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He says America's China strategy is not to destroy China but to make China obey through economic strangulation, Japanese balancing, and U.S. sales of resources, weapons, and financing to both sides.
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He says America's China strategy is not to destroy China but to make China obey through economic strangulation, Japanese balancing, and U.S.
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He argues that America is militarizing the first island chain and using Indonesia, Japan, Australia, and other partners to embargo rather than destroy China.
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The speaker claims about a third of the U.S. Navy is deployed to the Caribbean to block trade in the Western Hemisphere and make China, Japan, and South Korea seek U.S. permission for access to Western Hemisphere resources.
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China avoids immediate banking implosion because debt is localized rather than nationalized, unlike Japan.
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Japan is predicted to be the nation most likely to solve the generational-transfer problem within five to ten years because its aging problem is most urgent, though Jiang says it may be the only nation able to do so voluntarily.
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Japan may be uniquely able to transfer power voluntarily from the elderly to the young because elderly Japanese have a stronger obligation to nation and people.
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In East Asia, Jiang says an initial coalition of Vietnam, Japan, South Korea, the United States, and Russia might form to contain China, but could later shift to contain Japan as Japan rises.
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Jiang predicts Japan should dominate East Asia because World War II destruction and humiliation forced reflection and preserved energy, openness, and cohesion.
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"...tell you to do, okay? From now on, we will order Japan, South Korea, Europe, NATO to do what they must in order to..."
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"...that is by containing China, strangling China economically, and also promoting Japan, okay? So in the future, China and Japan will balance each other..."
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"...China, to embargo China, basically. What we're also seeing is that Japan is now rapidly remilitarizing. They're signing more agreements with Australia and other..."
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"dollars, okay? So it is entirely possible what's going to happen is that the Chinese will have no choice but to buy from America,..."
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"...the Western Hemisphere. So if you are China, if you are Japan, and you are South Korea, if you want to access Western resources,..."
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"...not have that much debt relative to say the Bank of Japan okay? So debt in Japan is nationalized debt in China is localized..."
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"...which nation would most likely achieve this first, I would say Japan. And the reason is very simple. Because Japan, in Japan, this problem..."
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"...Iran come to a mutually satisfactory agreement that benefits both nations. Japan. Again, I think the major problem facing all Western industrial nations is..."
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"...It's possible that in the beginning in East Asia, maybe Vietnam, Japan, South Korea, United States, Russia combine to contain China because they see..."
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"So let's combine against Japan. Okay? It's a dynamic situation. But basically, what you have to understand is that everything that you've been taught..."
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"...another country that will be a great empire and that is Japan. Because Japan lost World War II. It was never a great empire...."
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"...or are they willing to make sacrifices for each other? Okay? Japan is. Okay? That's all I'm saying. And maybe even the North Koreans..."
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