This morning on the radio I heard my country's former defense minister say that he thought there could be a war between Australia and China within 5-10 years, probably over the Taiwan situation. The fact that he used to be defense minister (he's now a university professor I think) just gives an extra layer of legitimacy to this statement in my mind. If the war was to remain local I wouldn't like it but I wouldn't panic. What I'm really worried about though is the possibility of Australia getting directly attacked somehow. I know this is probably extraordinarily unlikely, but the possibility is really gnawing at my brain.