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Chang argues a Taiwan invasion is off the table for the moment because Xi’s purges have gutted operational command at the top of the Chinese military.
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He argues China lacks both the overseas-war capacity and the domestic political appetite needed to fight on Iran's behalf.
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Jiang describes the PLA as a defensive military built to protect territorial sovereignty rather than project power into distant theaters.
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"And so maybe there's a grand plan here. Gordon Chang, what does this all mean for Taiwan? You know, America gets bogged down in..."
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"But Xi Jinping has decimated the top of the Chinese military with his continual purges. And from what we can tell, there have been..."
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"Yeah. So unfortunately, the Chinese theory of geopolitics. It's very clear. It's very stark. It's pretty consistent. It's been consistent for decades. China will..."
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"...for China. Taiwan is wary of China exploiting the Iran war. PLA vows stronger combat readiness against Taiwan. So you see what the message..."
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The interview begins as a fight over whether the Iran war has helped anyone, then turns into a harder question: what happens when a regional war reveals that waterways, energy corridors, diaspora hopes, and...
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The conversation starts with Iran, but it quickly becomes a wider map of how Jiang thinks history moves.
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