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China's water position is unstable because much of the water that India and Southeast Asia depend on flows from the Tibetan plateau, creating a future flashpoint if drought leads China to keep water upstream.
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China's water position is unstable because much of the water that India and Southeast Asia depend on flows from the Tibetan plateau, creating a future flashpoint if drought leads China to keep water upstream.
Jiang says Japan in 1939 was a war machine dependent on imported oil, leaving it with a choice between Soviet Far East resources and Southeast Asia if U.S. exports were cut off.
"...lot of fresh water. There's a lot of fresh water that Southeast Asia and India depends on. Okay? So a lot of water is..."
"...close by. There's the Soviet Union far east, and then there's Southeast Asia. Okay? Now, Japan is getting most of its oil from the..."
"...Okay? That's Japan. You can either invade the Soviet Union or Southeast Asia. Okay. The Soviet Union is a communist country. And for the..."
"...unify peacefully, Japan would be cut off from the entirety of Southeast Asia. And Japan relies on Southeast Asia historically for resources."
"Why would it be cut off from Southeast Asia? Can't it just go down here through the Philippines?"
"...whole thing is about going to stop the communist invasion of Southeast Asia. Who was the first country Vietnam has a war with? China,..."
"...to adapt to the new economic circumstance than other countries in Southeast Asia, especially the Philippines and Thailand. And Japan has also a lot..."
"...Middle East, you're in a lot of trouble. If you are Southeast Asia, you are not in that much trouble, but you are in..."
"...stable. Okay? But if you go to Africa, Europe, Middle East, Southeast Asia, these are points of conflict in the world. So we can..."
"...this was important because local elites in China, in India, in Southeast Asia would help the British because they were incentivized to do so...."
"...important, is military protection. All these conflicts that China has with Southeast Asia, with Japan, Vietnam, America will now protect China. When Chinese ships..."
"...it wanted spices from what they call the East Indies, okay, Southeast Asia. At this time in history, the main power were the Muslims..."
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