From Keeping A Low Profile To Active Behavior:the Change Of South China Sea Policy Of China

The South China Sea issue is a hot topic in the world. It has been continually developing since its emergence in the1970s, and it has evolved into an extremely complex problem of international diplomacy in nowadays. It is a major and urgent problem to confront and solve for China’s diplomacy, and success or failure on the South China Sea issue will largely affect the Chinese rise in the East Asia or even the world. Since the reform and opening up, China put forward a policy of "putting aside disputes and seeking common development" on the South China Sea issue, which takes into account the vital interests of the parties on the South China Sea dispute, but it has been not effective. As the South China Sea issue is increasingly tense today, China’s South China Sea Policy has a significant change before and after the establishment of Sansha, and it is currently in the process of changing from Keeping a Low Profile to Taking Active Actions.This paper analyzes and researches the change of China’s South China Sea Policy. Apart from the Introduction and Conclusion, the research framework consists of three parts. The specific writing ideas are as follows:The introduction gives a brief description of the significance, domestic and foreign research and writing methods of this paper topic. The first part introduces China’s Keeping a Low Profile policy on the South China Sea issue and its implementation effect. The second part mainly analyzes the policy change towards taking active actions, its performance and the cause of the change. The third part explains the possible challenges face by the South China Sea Policy change and its solutions. The last part is the conclusion of this paper, summarizing and forecasting China’s South China Sea Policy.