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Geographic buffers Jiang says made China feel unthreatened and therefore less warlike than Russia.
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natural defenses
Geographic buffers Jiang says made China feel unthreatened and therefore less warlike than Russia.
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"...the dominant power, the hegemon. Okay? Also, China is surrounded by natural defenses. So to the east, you have the sea. To the south..."
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"...difference between Mesopotamia and other places is that there are no natural defenses. In China, we have mountains, deserts, seas to protect China."
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"...and because they don't really lack, and because they don't have natural defenses, they don't have mountains, rivers, it forces them to be tough..."
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