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Jiang invokes the American island-chain structure as the maritime constraint that boxes China in and makes distant deployment vulnerable.
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Three island chains
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...navy. So the Chinese Navy is helmed in by the three island chains of the United States. So if the Chinese ships were ever..."
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He says China does not have a true blue-water navy and remains hemmed in by the United States' three island chains, making a Middle East expedition vulnerable.
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"...navy. So the Chinese Navy is helmed in by the three island chains of the United States. So if the Chinese ships were ever..."
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