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Conception and Change in China's ‘Sea Power(海權)’ in Post Modern Era and the Education of Marine Culture

Jun-Tae Lee 1 OH Il whan 1

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ABSTRACT

In terms of consideration about East Asian ocean space focusing on the Chinese recognition of sea, this paper investigates in how the Chinese began to regard ‘Sea Power’ as international political power which was originated from the western culture. As like the USA case, there is the meaning of ‘exploring’ in conceptualization of ‘Sea Power’. However, for the Chinese, the meaning of ‘Sea Power’ implies the state's protection, so called ‘protection state's authority’ in the international competitive politics. It is not unusual for the Chinese to understand that sea is a part of state's territory which they must protect from the unexpected invasion. Regarding ‘Sea Power’ as state's own authority to protect is getting political legitimacy all around of the East Asia. This paper tries to look into how the Chinese government will manage conflicts and problems related to the sea and what kind of political implications will influence on the Korean peninsular.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.