Chinese Constructions of Sovereignty and the East China Sea Conflict

Name: Chinese Constructions of Sovereignty and the East China Sea Conflict
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Chinese Constructions of Sovereignty and the East China Sea ConflictAuthor(s): Czeslaw Tubilewicz\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367354923, 978-0367354923\nSynopsis\nThis book analyses Chinese social constructions of sovereignty in the context of the East China Sea conflict. It specifically explores China and Taiwans overlapping cross-Strait sovereignty claims and their domestic debates and policies towards the territorial dispute. \n\nProviding an up-to-date discussion of the East China Sea conflict, the book challenges conventional assumptions regarding both Beijings and Taipeis adherence to the classical notion of Westphalian sovereignty. Instead, it brings China and Taiwan into the Constructivist analytical framework and develops a domestic agency-focused approach to demonstrate the social power of ideas and the centrality of domestic actors in the production of sovereignty. Offering a comprehensive examina.