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China
Sea:
The
Strategic
Implica5ons
of
Chinas
Ar5cial
Islands
Emeritus
Professor
Carlyle
A.
Thayer
Presenta5on
to
Conference
on
Conict
in
the
South
China
Sea
co-sponsored
by
the
Council
on
Southeast
Asian
Studies
and
Ins5tute
for
Vietnamese
Culture
and
Educa5on
MacMillen
Center
for
Interna5onal
Area
Studies
Yale
University,
New
Haven,
May
6-7,2016
Outline
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Na5onalism
Fisheries
Hydrocarbons
Geo-strategic
Impera5ves
Conclusion
1.
Chinese
Na5onalism
Elite
na5onalism
Great
Dream
of
Na5onal
Revitalisa5on
Great
na5onal
rejuvena5on
Mass
na5onalism
an5-Japanese
Chauvinism
aggressive
patrio5sm/impunity
Hac5vism
Domes5c
Actors
Fishing
industry
Oil
industry
China
Na5onal
Oshore
Oil
Corpora5on
(CNOOC)
Provincial
governments
Mari5me
Enforcement
Agencies
Coast
Guard,
State
Oceanographic
Administra5on
2. Fisheries
3. Hydrocarbons
Oil Reserves
4.
Geo-strategic
Impera5ves
U.S.
Rebalancing
is
Containment
Counter-interven5on
strategy
Protec5on
of
Sea
Lines
of
Communica5on
Power
Projec5on
Naval
Bases
Hainan
and
Woody
Islands
Ar5cial
Islands
forward
opera5ng
bases
United
States
Rebalancing
is
Containment
of
China
PLAN
Exercise
in
South
China
Sea
Early
2014
Sansha raised
to prefecturelevel city in July
2012 with
continuing
responsibility
over Paracel
Islands,
Macclesfield
Bank and the
Spratly Islands
Subi Reef
5.
Conclusion
What
is
the
purpose?
China
Says
Analysts
Say
Forward
Opera5ng
Bases
Fuel
storage
Piers
for
naval
combatants
Military
aircrai
Long-range
radar
Advanced
an5-aircrai
missile
systems
Air
Defence
Iden5ca5on
Zone