Why Has the United States Taken a Keen Interest in China

question 104

Multiple Choice

Why has the United States taken a keen interest in China in recent years?

• A) The United States wants to ensure that China does not fall into communist rule.
• B) The United States wants China to be a bastion of democracy in an otherwise volatile area of the world.
• C) China has a large supply of oil that can be exported to the United States.
• D) China is a large market in an increasingly global economy.
• E) China has begun to implement increasingly isolationist foreign and defense policies.

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