Li, Lingqun <br/><br/>
China's policy towards the South China Sea :  when geopolitics meets the law of the sea / 
Lingqun Li. 
 - London ; New York :    Routledge Taylor & Francis Group,  c2018. 
 - ix, 254 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  25 cm 
 - Contemporary issues in the South China Sea .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The Law of the Sea regime and the transformation of sovereign disputes in the South China Sea -- The pre-1971 period : the PRC's initial claims in the SCS and its view of international regimes -- China in the UNCLOS III era : where changes began -- The 1980s : shaping a new game in the SCS -- A multilateral turn in the SCS: 1990-2002 -- The 2002-2013 period : changes and continuities -- The South China Sea arbitration case and beyond. 
<br/><br/> "This book provides an explanation of Chinese policy towards the South China Sea, and argues that this is sculpted by the changing dynamics of the law of the sea in conjunction with regional geopolitical flux"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781138067363 (hardback) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2017047147 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Geopolitics--Southeast Asia.<br/>Conflict management--South China Sea.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>China--Foreign relations--Southeast Asia.<br/>South China Sea--International status.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS525.9.  / C5L61 2018