China was not conquered, in Jiang's account, because the Himalayas blocked horse-based movement from India and because China's large population could have repulsed an attack.
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Himalayas
Jiang opens by saying 2026 is not yet the final explosion but the year the whole machine visibly speeds up: a Ponzi-like global economy, imperial consolidation around trade routes and resources, and nation-states losing...
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Jiang opens by saying 2026 is not yet the final explosion but the year the whole machine visibly speeds up: a Ponzi-like global economy, imperial consolidation around trade routes and resources, and nation-states losing...
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"...conquer China? If you have horses, okay? You can't cross the Himalayas, okay? So that's what saved China, the geography. Also, China had a..."
"...the tensions, we're told that there's these serious tensions in the Himalayas between standoff between China and India. What is the role of India?..."
"...borders. It has the sea to the east. It has the Himalaya to the west, desert to the north, and then the jungles of..."
"...of Southeast Asia to the West, um, or the, or the Himalayas. Right. So China has been protected by its geography. And therefore, we..."
"...of 100 people each. Okay? This is this huge mountain, the Himalayas. Okay? As quickly as possible. There are four teams. Okay? Team one..."
"...trouble. You have India and China competing for control of the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau, which is a very important source of fresh..."
"...same thing, okay? China is a special case because of the Himalayas. So there is trade, actually, between China and these other parts, but..."
"...the same latitude, right? China's over here. Again, because of the Himalayas, they're blocked from the rest of the world, okay?"
"...East, you have the sea. To the West, you have the Himalayas. To the South, you have the jungles of Southeast Asia. To the..."
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