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The Chinese Journal of International Politics Advance Access originally published online on August 3, 2009
The Chinese Journal of International Politics 2009 2(4):487-523; doi:10.1093/cjip/pop007
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Reproduced from the Quarterly Journal of International Politics, with kind permission of the authors and the Institute of International Studies, Tsinghua University

Explaining Chinese Solutions to Territorial Disputes with Neighbour States*

Nie Hongyi{dagger}

{dagger} Corresponding author. Email: niehongyi@gmail.com

The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.

From the beginning of the colonial period to the height of western imperialism, and throughout the course of former colonies’ national independence, territorial disputes have been a root cause of war and conflict between states. As China shares a border with more countries than any other state, it exists within an extremely complicated geo-political environment. China has formally resolved border issues with 12 neighbour countries, but sovereignty disputes over more than 22,000 kilometers of territory along China's borders have yet to be settled. Conciliation of these territorial disputes is crucial to China's peaceful development. These disputes generate hostilities and reservations within the international community on China's rise and also create challenges as regards national image and China's diplomacy. Since the establishment of the PRC, China has successfully resolved territorial and border disputes with many neighbour states through a peaceful and concessionary diplomatic approach based on mutual understanding.1 But border issues . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Current Explanations and Their Limitations
 
Domestic Politics Oriented Theories

Transition Theories

Equilibrium Theory

Institutional Theories


   The Logic of Neighbour State Policies and Chinese Policy Decisions
 
Changes in Power Structures

Weak and Strong Powers and the Effects of Changes in Capabilities

Neighbour States and China's Policy Decisions on Border Disputes

Revisionist Neighbour States and China's Policy Decisions

Status Quo Neighbour States and China's Policy Position


   Research Design
 
Variable Selections

Coding of Independent and Dependent Variables

A Typology of Neighbour States according to Power

Criteria for Case Selection


   Sino–Soviet Border Issues
 
Sino–Soviet Border Issues (1949–1959)

Sino–Soviet Border Issues (1960–1982)

Placement of Nuclear Weapons in Cuba

The Re-occupation of Outer Mongolia

The Military Occupation of Czechoslovakia

Support of the Vietnamese Invasion of Cambodia

Military Occupation of Afghanistan

Sino–Soviet Border Issues (1983–1991)


   Border Issues between China and Russia and the Central Asian Republics
 
Sino–Russian Border (1992–2007)

China's Border with Central Asian States: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan (1992–2007)


   Sino–Indian Border Issues
 

   Sino–Vietnamese Border Issues
 
Sino–Vietnamese Border (1949–1974)

Sino–Vietnamese Border (1975–1991)

Sino–Vietnamese Border (1992–2007)


   Border Issues between China and other Neighbour States
 

   Conclusion and Policy Implications
 

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