Essays on Spratly Islands

Although the Spratly and Paracel Islands don’t look like much—they’re little more than outcroppings of rock in the South China Sea, after all—they are the subject of serious debate in the international community, and a number of countries are becoming exceptionally territorial over their claims to the islands. These islands are known by a number of different names, depending on the country; for the purposes of this discussion, and in the interests of relative clarity, the English name for these islands—the Spratly Islands—will be used exclusively in the text to refer to these ...

Abstract:

China is a most neighboring country in the world. China has close relationship with many regional countries, because of its complex strategic subject. This county of the rising sun has good surroundings of territorial water and many countries would definitely grab those regions apart, so there is a huge problem with its neighboring countries in territory. China has modern problems with border in Northwest to Southeast continental line, with five central Asian countries. The Afghanistan and Pakistan conflicts and India dispute problem; the right side of the V type line is a Southwest to Northeast sea line, with the battle of Korean ...

For the past couple of months, several news organizations are reporting China’s astounding economic growth and subsequent mobilization in the Asian region which is both alarming and impressive for many experts. Their economic growth is astounding for the very fact it proves China is still an economic powerhouse even in today’s world given their history as the world’s first traders. On the other hand, however, the mobilization of its forces around its “claimed” territories is alarming because of the possible implications that China is now getting ready to overthrow the United States as the dominant force ...

Since ancient history, China’s capability to be a dominant and influential actor in the world had made itself known as it grew as one of the oldest and influential civilizations to exist even in the modern world. The Chinese had introduced Eastern culture to the West and brought the West and the East together as they were one of the earliest traders and scholars. Throughout the times of the Great Wars, it is visible China did not make a significant role and have mostly concentrated on its own affairs regionally. However, in recent years, many are now noticing China’s ...

Introduction

In a sensational essay wrote by one of America's renowned political scientist Samuel Huntington (1993) “The Clash of Civilizations,” he asserted that the nations have not reached the end of its history yet. Instead, it is only the beginning of a long series of conflict rooted from the fundamental antagonism between the various cultures of the world. That the nations and states sharing their civilizations and cultural identities are less likely to fight each other. Huntington (1993) also accentuated the idea that cultural barriers are the dominating source of conflict in the world. Its manifestation can be seen from conflicts between ...