1 https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS?locations=KR-JP-CN

2 https://www.trade.gov/data-visualization/tradestats-express-state-trade-partner-countries-and-regions et https://oec.world/en/profile/country/chn?depthSelector1=HS2Depth&yearlyTradeFlowSelector=flow0 3 https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/country/CHN 4 China Imports around 75% of crude oil, of which 80% comes from countries west of the Malacca strait. https://oec.world/en/profile/country/chn?depthSelector1=HS4Depth&yearlyTradeFlowSelector=flow1 et /https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/country/CHN and (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS?locations=IN-CN

5 https://oec.world/en/profile/country/jpn?depthSelector1=HS4Depth&yearlyTradeFlowSelector=flow1 6 https://oec.world/en/profile/country/twn?redirect=true&subnationalFlowSelector=flow1&yearlyTradeFlowSelector=flow1 7 https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/market-insights/latest-news/natural-gas/102920-lng-tankers-without-reservations-seeing-longer-waiting-times-at-panama-canal et. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666822X22000211

8 https://media.defense.gov/2022/Nov/29/2003122279/-1/-1/1/2022-MILITARY-AND-SECURITY-DEVELOPMENTS-INVOLVING-THE-PEOPLES-REPUBLIC-OF-CHINA.PDF p.145

9 Mystery balloon hovered over Andaman & Nicobar Islands around tri-service military drill - India Today 10 https://eurasiantimes.com/china-to-set-up-a-massive-missile-facility-in-bangladesh-india/ 11 [https://oec.world/en/profile/country/chn?](https://oec.world/en/profile/country/chn?depthSelector1=HS4Depth&yearlyTradeFlowSelector=flow1)

12 https://commerce.gov.in/about-us/divisions/foreign-trade-territorial-division/foreign-trade-asean/ et. https://oec.world/en/profile/international_organization/association-of-southeast-asian-nations 13 India’s Defence White Paper 2015

14 https://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/defbudget/fy2020/FY20_Green_Book.pdf](https://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/defbudget/fy2020/FY20_Green_Book.pdf) p.245