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The 2011 harassment of Vietnam’s survey vessels (Viking II and Binh Minh)
The 2012 Scarborough Shoal standoff (Tanmen Militia present)
The 2014 Haiyang Shiyou-981 oil rig standoff.
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Detailed analysis concerning these and related issues is available in the authors’ other
publications. See Conor M. Kennedy and Andrew S. Erickson, “Model Maritime Militia: Tanmen’s
Leading Role In The April 2012 Scarborough Shoal Incident,” Center for International Maritime
Security (CIMSEC), 21 April 2016, http://cimsec.org/model-maritime-militia-tanmens-leading-
role-april-2012-scarborough-shoal-incident/24573; Andrew S. Erickson and Conor M. Kennedy,
“Trailblazers in Warfighting: The Maritime Militia of Danzhou,” Center for International
Maritime Security, 1 February 2016, http://cimsec.org/trailblazers-warfighting-maritime-
militia-danzhou/21475; Andrew S. Erickson and Conor M. Kennedy, “China’s Daring Vanguard:
Introducing Sanya City’s Maritime Militia,” Center for International Maritime Security, 5
November 2015,
http://cimsec.org/chinas-daring-vanguard-introducing-sanya-citys-maritime-
militia/19753
; Christopher P. Cavas, “China’s ‘Little Blue Men’ Take Navy’s Place in Disputes,”
Defense News, 2 November 2015,
http://www.defensenews.com/story/
defense/naval/2015/11/02/china-lassen-destroyer-spratly-islands-south-china-sea-andrew-
erickson-naval-war-college-militia-coast-guard-navy-confrontation-territorial-dispute/75070058/
;
Andrew S. Erickson and Conor M. Kennedy, “Irregular Forces at Sea: ‘Not Merely Fishermen—
Shedding Light on China’s Maritime Militia’,” Center for International Maritime Security, 2
November 2015,
http://cimsec.org/new-cimsec-series-on-irregular-forces-at-sea-not-merely-
fishermen-shedding-light-on-chinas-maritime-militia/19624
; Andrew S. Erickson, “Making Waves
in the South China Sea,” A ChinaFile Conversation, Asia Society, 30 October 2015,
http://www.chinafile.com/conversation/making-waves-south-china-sea; Andrew S. Erickson and
Conor M. Kennedy, “Directing China’s ‘Little Blue Men’: Uncovering the Maritime Militia
Command Structure,” Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, Center for Strategic and
International Studies, 9 September 2015,
http://www.andrewerickson.com/2015/11/chinas-
daring-vanguard-introducing-sanya-citys-maritime-militia/; Andrew S. Erickson, “New U.S.
Security Strategy Doesn’t Go Far Enough on South China Sea,” China Real Time Report (中国实时
报), Wall Street Journal, 24 August 2015,
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/08/24/new-
asia-pacific-maritime-security-strategy-necessary-but-insufficient/?mod=WSJBlog
; Andrew S.
Erickson and Conor M. Kennedy, “Tanmen Militia: China’s ‘Maritime Rights Protection’
Vanguard,” The National Interest, 6 May 2015,
http://www.nationalinterest.org/feature/tanmen-
militia-china%E2%80%99s-maritime-rights-protection-vanguard-12816; Andrew S. Erickson and
Conor M. Kennedy, “China’s Island Builders: The People’s War at Sea,” Foreign Affairs, 9 April
2015,
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/east-asia/2015-04-09/china-s-island-builders;
Andrew S. Erickson and Conor M. Kennedy, “Meet the Chinese Maritime Militia Waging a
‘People’s War at Sea’,” China Real Time Report (中国实时报), Wall Street Journal, 31 March 2015,
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/03/31/meet-the-chinese-maritime-militia-waging-a-
peoples-war-at-sea/.