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Military geography in the Taiwan Strait is an important part of regional military geography research and belongs to the category of military geography. Each discipline has its own specific research objects, areas of study, and the body of knowledge made up of these categories. As Mao Zedong pointed out in the Theory of Contradictions: "The distinction of scientific research is based on the special contradictions of scientific objects. Thus, the study of a certain contradiction peculiar to the field of a certain phenomenon constitutes the object of a certain science.” The object of study of military geography in the Taiwan Strait is the relationship between the interdependence and constraint between the geographical environment of the Taiwan Strait and the military. In order to better study military geography in the Taiwan Strait, it is necessary to understand the basic concepts of military geography and the disciplinary basis of military geography in the Taiwan Strait, determine the content of military geography research in the Taiwan Strait, and master the theories and research methods of military geographical environment analysis.
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