Jiang says China's South China Sea posture is strategically conservative because an American first-island-chain blockade could choke the food and oil imports that sustain the Chinese economy.
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Chinese economy
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"...lose access to overseas markets, which is the lifeblood of the Chinese economy. So China imports a third of its food from overseas. China..."
"...but then this would of course cause the collapse of the Chinese economy right so the Chinese government would refuse to open the financial..."
"...reason is because Chinese aren't that wealthy. So even though the Chinese economy has boomed these past 30, 40 years, the Chinese individual has..."
"...strike a deal. deal where they can financialize the china the chinese economy basically use uh the chinese account as collateral to engage in..."
"...is destroy China. And, unfortunately, right now, a lot of the Chinese economy depends on exports, meaning trade. If you can't export, your economy..."
"...want to humiliate China. It wants to control China because the Chinese economy is still very strong and powerful. And America wants to make..."
"...years, and that's going to be a huge problem for the Chinese economy. And the third problem is, okay, if you are a Chinese..."
"...economy. But if this war continues for too long, then the Chinese economy may suffer. So that's very interesting because, you know, I've been..."
"...has turned his back on consumption as the basis of the Chinese economy, which means that China's only hope for growth is trade, exports,..."
"...is not really directed at Iran, but really at strangling the Chinese economy. And you can do that by actually restraining China's access in..."
"...And I think the only explanation is that right now the Chinese economy is under a lot of strain. China receives about 6 %..."
"...oil at a very steep discount, which has really helped the Chinese economy. And now a lot of this energy is moving offline. So..."
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