Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

Preface

pp ix-xii

List of Maps and Graph

pp xiii-xiv

List of Acronyms

pp xv-xvi

Introduction: Evaluating China’s Maritime Strategy in the South China Sea

pp xvii-xxiv

1 - The Early History of the South China Sea Disputes

pp 1-30

2 - China’s Maritime Territorial Disputes with Vietnam

pp 31-53

3 - China’s Spratly-KIG Maritime Dispute with the Philippines

pp 54-74

4 - China’s Continental Shelf Dispute with Malaysia

pp 75-84

5 - China’s Energy Resources Dispute with Brunei

pp 85-92

6 - China’s Natuna Island Fishing Dispute with Indonesia

pp 93-104

7 - China’s Sovereignty Disputes with Taiwan

pp 105-126

8 - The United States as the South China Sea Maritime Arbiter

pp 127-160

Conclusions: China’s Contemporary and Future Maritime Strategy in the SCS

pp 161-194

Appendix A - Timeline

pp 195-208

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

Document 1 - Sino-French Tonkin Treaty, 26 June 1887

pp 209-212

Document 2 - Cairo Declaration, 1 December 1943

pp 213-213

Document 3 - Potsdam Proclamation, 26 July 1945

pp 214-215

Document 4 - Treaty of Peace with Japan, 8 September 1951

pp 216-217

Document 5 - Treaty of Peace between the Republic of China and Japan, 28 April 1952

pp 218-221

Document 6 - U.S.-ROC Mutual Defense Treaty, 2 December 1954 (ratified 1955)

pp 222-224

Document 7 - Formosa Resolution, 1955

pp 225-226

Document 8 - Declaration on China’s Territorial Sea, 4 September 1958

pp 227-228

Document 9 - Prime Minister Pham Van Dong’s Letter, 14 September 1958

pp 229-229

Document 10 - Shanghai Communiqué, 28 February 1972

pp 230-234

Document 11 - Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the People’s Republic of China and the United States of America, 16 December 1978

pp 235-235

Document 12 - Taiwan Relations Act, 10 April 1979

pp 236-247