Politics SAC 1 Unit 4 FULL

The … … … justifies the necessity of a strong navy, due to foreign powers attacking by sea

Century of Humiliation

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson called the UNCLOS ruling (year) …

2016, “null and void”

FONOPs stand for…

Freedom Of Navigation Operations

There was a FONOP in (month, year), with ships from … (4)

August 2024, Australia, US, Canada and Philippines

The Philippines called … Reef a … (month, year)

Mischief, “militarised artificial island”, Nov 2023

Water cannoning (year) lead to a … … (month, year)

2024, Provisional Arrangment, July 2024

There is a … hectare network of island military bases (year)

3200, 2025

…% of China’s trade goes through the SCS

40

The … … estimates annual global revenue of $… (m/b/t) by (year), through improving developing states’ ability to trade with China

World Bank, 1.6, trillion, 2030

In (year), China put $… (m/b/t) in cleaner energy investment

2023, 7.9, billion

(environment) Biden said that the BRI was … in (year)

“dirty fossil fuel energy projects”, 2020

Biden demonstrates the Western belief that the BRI was creating debt trap diplomacy through quote: … (month, year)

“debt and noose”, Aug 2023

In (month, year), the Solomon Islands signed to join the BRI

Oct 2019

China spent over $… (m/b/t) in the first … years of the BRI

1, trillion, 10

… states have adopted China’s language on Taiwan reunification

70

… states recognise Taiwan (year)

12, 2026

China provided over … (m/b/t) masks to other states, prioritising BRI states

10, billion

Solomon Islands were promised $… (m/b/t) in aid after no longer recognising Taiwan

730, million

By (year), trade between China and BRI states exceeded $… (m/b/t)

2016, 3, trillion

China calls the CIs a … between China and the world

“bridge reinforcing friendship”

There are … CIs in Southeast Asia (year)

41, 2023

CIs teach … (4)

Mandarin, calligraphy, cooking, culture