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China's vulnerability to a U.S.-led closure of the Strait of Malacca, which makes alternative trade access routes strategically urgent.
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Malacca Dilemma
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...closing off the Strait of Malacca. Okay? There's something called the Malacca Dilemma for China, where, if the Americans were to close off the..."
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Jiang presents the Malacca Dilemma as the core reason China wants a northern Russian trade route, but he says Beijing still prefers balancing rather than choosing Russia outright so that both trade pathways stay available.
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