He says China's Belt and Road strategy was a proper attempt at resource independence but remained vulnerable because Chinese trade was still protected by the U.S. Navy.
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US Navy
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...went to collect commodities from overseas, they were escorted by the US Navy when they came back. They were escorted by the US Navy."
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Jiang argues that invading Taiwan would invite catastrophic retaliation because China's coastal industrial base could be devastated quickly by the American navy.
Jiang says China still relies on the U.S. Navy to protect the seaborne trade that feeds its global port network, creating a symbiotic rather than purely adversarial relationship.
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"...went to collect commodities from overseas, they were escorted by the US Navy when they came back. They were escorted by the US Navy."
"It was the US Navy that guaranteed the protection of Chinese trade. And it never occurred to Chinese policy makers that one day, one..."
"So, you know, the United States and China benefit more from helping each other than they do by competing against each other. OK. So..."
"...the military support, then they're, they're now heavily reliant on the US Navy for protection against pirates and, you know, so yeah."
"...point, you think the way that the war starts is the US Navy attacks a Russian boat."
"...middle east energy and that's why we're seeing right now the US navy basically boarding Russian shadow fleet tankers basically stealing shadow fleet tankers..."
"...attack Venezuela. Okay? South America. You have 10 % of the US Navy in the Caribbean and they're about to attack Venezuela. You have..."
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