| Titre | Un conflit oublié : les rochers de mer de Chine méridionale / A forgotten conflict : the small rocky islands of the South China Sea | |
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| Auteur | Frédéric Lasserre | |
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Revue |
Géocarrefour Titre à cette date : Revue de géographie de Lyon |
| Numéro | volume 73, no 1, 1998 Varia | |
| Page | 25-32 | |
| Résumé anglais |
After the Chinese invasion of the Spratley islands in 1988, and the withdrawal of the Vietnamese troops from Cambodia, ASEAN gradually realized that it had become a possible next target of China's will to extend its sovereignty in the South China Sea. Too weak and divided to resist militarily against Beiging, the Association chose to adopt a diplomatic line of resistence. Vietnam, for geopolitical reasons, also chose to become a member of ASEAN and rapidly was admitted into the regional grouping, to the surprise of many observers. However, if Vietnam and Singapore developed a cultural and geographical regional concept that could undermine China's claims to the South China Sea, this concept does not seem to appeal to other member countries, because of a still very weak collective consciousness. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/geoca_0035-113x_1998_num_73_1_4800 |
