China’s Economic Impact on Oceania

Abstract

China has a strong and growing presence in the Oceania region which supplies a range of key resources, particularly minerals and foodstuffs. The region has historically attracted Chinese migrants. While Oceania benefits from trade, investment, and migration links with China there is concern over the establishment of Chinese organised crime groups in the Pacific Islands many of which suffer poor governance, corruption, and instability. There is also recent evidence of China’s political engagement in the region with regard to Taiwan and the Belt and Road Initiative.