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Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines as a U.S.-enabled barrier for denying China sea access.
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first island chain
Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines as a U.S.-enabled barrier for denying China sea access.
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He interprets first-island-chain denial as an embargo strategy that can block China's access to the Strait of Malacca and force Chinese obedience.
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He argues that America is militarizing the first island chain and using Indonesia, Japan, Australia, and other partners to embargo rather than destroy China.
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"...we will erect a strong denial of defense along the first island chain. We will also urge and enable key regional allies and partners..."
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"...embargo China, okay? How can we embargo China? Through the first island chain, right? The first island chain is Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines. Right?..."
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"...the reason why is, America is moving towards creating the first island chain. Basically, militarizing the first island chain in order to deter China,..."
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"dollars, okay? So it is entirely possible what's going to happen is that the Chinese will have no choice but to buy from America,..."
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"...the Shard of Malacca. So America has something called the First Island Chain. The First Island Chain prevents China from reaching the Pacific Ocean...."
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