TY - BOOK AU - PAUL T V TI - Soft balancing vs hard clashes: the risks of war over the South China Sea PY - 2018/// KW - SOUTH CHINA SEA KW - WAR N2 - China's decades long economic growth leaders in Beijing have been keen to emphasize the country's peaceful rise. President Xi Jinping's more assertive approach to foreign relations, particularly involving Beijing's claims in the South China Sea ER -