He argues that in geopolitics the operative goal is to win the game rather than survive it, so a U.S.-China struggle can rationally continue even if it collapses both sides.
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Jiang says a bargain is still likely and suggests one possible tradeoff is U.S. restraint on Taiwan independence in exchange for a broader U.S.-China accommodation.
Jiang predicts that some conflict will occur but that both sides ultimately benefit from avoiding escalation, so the likely end state is managed confrontation followed by negotiation.
Jiang predicts Trump will visit China by the end of the year and that this will begin a rapprochement between the two countries.
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"Okay, so this is a really interesting question. So I'll make some certain comments. The first comment I'll make is that if you're a..."
"OK, this is what I think is most likely to happen. Chinese consumers spend money on education. So if it's possible that the Chinese..."
"And it was, you know, a couple of stealth bombers dropping buster bombers on an empty Iranian facility. And it was mainly just about..."
"But I think this conflict will be managed to avoid escalation. And a lot of it will just be huffing and puffing because ultimately..."
"Yeah. So I think what's really important to understand is that China and the United States, the United States have been codependent, have been..."
"And there's no replacement. They've been talking a long time about moving to Vietnam or Southeast Asia or India, but what most... CEOs will..."
"So Trump is in China. This happened about 30 minutes ago, an hour south of us. So Trump came in last night, and this..."
"That's a lot of money. And these are very busy people. And quite honestly, I've worked in business negotiations. You do not bring these..."
"This team is the one that sets the agenda for the U.S.-China visit. Because it's Scott Besant, we can probably guess that this is..."
"That is funny because they're always right. I like that because that's like, you know, something tells me that was a bit of a..."
"um in in East Asia and into what effect though because uh obviously what we're talking about here then is uh U.S China competition..."
"or your economy is going to collapse yeah no indeed and uh while donald trump's words cannot be necessarily trusted for anything given that..."
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