China’s Gray Zone Strategy: The Case of South China Sea Conflict (중국의 회색지대 전략: 남중국해 분쟁 사례를 중심으로)

Ma, Yue (마월); Gu, Bonyun (구본윤)

China’s Gray Zone Strategy: The Case of South China Sea Conflict

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Asia Review
Abbr : SNUACAR
2023, 13(2), pp.31~58
Publisher : 아시아연구소
Research Area : Social Science > Social Science in general
Received : June 15, 2023
Accepted : July 31, 2023
Published : August 31, 2023

Ma, Yue ¹, Gu, Bonyun ¹

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ABSTRACT

This paper seeks to examine the gray zone strategy used by China in the South China Sea Conflict and to analyze the mechanisms of the gray zone strategy. Using the existing data set on ‘South China Sea’ from 1970 to 2020, we analyze the theoretical characteristics and strategic impact of the gray zone strategy by China. We argue that the internal variable such as ‘reputation’, and the external variables such as ‘status quo dilemma’ and the ‘ambiguity of international law’ constitute a compromised gray zone strategy. These findings clarify the mechanism by which the gray zone strategy is adopted as a tool of China, providing an avenue for new research on the gray zone strategy.

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South China Sea, China, Gray zone strategy, Reputation, Status quo dilemma, International law

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