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Jiang says Iran is central to Russian and Chinese trade corridors, so America will not stop attacking Iran while Iranian peace would let Russia and China trade with the world.
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Belt and Road
America can retreat into a continental fortress and use naval control to block rival trade, making Iran the pivot for China's Belt and Road access and Afro-Eurasian integration.
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America can retreat into a continental fortress and use naval control to block rival trade, making Iran the pivot for China's Belt and Road access and Afro-Eurasian integration.
diagnosis
Jiang says China saved the global economy after 2008 by investing in infrastructure and Belt and Road, then demanded equal status, provoking the Trump trade war and U.S. sanctions/blockade attempts.
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"So that they can control global trade, okay? They're not going to control the entire ocean because it's much too big, but if they..."
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"...both Russia and China, okay? Russia has something called the Belt and Road Initiative. As you can see, okay, from a map, the center..."
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"It's not sustainable. And it will not last. So, the idea of competing empires, it's much more common in human history. So, yes, you'll..."
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"...destroy Iran, it'll be very hard for China to access Belt and Road, and hard for the United States."
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"So, you have to challenge Russia to trade with Africa. Okay. All right. I would challenge Professor Zhao on his assessment of why Russia..."
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"But there are inherent instability in this system, okay? And we will discuss all this instability throughout the semester. But for the sake of..."
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"...global economy, decided to invest in infrastructure, okay? Okay, and Belt and Road Initiative, and that saved the global economy. Now, after China did..."
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"And the Chinese could use the Belt and Road Initiative, basically the railway system, to reinforce Tehran from the east. So now you can..."
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"...Africa, it has to go through Iran. Look at China's Belt and Road Initiative, it goes through Iran as well. So by taking out..."
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"...to your capital you also get to cut off China's Belt and Road initiative and you get to cut off Russia's North South uh..."
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"...Western Asia. And then there goes BRICS, and there goes Belt and Road Initiative. And then they are all much, much more vulnerable to,..."
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"...easiest way to verify this is the, is the whole Belt and Road Initiative, right? And, uh, we, you know, China, China came on..."
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