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Jiang’s account of the Trojan War as conflict over strategic trade-route control rather than heroic romance.
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trade war
Jiang’s account of the Trojan War as conflict over strategic trade-route control rather than heroic romance.
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Jiang says China saved the global economy after 2008 by investing in infrastructure and Belt and Road, then demanded equal status, provoking the Trump trade war and U.S. sanctions/blockade attempts.
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Troy matters strategically because it controls Aegean trade routes; in Jiang’s frame, the Trojan War is a trade war.
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Jiang reads trade-war logic as relative status psychology: American consumers may lose purchasing power, but if China falls more, supporters can still feel happy.
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"But there are inherent instability in this system, okay? And we will discuss all this instability throughout the semester. But for the sake of..."
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"...thing Donald Trump did, of course, was initiate the US -China trade war, right? China wants to be equal to America. America says, nope,..."
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"...aligned with each other. And the Trojan War was just a trade war. That's all it was. We'll discuss this next class. Okay? Okay...."
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"Where the world is heavily globalized. It's heavily interconnected. But because of the nature of capital, we will probably fall off the edge at..."
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"Okay? Well, there are different ways. The first way you can make money is mining. Guess what? It sucks because it's hard work and..."
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"Okay? Does that make sense? Okay. That's a great question, okay? So the argument against this is, like, Trump is a terrible economic leader...."
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"...People can only compare and contrast. So let's just say, okay, trade war. The American consumer is losing, pushing power, right? So the person..."
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"...this because of what's happening in China. So there is a trade war between the United States, the United States, China, and the U.S...."
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"...right now, under Trump, has declared, or is about to launch trade wars against a lot of countries."
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"...basically delivered gas from Russia to Germany. And it's imposing a trade war on China."
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