A remote Australian island close to an Indian Ocean chokepoint for Chinese oil shipments is on a list of possible locations for U.S. military construction aimed at deterring China, with the U.S. saying it “may or may not” support American forces. Australia’s Cocos Islands are listed along with the Philippines, Timor Leste and Papua New...

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