title: RETHINKING CHINA’S GRAY-ZONE STRATEGIES: CASES FROM THE EAST CHINA SEA, SOUTH CHINA SEA, AND TAIWAN STRAIT
abstract: This paper investigates China’s gray-zone strategies in the South China Sea, East China Sea, and Taiwan Strait, addressing how China’s use of non-military gray-zone strategies differs across these three maritime regions and what implications these variations hold for regional security. This study redefines gray-zone strategy as a country’s attempt to change or influence another country’s sovereignty rights or policies through governmental or non-governmental actions, which is different from mili
journal: JANUS NET e-journal of International Relation