TY - BOOK AU - Lim,Yves-Heng TI - China's naval power: an offensive realist approach ? T2 - Corbett centre for maritime policy studies series SN - 9781409451846 AV - 408 DS 633 L732c 2013 U1 - 359.030951223 PY - 2013/// CY - Farnham, Surrey, UK England PB - Ashgate Pub. Limited KW - China KW - Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun KW - Hai jun KW - Sea-power KW - Naval strategy KW - Military policy KW - Strategic aspects KW - Pacific Area N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-211)and index; Naval power and the quest for regional hegemony -- China's rise in East Asia: the political context of Beijing's bid for regional hegemony -- The offensive turn of China's naval strategy and doctrine -- The modernization of Chinese naval forces -- Taiwan and beyond -- Territorial and maritime issues in the China seas -- The great naval chessboard: sea power and the Chinese quest for hegemony -- Conclusion, (Not) born to be blue? ER -