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Enterprises, Localities, People, and Policy in the South China Sea South China Sea and Political Demography: The Cases of Vietnam and the Philippines

Enterprises, Localities, People, and Policy in the South China Sea : South China Sea and... [In the South China Sea maritime territorial disputes, only two rival claimants have so far taken a strong stand against Chinese claims: Vietnam and the Philippines. This chapter argues that the reason for their less-complacent attitude is believed to lie in their internal issues: massive populations of around 100 million individuals cramped in relatively small territories with few domestic resources to fall back on. This simple fact has compelled the two nations to vigorously defend, separately, their claims against what they perceive as Chinese territorial expansion. Vietnam has resorted to a multifaceted strategy, shifting from a national to an international focus; the Philippines has long weighed its options and finally decided to lodge an international arbitration against China as the main tool to assert its claims.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Enterprises, Localities, People, and Policy in the South China Sea South China Sea and Political Demography: The Cases of Vietnam and the Philippines

Part of the Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific Book Series
Editors: Spangler, Jonathan; Karalekas, Dean; Lopes de Souza, Moises
Maranzana De Filippis, Filippo
Enterprises, Localities, People, and Policy in the South China Sea — Nov 18, 2017
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
ISBN
978-3-319-62827-1
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135 –157
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-62828-8_7
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Abstract

[In the South China Sea maritime territorial disputes, only two rival claimants have so far taken a strong stand against Chinese claims: Vietnam and the Philippines. This chapter argues that the reason for their less-complacent attitude is believed to lie in their internal issues: massive populations of around 100 million individuals cramped in relatively small territories with few domestic resources to fall back on. This simple fact has compelled the two nations to vigorously defend, separately, their claims against what they perceive as Chinese territorial expansion. Vietnam has resorted to a multifaceted strategy, shifting from a national to an international focus; the Philippines has long weighed its options and finally decided to lodge an international arbitration against China as the main tool to assert its claims.]

Published: Nov 18, 2017

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