Jiang argues that the strategy also aims to contest China in Africa and treat allied wealth, labor, and treasury holdings as imperial assets available to Washington.
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Allies as vassals
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"well um china is gaining a foothold in africa mainly because china is actually building up the infrastructure of africa and africans like that..."
"...two is that it will, from now on, perceive its allies as vassals. So all these U.S. treasuries that Europe holds. Japan holds. South..."
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