AOS Power in the Asia-Pacific Flashcards
Nancy Pelosi visit to Taiwan, and subsequent flyovers/naval exercises
2022
chinas GDP
17.7 trillion in 2021
Myanmar aid
2.5 billion for pipeline
South Sudan aid
over 2000 tonnes of rice donated in 2018
change in trade value with ASEAN states
from $220 billion in 2014 to $731 billion in 2020
population living below the poverty line change
100 million in 2012 to 8 million in 2021
dates of South China Sea
- 2016 anti-air missile launchers placed in Paracel Islands
- 2016 ‘limited and necessary self-defence facilities’
dates of East China Sea
- 2013 ‘air defence zone’
- 2016 circling islands
- 2021 coastguard law
Ren Zhiqiang
in 2020 sentenced to 18 years imprisonment
knife attacks
2014 at Kunming train station
UNHCR
in 2018 China responded by saying the claims were ‘not factual’ and ‘politically driven’
missiles to strike US naval fleet
3000km range
military data
- 2.5 million active frontline troops
- 3000 aircraft
- 714 ships
Taiwan recognised by
14 states
trade war
trump placed 250 billion in tariffs, china placed 110 billion in tariffs