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This chapter will provide a critical review of the relevant literature in order to highlight the various gaps in existing studies of geopolitics and, in so doing, create a space and purpose for this book to fill and expand upon. More specifically, I will extend the theoretical framework of this study by underlining the notion of ‘critical geopolitics’ and examining relevant studies on this topic. Overall, this literature review will be structured by a general overview of the notion of critical geopolitics followed by more specific lines of inquiry and debate that the following empirical chapters draw upon.

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    Nyerere was the leader who led Tanzania to independence.

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    In the vast majority of Chinese Internet communities, online discussion has word limitations. For example, in the Internet community of Sina Weibo, Internet users must use fewer than 140 words to express their opinions.

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