Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-99).
Note
Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from title page (U.S. Naval War College, viewed August 5, 2022).
Contents
Introduction : assessing public opinion's impact on PRC foreign policy -- 2006-2008 : Regularizing maritime rights defense. Case study 1. White Hulls and "special operations" -- 2009-14 : Incidents at sea -- managing nationalist sentiments. Case study 2. The Impeccable incident, 2009 : the United States goes public -- Case study 3. Sino-Indonesian fishing clashes, 2010-16 : public opinion and policy contestation -- Case study 4. Diaoyu fishing clash, 2010 : a nationalist hijacking? -- Case study 5. Reed Bank and the Sino-Vietnamese cable cuttings, 2011 -- Case study 6. Scarborough Shoal, 2012 : cumulative criticism and strategic channeling -- Case study 7. The Diaoyu nationalism, 2012 : a nationalist feedback loop? -- Case 8. Second Thomas Shoal, 2013-14 : public opinion windfall -- Case study 9. The HYSY 981 incident, 2014 : keeping nationalism on the sidelines -- Conclusion : policy implications.
