Securitising Biotic Risk: Reframing Biosecurity in China

Xinxin Duan; Dr Oliver Fritsch; Simon McKirdy; Dan Zheng

doi:10.1002/app5.386

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Securitising Biotic Risk: Reframing Biosecurity in China

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Securitising Biotic Risk: Reframing Biosecurity in China

Xinxin Duan, Dr Oliver Fritsch, Simon McKirdy and Dan Zheng

Asia & the Pacific policy studies, Vol.11(2), e386

2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/app5.386

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Abstract

biosafety, biosecurity, China, securitization

Political science

Studies of Asian society

This article offers an in‐depth analysis of the meaning and scope of biosafety and biosecurity in China, thereby relating domestic debates to global developments, exploring notions of safety and security in public policy more broadly and embedding a key policy initiative, Chinaʼs new Biosecurity Law, into attempts by Chinaʼs leadership to develop a holistic national security strategy. The article finds that biotic threats have more recently been reframed as matters of national security, in ways that undeniably go beyond conventional un-derstandings of biosecurity and that blur the boundaries to more accident‐focused biosafety measures. Given Chinaʼs political and economic importance this apparent trend to securitise biotic risks is likely to impact on global trade relations, international transport and passenger traffic, not the least in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative.

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Title: Securitising Biotic Risk: Reframing Biosecurity in China
Authors/Creators: Xinxin Duan - Murdoch University
Dr Oliver Fritsch - Murdoch University, Centre for Terrestrial Ecosystem Science and Sustainability
Simon McKirdy - Murdoch University, Centre for Biosecurity and One Health
Dan Zheng - Qingdao Agricultural University
Publication Details: Asia & the Pacific policy studies, Vol.11(2), e386
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.
Identifiers: 991005649567907891
Murdoch Affiliation: School of Environmental and Conservation Sciences; Centre for Terrestrial Ecosystem Science and Sustainability
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Collaboration types: Domestic collaboration; International collaboration
Citation topics: 6 Social Sciences; 6.11 Education & Educational Research; 6.11.2298 Mixed Methods Research
Web Of Science research areas: Area Studies
ESI research areas: Social Sciences, general