Simmering Seas - Escalation and De-escalation in China's Maritime Disputes

Is conflict with China inevitable? In Simmering Seas, Shuxian Luo challenges the conventional wisdom about China's rise. By analyzing two decades of maritime disputes and conducting over 150 interviews with officials and experts across the Asia-Pacific and the United States, Luo reveals that China is neither a reckless aggressor nor a peaceful gian