China's syndrome : Chinese military modernization and the rearming of Southeast Asia

• Main Author: Bitzinger, Richard A.
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Working Paper
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Military and naval science::Strategy::Asia
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104538; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/4383
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

As China rises as a military power in the Asia-Pacific region, the countries of Southeast Asia are hedging against Chinese military adventurism by rearming themselves. Nevertheless, China is hardly the only, or even the most important, reason for the ASEAN states' current milita...