prediction
When global conflict blocks trade, Jiang expects China’s historical pattern to be retreating home, closing borders, and protecting its borders.
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Turtle UP
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...been g lo bal conflict What China has always done is turtle up R et reat back into its home Cl ose its borders..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...been g lo bal conflict What China has always done is turtle up R et reat back into its home Cl ose its borders..."
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"...been g lo bal conflict What China has always done is turtle up R et reat back into its home Cl ose its borders..."
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"...in times of major international tumult, what China often does is turtle up. Basically, it It basically retreats into its borders and closes off..."
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"...came up with this eschatology assume that China is forced to turtle up because of the geopolitical environment. So China is not really part..."
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"...you know, all this geopolitical conflict, eventually China would decide to turtle up in order to protect the regime there."
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"...good time to reset your society. Instead, the elite chose to turtle up and create their own bubble and just ignore all criticisms. And..."
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"...this time of geopolitical. Conflict, um, the Chinese reaction is to turtle up, okay, totally to just to retreat back into its borders and..."
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