Jiang argues that surrounding China with U.S. bases and cutting Malacca, the Middle East, Angola, and Indian Ocean routes would leave China dependent on U.S. terms for food, energy, and factories.
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Indian Ocean
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"...important. The Americans have recently announced a naval blockade in the Indian Ocean, okay? So that's cut off your route as well."
"So if you're China, yes, you could rely on Russia, but you see how little this is, okay? There's too little trade between Russia..."
"...Strait of Hormuz, the Americans can have aircraft carriers in the Indian Ocean and blockade the Iranians. Okay? This is important because a lot..."
"...drones so they're now sitting um off the strip of the indian ocean and they're now uh i think they've already seized two iranian..."
"...what they can do is they can embargo ships in the Indian Ocean. And that's exactly what's been happening since the naval blockade has..."
"...Sea. Mesopotamia goes into the Arabian Sea, which goes into the Indian Ocean. And so the Indus is the same situation, okay? Goes in..."
"...problem. It's just much too big. Unlike China. China. In the Indian Ocean. It has no natural boundaries. And throughout most of its history,..."
"...example, there's the Pacific Ocean. There's the Atlantic Ocean. There's the Indian Ocean. Okay? And that's the idea here, where God, Jesus, and the..."
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