Thisnbsp;title will explore China's strategic interests in the South China Sea, with a specific emphasis on power projection and resource security. China's regional actions and reactions are reshaping the power dynamics in East and South-East Asia, while economic and geopolitical futures depend on the variegated outcomes of these complex relationships with neighbours and the West. An introductory section will be complemented bynbsp;four case studies (Japan, Vietnam, the USA and the Philippines)nbsp;and the concluding chapter willnbsp;discuss the importance of the South China Seanbsp;to China as its new leadership deals with growing economic and military might.… (more)