Jiang argues that China would benefit from friendship with America but is pushed toward Russia because the United States is launching an economic war, surrounding China with bases, and could embargo oil and food imports.
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Economic war
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Jiang says ships cannot move normally through Hormuz because insurers refuse to cover them, even without an actual Iranian strike or mining event.
Jiang says Iran’s response to war would be economic attrition through closing the Strait of Hormuz and striking regional US bases, with cascading damage to East Asian import economies.
Jiang says the revised U.S. strategy abandons ideological talk in favor of naked self-interest and economic competition, effectively imitating China's developmental style while marshaling allied resources against it.
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"these commercial and insurance insurance companies refuse to insure any ships that pass through the sort of moves so even if the iranians don't..."
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"Right. So Iran's only play is an economic war of attrition, which will last many months, possibly years. Okay, so the idea is that..."
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".S. dollars, and it's transferring its U.S. dollars into gold, okay? So China is encouraging everyone to buy gold. Don't buy any more U.S...."
"The United States is launching an economic war against China. And... If you look at a map, okay, China is surrounded by U.S. military..."
"...why is that I think that this will become a global economic war as we move on. Professor Jiang, as you said, the idea..."
"...why is that I think that this will become a global economic war as we move on."
"...is devastating to them um so there's been a double -pronged economic war being waged by the regime whilst the americans"
"...Iranians, this is not a typical war. This is not an economic war. This is not a war of resistance. This is a jihad,..."
"...in this war against the Soviet Union, and now in this economic war against China. Well, that's done. If you guys refuse to acknowledge,..."
"...see too many incentives now. To transition. Or escalate from an economic war. To a military conflict. How do you see. The possibility now...."
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