Blaxland, John2024-04-112024-04-112201-5639http://hdl.handle.net/1885/316680Talk of war has become louder in recent days, but the “drumbeat” has been heard for some time now as China’s military capabilities have grown. China does not want war, at least not yet. It’s playing the long game and its evident intentions have become more unnerving. Scholars like Brendan Taylor have identified four flash points for a possible conflict with China, including Korea, the East China Sea, the South China Sea and Taiwan, but conventional war is not likely at this stage.application/pdfen-AU© 2021 The Conversationhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/2021-05-052022-11-20CC BY-ND 4.0 DEED Attribution-NoDerivs 4.0 International