China Moves South: Human Rights Implications in the Paracel and Spratly Islands - Couverture rigide

Mai, Tam

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1680534777 ISBN 13 : 9781680534771

Editeur : Academica Press, 2019

Synopsis

Vietnam has claimed the Paracel and Spratly Island groups for hundreds of years. China's invasion and capture of the Paracels from South Vietnam in 1974, and its ongoing occupation of the Spratlys, have created increasing opposition and anger not only among Vienamese citizens but worldwide. This book insists that China s illegal violation of Vietnamese sovereignty rights in the Paracels and Spratlys has included serious human rights violations and decelerated the process of human emancipation.

Using both realist and critical theories in a comparative framework, China Moves South states that while realism may offer a reasonable approach to explaining China s behavior, critical theory is a more appropriate lens to challenge China s occupations. Employing critical theory and human rights law as methods of evaluation, this book insists that human rights and international law cannot sustain China s continuing violations as defined by the United Nations Conventions on the Law of the Sea in 1982.

Additionally, China Moves South aims to provide government officials, international scholars, students, and other interested parties with a better understanding of Chinese s illegal invasion and capture of the Paracels and Spratlys and, more importantly, to counsel urgent action to resist the Chinese occupation as China becomes more assertive in the vital waters of the South China Sea.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Academica Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1680534777
• ISBN 13: 9781680534771
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 146
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible