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The Strait of Melaka is the longest strait in the world, stretching for about 800 km from the northern tip of Sumatra to Singapore. It exhibits a dual character like no other, being simultaneously a privileged linking passage of two seas and two knots of human civilization – India and China – and a »bottleneck« that constrains the maritime connections between them. Today, the latter aspect is globally dominant. The strait is considered and analysed mostly as an obstacle rather than a linking point: how to reach China from the West or elsewhere is no longer an issue, but securing the vital flows that pass into the strait on a daily basis undoubtedly is. Accidents, natural catastrophes, political local crises or terrorist attacks are permanent dangers that could cut this umbilical cord of world trade and jeopardize a particularly sensitive and vulnerable area; piracy and pollution are the most common local threats and vulnerabilities.
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Melaka Portuguese Asia
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PINTO, Paulo Jorge de Sousa - Share and strife: the strait of Melaka and the portuguese (16th and 17th centuries) Artigo no prelo, a editar em 2014 na revista Orientierungen - Zeitschrift zur Kultur Asiens. ISSN 0936-4099. Nº especial 2012. 20f.
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Universität Bonn, Institut für Orient- und Asienwissenschaften