How can a small strait threaten a global powerhouse like China🇨🇳? And why is the Malacca Strait so important for China and the rest of Asia and the World? 🌏 Through the Malacca Strait passes around 80% of Chinese oil, and that’s also true for other Asian countries, like Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Therefore, this chokepoint is the most direct way from the Indian to the Pacific Ocean, and any blockade of this would spell disaster for the global economy. For these reasons this checkpoints holds a huge geopo