China's socialization of ASEAN in resolving the South China Sea disputes

• Main Author: Han, Guo Xiong
• Other Authors: Tan See Seng
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science::International relations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/65424
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

China has employed normative power to socialize ASEAN, especially the claimant states, to accommodate China's preference for direct, bilateral negotiations while maintaining status-quo cooperation in non-binding multilateralism as the normal standard to resolve the disputes. Such a normal stand...