THE AUTHORS RESPOND – KORI SCHAKE

[...]the nature of the Chinese state and its relationship towards its people make me pessimistic about the ability of the US and China to compromise should China continue to rise. Neither the US government nor the governments of countries with claims in the South China Sea would support the Welch and Logendrarajah argument that Kang approvingly uses that “China has been cooperating surprisingly well” with the Hague Tribunal ruling over the South China Sea. [...]Kang makes a strong case that East Asian history simply does not comport with power transition theory because there was no transition for over a thousand years.