China’s ADIZ : South China Sea next?

• Main Author: Bitzinger, Richard A.
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Military and naval science::Military engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/79299; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20199
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

China’s establishment of an air-defence identification zone (ADIZ) in the East China Sea has been criticised as destabilising to the regional status quo and a threat to freedom of navigation. Beijing’s inability to enforce the ADIZ only underscores its weakness; on the other hand, using military for...