9 Which of the following is not a member of the four NATO Asia-Pacific Partners?
(A) Australia.
(B) The Philippines.
(C) New Zealand.
(D) South Korea.

10 Which of the following statement is NOT one of the three basic assumptions of Structural Realism? (A) International politics is in a status of anarchy. (B) States are like units. (C) The distribution of capabilities among states illustrates the nature of the international system. (D) States pursue absolute gains.

11 Regarding the Congress of Vienna in 1815, which of the following statement is incorrect? (A) It established the classification of diplomats. (B) It established the norms for free navigation in international waters. (C) It prohibited the trade of slaves. (D) It defended nationalism and liberalism.

12 Considering the developments of the US-ROC bilateral relations after the government of the Republic of China moved to Taiwan in 1949, which of the following statement is correct? (A) The U.S. declared the “Neutralization of the Taiwan Strait” in 1949. Therefore, the Republic of China received the security assurance after the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950. (B) The First Taiwan Strait Crisis broke out in 1954, the U.S. dispatched the Seventh Fleet to patrol the Taiwan Strait. (C) The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis broke out in 1958, leading to the signing of the “Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of China.” (D) The US President Dwight D. Eisenhower visited Taiwan in 1960, strengthening the friendship between the two countries.

13 Who was the first Chinese Judge posted to the Permanent Court of International Justice by the Republic of China? (A) Wang Chung-Hui. (B) V. K. Wellington Koo. (C) Lou Tseng-Tsiang. (D) Wei Tao-Ming.

14 Which of the following statement is correct regarding the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904? (A) The trigger was that Czarist Russia made an excuse for protecting the Chinese Eastern Railway during the Boxer Rebellion, and occupied Manchuria of China. (B) Under Britain’s mediation, Japan and Czarist Russia signed the Portsmouth Treaty in the Great Britain. (C) Japan and Czarist Russia reached a peaceful agreement in which Czarist Russia ceded the southern portion of Kamchatka Peninsula to Japan. (D) China and Japan signed the Sino-Japanese Telecom Treaty in 1905, allowing China to take back Czarist Russia’s special rights and interests in the three Northeast provinces.

15 Among the treaties that the Qing government signed with foreign powers, which one made China pay the largest amount of compensation? (A) Treaty of Yili. (B) The Boxer Protocol. (C) Treaty of Shimonoseki. (D) Treaty of Tienjin.

16 Which of the following statement is correct in relation to the border dispute during the final years of the Qing Dynasty? (A) The Panthaty Rebellion initially arose in Yunnan Province in 1856, which was supported by Czarist Russia. Among the rebellion forces, Ma Rulong(馬如龍) and Du Wenxiu(杜文秀) were the two most influential forces. (B) While the Second Opium War broke out and the Anglo-French joint forces invaded Tianjin in 1858, Czar General Nikolay N. Muravyov took the chance to invade Aigun and forced Li Hongzhang(李鴻章) to sign the Treaty of Aigun. (C) While the Dungan Revolt occurred in Xinjiang in 1864, the Khan of the Khanate of Kokand sent his general Muhammad Yaqub Bek to China to establish a Muslim Khanate, which was later defeated by Zeng Guofan(曾國藩). (D) While the Dungan Revolt occurred, the Czarist Russian army occupied Yili in 1871; the Qing government sent Zeng Jize(曾紀澤), ambassador to both England and France, to Saint Petersburg for negotiation and eventually retrieved part of the territory.

17 Regarding the Open Door Policy in China advocated by US Secretary of State John Hay in 1899, which of the following statement is incorrect? (A) US national power was strengthened after its victory in a war against Spain and gained the Philippines in 1898. (B) The United States had increasing commercial interests in China. (C) It was a diplomatic tradition for the United States in advocating Open Door Policy of every country. (D) The United States respected the special interests of major powers gained in China in exchange of their supporting the US policy.

18 In terms of cooperation among the Allies during World War II, which of the following is correct? (A) After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident (the Lugou Bridge Incident) broke out in 1937, the U.S. and the U.K. swiftly abolished the unequal treaties in order to strengthen their friendship with China.(B) In November 1943, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill invited Chiang Kai-shek, Chairman of the Chinese Nationalist Government, to Cairo and issued the Cairo Declaration agreeing the independence of Korea after the war. (C) The Republic of China, the U.S., the U.K. and France jointly declared the Proposal for the United Nations in October 1944, and became the founding members of the United Nations. (D) Before Adolf Hitler was completely defeated in the War, China, the U.S. and the U.K. issued the Potsdam Declaration in 1945, demanding the unconditional surrender of Germany.

19 Which of the following description is correct in connection with the development of the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union after World War II? (A) On 5th March 1946, US President Harry S. Truman delivered a speech and firstly used the term “Iron Curtain”. (B) The Marshall Plan enacted in July 1947 covered the regions across contemporary geographical scope of the European Union. (C) The Containment Policy was suggested by George F. Kennan, and was supported by US President Harry S. Truman. (D) The remaining collective defense mechanism under the Containment Policy includes the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO).

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