Peer-reviewed articlePublished in United Kingdom · Academic
Australia, China and the maritime ‘rules-based international order’: comparing the South China Sea and Timor Sea disputes
Mark Beeson, Andrew Chubb · International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 2019
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The authors identify similarities in Australian and Chinese pursuit of resource and jurisdictional claims. Australia’s later turn to international legal procedures is linked to strategic calculations and distinctive public, geographical and commercial conditions.