Order Description

1) security threat -the rise of china has security threat to aus

2) Defence White Paper – this talks about the implication of the rise of china

3) Affects Trade – because it means the south china sea becomes part of china waters. Any trade with japan affected because cost of trade goes up. Has implications.

4) South china sea, body of water that is on eastern side, goes out to japan, Philippines, Indonesia. All that water, china is laying claim to all of that water. On that water there is small reefs and china has been bulilding and claiming land on these reefs and building military bases. This is ilegal. As its international islands. (martime law) they are creating land on these parts of land. Some of the islands are disputed islands between japan, Philippines etc. China has said they need to stay away – Philippines took them to court. Court favoured Philppines. This impacts australian foreign policy as it creates instability in the region. Effects our relationship with china. If war breaks out in that area it affects us. It also affects trade. If china closes of trade routes, that creates issues for Australia.