National Identity Analysis and Foreign Policy China Aggressive Stance in South China Sea under Xi Jinping

Anggia Rahmadini, Citra Hennida

2018

Abstract

China's influence in the escalation of the South China Sea dispute tension can not be denied. The country has made a claim of maritime sovereignty coupled with reclamation and construction in the territorial waters. These measures were conducted unilaterally and aggressively to encourage responses from countries involved in the South China Sea sovereign conflict of Taiwan, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam, as well as the United States. During Xi Jinping's reign, China had a peaceful development program to defend China's sovereignty and core interests. This peaceful development strategy seems far from reality, because China is showing its decisive stance by building a formidable military force. This paper will present an analysis of China's aggressive posture linked to China's national identity under the rule of Xi Jinping. The authors then argue that national identity has an important role in the decision-making of a country.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Rahmadini A. and Hennida C. (2018). National Identity Analysis and Foreign Policy China Aggressive Stance in South China Sea under Xi Jinping. In Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR, ISBN 978-989-758-493-0, pages 434-440. DOI: 10.5220/0010278400002309

in Bibtex Style

@conference{acir18,
author={Anggia Rahmadini and Citra Hennida},
title={National Identity Analysis and Foreign Policy China Aggressive Stance in South China Sea under Xi Jinping},
booktitle={Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR,},
year={2018},
pages={434-440},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010278400002309},
isbn={978-989-758-493-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR,
TI - National Identity Analysis and Foreign Policy China Aggressive Stance in South China Sea under Xi Jinping
SN - 978-989-758-493-0
AU - Rahmadini A.
AU - Hennida C.
PY - 2018
SP - 434
EP - 440
DO - 10.5220/0010278400002309