Jiang says Saudi Arabia’s oil economy is a strategic problem because it has tried to diversify into knowledge, tourism, and games but still depends heavily on oil exports.
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Diversification
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Jiang says China must diversify because America controls the game and can limit resources and market access when it dislikes a player.
Jiang says one legitimate reading of Canada’s opening to China is defensive diversification away from overwhelming dependence on the US market.
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"So, these are two different sects of the same religion, but it's like Protestants and Catholics. They just hate each other. Okay? Okay? And..."
"There's certain problems with this game. The first problem is America controls the entire game, right? So America can say, you know what, we..."
"Okay, so there are two ways to perceive what's happening. Okay. Both, both ways are legitimate. The first way to perceive it is that..."
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Jiang starts from the harshest frame available: Iran is not one more crisis but the hinge on which the next half-century turns.
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