang AU - Till,Geoffrey TI - Chinese maritime power in the 21st century: strategic planning, policy and predictions T2 - Cass series : naval policy and history, SN - 9781000566888 AV - VA633 U1 - 359/.030951 23 PY - 2020/// CY - London, New York, NY PB - Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group KW - HISTORY / Military / Naval KW - bisacsh KW - HISTORY / Asia / China KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security KW - Sea-power KW - China KW - Naval strategy KW - East China Sea KW - Strategic aspects KW - South China Sea KW - Foreign relations KW - 21st century N2 - This book analyses China's maritime strategy for the 21st century, integrating strategic planning, policy thinking and strategic prediction. This bookexplains the construction and application of China's military, political, economic and diplomatic means for building maritime power, and predicts the future of China's maritime power by 2049, as well as development trends in global maritime politics. It explores both the strengths and the limitations of President Xi's Maritime Dream' and provides a candid assessment of the likely future balance at sea between China and the United States. This volume explains and discusses China's claims and intentions in the East and South China Seas and makes some recommendations for China's future policy that will lessen the chance of conflict with the United States and its closer neighbors. This book will be of much interest to students of maritime strategy, naval studies, Chinese politics and International Relations in general UR - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429282645 UR - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf ER -