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57. James Manicom, “China’s Claims to an Extended Continental
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58. China’s National Defense in 2008, “The Security Situation.”
59. See also Evan S. Medeiros, China’s International Behavior:
Activism, Opportunism, and Diversification, Santa Monica, CA:
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60. See, for example, Fan Gaoyue and Yang Yi, “Latest US
Defense Report Specifically Outlines Strategy Toward China,”
Zhongguo Tongxun She Online, Hong Kong, August 4, 2008.
61. Annual Report to Congress: Military Power of the People’s
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March 25, 2009.
62. Lu Yuan, “Change of US Asian-Pacific Strategies—Concluded
From ‘RIMPAC [Rim of the Pacific Exercise] 2008,” Xinhua
Wang, July 16, 2008.
63. For a thorough assessment of this issue, see Eric A. McVadon,
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64. “China Urges U.S. to Halt Surveillance Near Its Shores,”
The New York Times, August 27, 2009.
65. Peng Guangqian and Yao Youzhi, eds., The Science of Military
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66. This discussion draws from Wang Zhongchun, “Nuclear
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52-60.
67. For an assessment of this debate, see Bonnie S. Glaser and
Lyle Morris, “Chinese Perceptions of U.S. Decline and Power,”
Jamestown Publication, China Brief, Vol. 9, Issue 14, July 9, 2009.
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