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China's Recent Relations with Maritime Neighbours
Chinese maritime assertiveness since 2008 is a product of China’s growing
economic and military power combined with a centrally fostered nationalism.
Although incidents with several maritime neighbours may not
have all been initiated by China, the Chinese over-reacted. Matters were
made worse by the opacity of Chinese decision-making processes and by
problems of governance as shown by the multiplicity of Chinese authorities
in charge of separate naval forces. The American ‘pivot’ to Asia
provides neighbours with a hedge against an overbearing China, but
they still need to cultivate
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