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Abstract

            The rising economic power of China has steered it to develop its geopolitical power beyond Asia into the Indian Ocean region. The Indian Ocean is a significant Water channel for international trade, with about 40% of the world's vessels passing through it. China's growing economic and strategic interests in the region have elevated apprehensions in America and other Western Countries. The implications of China's rising existence in the Indian Ocean region for America have Economic, Strategic, and geopolitical scopes. The current study aims to find out the Geo-Strategic Interest of China in the Indian Ocean and discover its implications for America. The nature of research is Qualitative so a qualitative research design is applied to this research. For data analysis analytical approach was used. On the basis of analysis, this research shows that China's mounting military and economic existence in the region poses a strategic challenge to America’s traditional supremacy in the region and China's rising soft power in the region, mainly through the Belt and Road Initiative, creates a challenge to the American traditional geopolitical power in the region.