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He says Chinese bank balance sheets are overloaded with hidden debt even though the public face of the economy looks futuristic and triumphant.
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Skyscrapers
Jiang frames the Iran conflict as a managed long war: visible ceasefires do not remove structural incentives that keep military pressure, debt extraction, and elite coordination in place.
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Jiang frames the Iran conflict as a managed long war: visible ceasefires do not remove structural incentives that keep military pressure, debt extraction, and elite coordination in place.
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Jiang says skyscraper spectacle gives ordinary people confidence that China has risen even while imposing long-term environmental, financial, and economic costs.
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"...for the entire chinese economy that's why you see all these skyscrapers being built in china because it gives the corrupt officials a pretext..."
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"wall the amount of debt that each bank has is just crazy and who are they borrowing from the central"
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"...first point. Second point is people are generally impressed by these skyscrapers, right? So the people feel confident. They're like, China has arisen. China..."
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"...China literally think they're the best in the world. And these skyscrapers, these high -speed railways, these airports demonstrate the superiority of Chinese culture...."
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"...right so think about our accomplishments where we're able to build skyscrapers we're able to build high -speed rails we're able to build airplanes..."
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"...of civilization, that because we have airplanes, that because we have skyscrapers, because we have the internet, we've achieved, um, the greatest civilization ever..."
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"...are extounded by what's happening in China. You see these massive skyscrapers, you see these massive highways. Um, you think that China is prospering,..."
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"...oil from the GCC, right? And that's why we have these skyscrapers, these malls, these roads, okay? Because China was able to import all..."
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"...amazing because you have, like, shopping malls and you have, like, skyscrapers. That's great. No, no, no, guys. Megacities are really bad. Okay? Megacities..."
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"...called them all these raw materials in order to build its skyscrapers, its high -speed rail. And that worked out really well for the..."
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"...is Dubai. You know, if you go to Dubai, it's just skyscraper after skyscraper. It is a very glitzy city. And it's trying to..."
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"...spends money. Do you understand? Why do we have all these skyscrapers? Why are there all these airports?"
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Jiang frames the Iran conflict as a managed long war: visible ceasefires do not remove structural incentives that keep military pressure, debt extraction, and elite coordination in place.
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