GOVT2228 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: The Washington Quarterly, Geopolitics, Anzus
26 Jul 2018
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Week 7 class 6 : the rise of china and india. The geography of chinese power: how far can beijing reach on land and at sea? foreign affairs. The great power "great game between india and china: the logic of. Double trouble: a realist view of chinese and. Resources: causes sea:80% of chinese oil passing through indian oceans, pass through choke points: us strategic presence. America has 12 battle group constant strategic presence-rotate-also has port rights in singapore. China policy: reducing tourists-soft power- economic and bilateral (deal with countries individually), reduction to tourism to taiwan. Chinese claims are essentially based on taiwanese claims: significance of taiwan: us alliance to help taiwan maintain independence. Force projection: island claims:land focused traiditionally -korea and viatnam; Island chains: china trying to project out to second island chain: potentially to defend taiwan from the us.
