Ocean Governance, Regimes, and the South China Sea Issues

1. Front Matter

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2. Methodology: Approaches and Research Methods

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   2. Introduction: One-Dot Theory Described, Explained, Inferred, Justified, and Applied

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   3. Non-“dialectical” Levels (or Dialectical Scale) of Ocean Governance

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      Pages 21-27

   4. Ocean Governance and International Regimes: A One-Dot Theory Conversion and/or Reinvention

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3. Case Studies Related to International Regimes and Non-International Regimes

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   2. The International Regimes Dimension of the UNCLOS: Slot in the Information and Analysis

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      Pages 51-59

   3. The International Regimes Dimension of Waterways and Straits: Slot in the Information and Analysis

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      Pages 61-75

   4. The Regime for Highly Migratory Fish Stocks and Straddling Fish Stocks: Slot in the Information and Analysis

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      Pages 77-84

   5. A Consultation Mechanism to Strengthen Military Maritime Safety Between Beijing and Washington: Slot in the Information and Analysis

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      Pages 85-92

   6. Forming, Maintaining, and Sustaining International (Adversary) Regimes in the South China Sea: Analyzing Some Obstacles from a Chinese Perspective

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      Pages 93-116

   7. International Regimes and Maritime Commons in the South China Sea: A One-Dot Theory Interpretation

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      Pages 117-134

   8. The Chinese Historic Waters as an Exceptional Regime in Ocean Development

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      Pages 135-154

4. Issues Related to the U-shaped Line in the South China Sea

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   2. China: From One Dot to Another Dot

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      Pages 157-186

   3. The Chinese U-Shaped Line: A Dialectically Presented Sample

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      Pages 187-206

   4. In Defense of the Chinese U-shaped Line: Applying the Chinese Ideogram, 國, for the Explication

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      Pages 207-227

   5. A One-Dot Theory Critique of the UNCLOS: Is the Chinese U-Shaped Line Really Infamous?

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      Pages 229-252

5. Conclusion

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   2. Concluding Remarks

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      Pages 255-264

​This book uses Chinese version of dialectics to present interpretations of ocean governance, international regimes, issues in the South China Sea in general and the Chinese U-shaped line in particular, through the one-dot theory.  It especially serves as a tool for non-Chinese researchers and experts interested in analyzing international relations issues from a Chinese perspective.  The dialectical one-dot theory, which is a superior model to the dialectical Yin and Yang or the dialectical crab and frog motion model, provides research and findings that more closely mirror reality than do other, non-dialectical approaches and research methods.  Further, it can be applied to both the natural and social sciences.  The book is divided into three parts — Methodology, Case Studies Related to International Regimes and Non-“International Regimes,” and Issues Related to the U-shaped Line in the South China Sea — with each chapter structured in terms of the one-dot theory.  In addition to researchers and experts involved in marine and maritime affairs, this book will also appeal to all readers interested in Chinese Philosophy, International Relations, and Strategic Culture.

• Chinese Ideograms
• Chinese U-Shaped Line
• Chinese dialectics and ocean governance
• Defense of the U-shaped Line
• International Regimes Dimension of UNCLOS
• International Regimes Dimension of Waterways and Straits
• Maritime Commons in the South China Sea
• Ocean governance
• One-dot Theory
• One-dot Theory Critique of UNCLOS
• Regime for Highly Migratory Fish Stocks
• Regime for Straddling Fish Stocks
• Regimes in the South China Sea
• Strengthen Military Maritime Safety
• Yin and Yang approach
• crab and frog motion model
• international regimes

• National Quemoy University, Jinmen County, Taiwan, China

  Peter Kien-hong YU

Peter Kien-hong YU (Ph.D., New York University, October 1983) is a Professor at National Quemoy University (NQU), Taiwan, Republic of China (R.O.C.). Since August 2014, he is the Director of Graduate Institute of Marine Affairs (GIMA) and Department of Ocean and Border Governance (DOBG). From October 1983 to July 2014, he has worked in various capacities such as the Dean of Research and Development at an institution of higher education, full professor at the National SUN Yat-sen University (NSYSU), senior research fellow at the National University of Singapore (NUS), and full professor (at the managerial level) at Swinburne University of Technology (SUT) (Australia). He is the author, co-author, editor, and co-editor of some 20 books in both English and Chinese and over 100 journal articles and book chapters published in the West. He is the recipient of many fellowships, awards, and grants. His latest books are The Second Long March: Struggling Against the Chinese Communists Under the Republic of China (Taiwan) Constitution (2009), which is published by The Continuum (U.S.); International Governance and Regimes: Case Studies from Beijing and Taipei (2010), which is published by Lexington Books (U.S.); International Governance and Regimes: A Chinese Perspective (2012), which is published by Routledge (U.K.); and One-dot Theory Described, Explained, Inferred, Justified, and Applied  (2012), which is published by Springer (U.S.), etc.

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