New imagined geographies into old geobodies
Problems and prospects for China and Taiwan in the South China Sea
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13045606 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brian C Chao (University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 628-648 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Territory Politics Governance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2162-2671 • E-ISSN: 2162-268X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21622671.2022.2041078 |
| OpenAlex | W4220695725 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 38 |
This article undertakes a two-part exploration of China’s and Taiwan’s attempts this century to re-imagine identity through the creation of new imagined geographies to fit longstanding geobodies. Building on work that examines the South China Sea territorial and maritime rights disputes, it first shows both the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan) are using the South China Sea’s location in the geobody to develop new imagined geographies and transform their identities. Beijing seeks to develop a balanced continental–maritime imagined geography to better fit a geobody that includes vast tracts of maritime space, while Taipei is using the same body of water to turn away from the mainland and build a wholly maritime sense of self. The paper then argues that China’s and Taiwan’s new imagined geographies suffer from a unique combination of three characteristics that may undermine their political and rhetorical power. Their South China Sea claims are not based on a sacred homeland, a co-ethnic population or future settlement: taken together, these powerful factors’ absence may make it particularly difficult for the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan) to convince their populations – and others – of their new identities
Archaeology · Beijing · China · Economy · Geography · Homeland · Mainland · Mainland China · Political science · Politics · Population · Settlement (finance · Sociology · The Republic · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · International Maritime Law Issues · Law · Socioeconomic Development in Asia
Modern Hatreds
China's Western Horizon
Maritime Europe and the Ming
On the Territorial Rights of States 1
The Qing Opening to the Ocean
Nations, States, and Violence
Why Taiwan
China Marches West
The Logic of Violence in Civil War
Taiwan’s Imagined Geography
Seeing Like a State
Territorial Cleansing
How should states be shaped? Contiguity, compactness, and territorial rights
Looking Back to Look Forward
Emerging China and Critical Geopolitics
Grounds for War
Shepherds of the South Seas
Re-inscribing propositions
Place, Identity, and National Imagination in Post-war Taiwan
Strong borders, secure nation cooperation and conflict in China's territorial disputes
Nations, states and homelands
Ethnic groups in conflict
The significance of territory
Territorial Rights
Maritime territorialisation as performance of sovereignty and nationhood in the South China Sea
Unwelcome Neighbors
The Modern Origins of China’s South China Sea Claims
Geopolitics, (Re)territorialisation, and China's Patriotic Tourism in the South China Sea
The Geopolitics of China's Maritime Silk Road Initiative
The Bases of Territorial Claims
The Post September 11 Debate Over Empire, Globalization, and Fragmentation
Absent Maps, Marine Science, and the Reimagination of the South China Sea, 1922-1939
Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War
Seeing Like a State
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |