Chinese Diplomacy toward Neighboring Countries

Abstract

Tensions in the Asia region have been rising in recent years with regard to territorial issues. Why have such issues become more prevalent recently, and what kinds of maritime policies is China considering? This paper will focus on such issues. China shifted its foreign policy and addressed its maritime rights in 2006. The increase in conflicts concerning maritime territorial rights from 2007 onward can also be attributed to issues with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and transitions in the United States' policies towards Asia. It has been said that China, confident from its economic growth, is shifting towards a hard-line approach to foreign policy. However, as argued in this paper, a unified Chinese maritime policy has not been established as of yet. Under these circumstances, China's policies are not decidedly rigid in nature. Rather, opinions and stances taken by government ministries and local governments vary, and so does the policy changing process for each entity differ. Regarding maritime issues, the three positions of “cooperation, participation and firm resolution” exist concurrently within today's China.

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