Legitimacy and the Limits of Nationalism: China and the Diaoyu Islands

January 01 1999 Legitimacy and the Limits of Nationalism: China and the Diaoyu Islands Erica Strecker Downs, Erica Strecker Downs Erica Strecker Downs is a Ph.D. candidate in the Politics Department at Princeton University. She has worked on Chinese security issues for RAND. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Phillip C. Saunders Phillip C. Saunders Phillip C. Saunders is a Ph.D. candidate at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. He has worked on Asian issues for the United States Air Force, RAND, and the Council on Foreign Relations, and is currently completing a doctoral dissertation on priorities in U.S. China policy since Tiananmen Square. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Erica Strecker Downs Erica Strecker Downs is a Ph.D. candidate in the Politics Department at Princeton University. She has worked on Chinese security issues for RAND. Phillip C. Saunders Phillip C. Saunders is a Ph.D. candidate at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. He has worked on Asian issues for the United States Air Force, RAND, and the Council on Foreign Relations, and is currently completing a doctoral dissertation on priorities in U.S. China policy since Tiananmen Square. Online Issn: 1531-4804 Print Issn: 0162-2889 © 1998 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.1998 International Security (1999) 23 (3): 114–146. https://doi.org/10.1162/isec.23.3.114 Connected Content A correction has been published: Corrected version of 'Legitimacy and the Limits of Nationalism: China and the Diaoyu Islands' by Erica Strecker Downs and Phillip C. Saunders, International Security 23:3 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Erica Strecker Downs, Phillip C. Saunders; Legitimacy and the Limits of Nationalism: China and the Diaoyu Islands. International Security 1999; 23 (3): 114–146. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/isec.23.3.114 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAll JournalsInternational Security Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF.