Contents: 1. The Philippines Claims of Sovereignty over South China Sea 2. A New Imperial China: The Hague Ruling and the South China Sea dispute 3. Differing perspectives on the Looming Crisis in the South China Sea: Belligerence or Tempest in a Teapot 4. Sino-US Rivalry in South China Sea: A New Normal 5. South China Sea Imbroglio: Indias Interests at Stake 6. Natuna Islands: China Drags Indonesia to South China Sea 7. The South China Sea Dispute: Appraising ASEANs Response 8. South China Sea Dispute and Sino-ASEAN Relations: Implications for India 9. Malaysias South China Sea Policy: Still Walking the Tightrope 10. Maritime Security in the Malacca Straits: Challenges and Prospects 11. Vietnam and the South China Sea: Two-Fold Strategy. The Peoples Republic of China brooks no interference in the South China Sea by anyone, be it Japan, United States, or even the United Nations. As Beijing sees it, even the South East Asian countries, whose claims on the various islands in the South China Sea it rejects, should not have anything to do with the region. This book tells the story of Chinese belligerence in the volatile region it claims as its own, and resistance to it from various quarters.