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Showing 1 to 20 of 118 for “"South China"”.
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Gunboat Diplomacy in the South China Sea
… explore the competing sovereignty claims in the South China Sea and the strategies used to defend those claims. The nations involved in the South China Sea dispute have amplified their military expenditures while confrontations at sea have become increasingly common. The People's Republic of …
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Factors influencing China's behaviour in the South China Sea
This research assesses China's likely future behaviour in relation to the South China Sea disputes, critically evaluating two prominent, related topics of discussion among the International Relations scholars since the late 1980s. One of these topics is theoretical: to what extent is the …
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A common maritime regime for the South China Sea
The South China Sea is a semi-enclosed sea in two respects. In terms of the geographical reality, the region is readily separable from the waters surrounding it. Moreover, it falls under the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention, which requires littoral states to cooperate in the maritime sphere. At …
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Sedimentology and diagenesis of Ediacaran phosphorites from South China
… section, near Zhangcunping, Hubei Province in South China. Results suggest granular phosphorites were deposited during one to two episodes of reworking of pristine phosphorite hardgrounds, which originated during redox-controlled and/or microbially-mediated phosphogenesis. Granular laminae were …
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Integrated High-resolution Stratigraphy of the Doushantuo Formation, South China
… remains elusive. The Doushantuo Formation in South China, radiometrically constrained between 635.2±0.6 and 551.1±0.7 Ma, is ideal for high-resolution interdisciplinary research, and has the potential to clarify the relationship between environmental and biological events. Research in this …
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Chinese popular nationalism and PRC policy in the South China Sea
… nationalism and PRC foreign policy on the South China Sea issue. China's shift to a more assertive policy from 2007 was demonstrably unrelated to public opinion, but the resultant international tensions soon attracted domestic attention. The subsequent rise of South China Sea nationalism …
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Contributions to late Ediacaran geobiology in South China and southern Namibia
The Ediacaran, particularly the late Ediacaran-Cambrian (E-") boundary (551-541 Ma), has been noted as a major time of biological and biochemical transition, including: the rise of predators, the emergence of skeletons, the radiation of bioturbators, and large fluctuations in oceanic chemical …
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Trade in Shadow ASEAN-China Trade Relations amidst South China Sea Conflicts
… The relations between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China present a particular puzzle within this debate. Their relationship is defined by a paradox where there exists two parallel yet contradictory realities.
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China and the South China Sea: The Emergence of the Huaqing Doctrine
China and the South China Sea region will play an important role in global and US strategic policy for the foreseeable future. Because China is an upcoming global economic power, the US and other nations must become cognizant of China's motivations in the South China Sea in order to avoid conflict, …
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Paleobiology of the Early Cambrian Yanjiahe Formation in Hubei Province of South China
… 2-3) Yanjiahe Formation in Hubei Province, South China, recovered using acetic acid maceration, fracturing, and thin sectioning techniques were examined using a combination of analytical techniques, including energy dispersive spectroscopic (EDS) elemental mapping and micro-focus X-ray …
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Lessons for Chinese mega-mall development : a case study of the South China Mall
China is embracing mega-mall development: Seven out of the ten largest shopping malls in the world will have been located in China by the year 2010. All the completed mega-malls are now suffering from high vacancy rates and therefore experiencing enormous economic losses. To avoid the failure of …
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Constraining the Ediacaran-Cambrian boundary in South China using acanthomorphic acritarchs and Palaeopascichnus fossils
… acritarchs in basal Cambrian strata of South China suggest that these microfossils may provide an appropriate biostratigraphic marker for the Ediacaran-Cambrian boundary, because of their wide distribution in chert-phosphorite layers intercalated with carbonates and shales, thus allowing …
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Studies of South China Sea circulation and thermal structure using a three dimensional numerical model
… ocean circulation and thermal structure in the South China Sea (SCS) were studied numerically using the Princeton Ocean Model (POM) with 20 km horizontal resolution and 23 sigma levels conforming to a realistic bottom topography. A sixteen month control run was performed using climatological …
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Media diplomacy in the South China Sea disputes: Vietnam, China and the Philippines 2012 – 2016
… tensions for development until the 2000s, the South China Sea (SCS) issue re-emerged with three notable crises: the Scarborough Shoal dispute, the oil rig crisis and the SCS arbitration case. During the period of the crises (2012 – 2016), although the claimant states avoided conflicts at sea, …
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A multiproxy paleoenvironmental reconstruction of Late Quaternary marine sediments: Sunda Shelf, Southern South China Sea
… of Kuala Terengganu (western Sunda Shelf, southern South China Sea) at ~60 m water depth to characterize late Quaternary paleoenvironments by using bulk sediment magnetic susceptibility (BMS), elemental analysis via X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF), and foraminiferal analyses. …
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Territorial and Maritime Disputes in South China Sea: The United States' Strategic Plan of Response
… the potential for both conflict and warfare with China. There have been several experts expressing their concerns about what foreign policy measure should the United States adopt and how the United States should react to China’s actions and inactions. This study proposes to examine the issues …
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"Since Time Immemorial": China's Historical Claim in the South China Sea
Four archipelagos in the South China Sea are territorially disputed: the Paracel, Spratly, and Pratas Islands, and Macclesfield Bank. The People’s Republic of China and Republic of China’s claims are embodied by a nine-dashed U-shaped boundary line originally drawn in an official Chinese map in …
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