aCorbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies series
Print version: Lim, Yves-Heng. China’s naval power : an offensive realist approach. Farnham, Surrey, UK England : Ashgate Pub. Limited, [2014] xii, 217 pages Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies series ISBN 9781409451846
Includes bibliographical references and index
Naval power and the quest for regional hegemony -- China’s rise in East Asia: the political context of Beijing’s bid for regional hegemony -- The offensive turn of China’s naval strategy and doctrine -- The modernization of Chinese naval forces -- Taiwan and beyond -- Territorial and maritime issues in the China seas -- The great naval chessboard: sea power and the Chinese quest for hegemony -- Conclusion, (Not) born to be blue?