The Challenge of China’s Seapower Development to U.S- Japan Seapower–Viewed from the Perspective of Power Transition Theory / 中國海權發展對美日海權地位之挑戰-以權力轉移理論探討

碩士 / 國立中興大學 / 國際政治研究所 / 96 / In accordance with its rapid economic growth since 1980s, China has made a great advancement in its seapower. As a result, it has put an impact on the existing seapowers in the Asian-Pacific region. This research deals with the investigation of China’s seapower development and its challenges to U.S- Japan seapower, through the perspective of power transition theory.
The context is divided into four parts: Firstly, the background and current state of seapower development of China is studied. It explains how China has become a country of newly developed seapower; Secondly, the degree of satisfaction of current seapower by China is assessed. Thirdly, China’s challenge to U.S.-Japan seapower by China after it has made a great advancement in its seapower is reported; Lastly, U.S.-Japan reactions to China’s seapower development is discussed.
In this study, it has found that China is dissatisfied with the current state of seapower and thus starts to challenge U.S.-Japan seapower status. Accordingly, the U.S. and Japan has employed various actions, such as deterrence, alliance and raising satisfaction, to maintain their status of seapower in Asian-Pacific region.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:TW/096NCHU5692029
Date January 2008
CreatorsHsuan-Kang Hsiao, 蕭玄岡
Contributors蔡明彥
Source SetsNational Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan
Languagezh-TW
Detected LanguageEnglish
Type學位論文 ; thesis
Format171

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