The South China Sea: its strategic value and the Chinese geostrategy

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https://doi.org/10.5216/sec.v23i.59790

Abstract

The object of this article is the South China Sea with the central argument that it constitutes a strategic space for the attainment of China’s political, economic and military interests. The article finds that this space is strategic for China because of its natural resources and its strategic position for Chinese security and economic and military projection. Still, the text addresses how the Chinese expansion happens, its geostrategy for this space. The article is based on a bibliographical review of classical geopolitical theorists and on the current geopolitical conjuncture, as well as on expert authors on the subject - such as Robert Kaplan, Ian Storey, Clive Schofield and Yoji Koda – and the analysis of documents such as the Convention on the Law of the Sea, Territorial Water Law, Code of Conduct in the South China Sea.

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Raphael Padula, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Coordinator and Permanent Professor of the Postgraduate in International Political Economy (PEPI) of the Institute of Economics of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Adjunct Professor of International Political Economy at UFRJ since 2009. Graduated in Economic Sciences from UFRJ (2004), Master (2005) and PhD (2010) in Production Engineering from COPPE-UFRJ, with doctoral dissertation entitled "Regional Integration of infrastructure and trade in South America in the 2000s: a political-strategic analysis. " Editor of Oikos magazine since 2002. Member of CNPq-registered research groups "Global Power and the Geopolitics of Capitalism" and "Brazilian International Insertion: Global and Regional Projection". Researcher at IPEA (Institute of Applied Economic Research) in the Project: "Regional Integration: Brazil and South America". She conducts research and has publications in the following areas: International Political Economy, Geopolitics, Geoeconomics, Regional Integration, Comparative Development.

Felipe Gusmão Carioni Fernandes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

PhD student at the Postgraduate Program in International Political Economy at the Institute of Economics of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (PEPI-IE / UFRJ), Master in International Political Economy at (PEPI). Having successfully defended the dissertation "Geopolitics and Geoeconomics of the South China Sea: the Asian giant's disputes over mastery of strategic maritime spaces". Bachelor in International Relations from UFRJ, with the final paper "The Geopolitical Importance of the South China Sea and its Relationship with the Chinese Strategic Interests". He was also a scientific initiation scholar, CNPq / PIBIC, with the group "Global Power and Geopolitics of Capitalism" and presented the work "South America and China, a partnership for development?", During the XXXV Day of Scientific Initiation, Technological, Cultural and Artistic (JICTAC) research of UFRJ.

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2020-05-19

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PADULA, R.; FERNANDES, F. G. C. The South China Sea: its strategic value and the Chinese geostrategy. Sociedade e Cultura, Goiânia, v. 23, 2020. DOI: 10.5216/sec.v23i.59790. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/fcs/article/view/59790. Acesso em: 21 dec. 2024.

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Vol. 23 (2020)

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Dossiê: Os poderes emergentes e a ordem mundial contemporânea

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