Five Finger Strategy
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Subject: IR
Context:
Heart of the PRC’s strategy to manage its periphery which is often referred to as Mao’s ‘Five Finger strategy’
Concept:
- The Five Fingers of Tibet is a Chinese foreign policy attributed to Mao Zedong that considers Tibet to be China’s right hand palm, with five fingers on its periphery: Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and Arunachal Pradesh, and that it is China’s responsibility to “liberate” these regions.