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What is the Island Chain Strategy?
What is the Island Chain Strategy?
- A strategy formulated by China to contain the US and its allies with naval bases in the western Pacific region.
- A strategy formulated by the US in 1951 to contain the USSR and China with naval bases in the western Pacific region. (correct)
- A strategy formulated by Japan to contain China and its allies with naval bases in the western Pacific region.
- A strategy formulated by Taiwan to contain China and its allies with naval bases in the western Pacific region.
What is the significance of the Bashi Channel and Miyako Strait in the First Island Chain?
What is the significance of the Bashi Channel and Miyako Strait in the First Island Chain?
- They are critical chokepoints for the US.
- They are critical chokepoints for Japan.
- They are critical chokepoints for Taiwan.
- They are critical chokepoints for China (correct)
What is India's stance on the One-China Policy?
What is India's stance on the One-China Policy?
- India follows the One-China Policy and has no diplomatic ties with Taiwan.
- India follows the One-China Policy but has established diplomatic offices with Taiwan for commerce, culture, and education. (correct)
- India does not follow the One-China Policy and has established diplomatic ties with Taiwan.
- India did follow the One-China Policy but stopped using the term One China in 2010 due to increased Chinese aggression.
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Study Notes
- The One-China Policy acknowledges only one Chinese government and considers disputed territories as part of mainland China.
- The US has unofficial ties with Taiwan and follows a strategy of strategic ambiguity.
- India follows the One-China Policy but has established diplomatic offices with Taiwan for commerce, culture, and education.
- India stopped using the term One China in 2010 due to increased Chinese aggression.
- India has signed a Double-Taxation Avoidance Agreement and a Bilateral Investment Treaty with Taiwan.
- The First Island Chain includes US-friendly territories crucial to US foreign policy and serves as the maritime boundary between several seas.
- The Bashi Channel and Miyako Strait in the First Island Chain are critical chokepoints for China.
- The Island Chain Strategy was formulated by the US in 1951 to contain the USSR and China with naval bases in the western Pacific region.
- China sees the recent visit of the US House Speaker to Taiwan as a contravention to the One-China Policy.
- The One-China Policy has been in place since the 1970s.
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