Publication
12 Dec 2013
This brief examines the motivations behind China’s setting up of an air defense identification zone (ADIZ) over the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands. The author believes that the move is part of a bid by the Chinese leadership to consolidate power domestically as well as a display of increased assertiveness towards claiming the disputed islands.
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Author | Rajeev Ranjan Chaturvedy |
Series | ISAS Briefs |
Issue | 310 |
Publisher | Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) |
Copyright | © 2013 Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) |