China Denies Access to the South China Sea: The Impact to World Shipping and the US Economy

Abstract

As recently as 2010 China has been reasserting its territorial claims in the Spratly Island chain in the South China Sea. Several other South China Sea nations also have laid claim to the Spratly Island chain including Vietnam, Brunei, Philippines, and Thailand. Through China's territorial claims, tensions between China and the other South China Sea nations have arisen. Due to China's expansion agenda in the SCS there have been several articles, news reports, and journals questioning what the impact would be to the US economy if China were to deny access of shipping through the South China Sea.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 09, 2017
Accession Number
AD1176505

Entities

People

  • Joel D. Heffentrager

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Aircrafts
  • Commerce
  • Economic Analysis
  • Economics
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • International Organizations
  • International Trade
  • Investments
  • Marine Transportation
  • National Security
  • Navies (Foreign)
  • Southeast Asia
  • Treaties
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union