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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Japan before World War II was getting 90 % of its oil from the United States. But Japan was becoming too powerful and so..."
Jiang argues that Japan continues buying U.S. Treasuries not because they are attractive on their own terms but because Treasury demand acts like a subsidy or bribe to secure American military protection and reduce direct pressure from the United States.
"Japan before World War II was getting 90 % of its oil from the United States. But Japan was becoming too powerful and so..."
"...have a lot of soldiers in Japan. So Japan is a colony. And so what you do is you bribe the Americans to protect..."
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