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#Ukraine: Beijing POV: Broke. Professor H.J. Mackinder, International Relations. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety

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🗓️ 2 April 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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#Ukraine: Beijing POV: Broke. Professor H.J. Mackinder, International Relations. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety

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0:00.0

This is the Friends of History Debating Society.

0:02.6

I'm John Bachelors with Professor H.J. McHenter,

0:05.4

International Relations.

0:06.7

Two capitals in the world island.

0:10.2

The first Beijing Xi Jinping making threats routinely now.

0:14.6

Is it 2024, 2025, 2027?

0:19.0

He's going to recapture, regain,

0:21.8

or bring back into the fold or invade and destroy Taiwan.

0:27.8

So we go to Beijing,

0:28.8

and then we're headed to the other capital

0:31.9

of the most important state in Eurasia.

0:34.6

And I don't mean Russia, I mean India, but first Beijing.

0:38.1

Professor, the leader of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping,

0:43.6

much in the news for his diplomatic initiatives

0:46.8

at the hast of his foreign ministry, I'm sure.

0:52.3

The peace in the Middle East and conversation in Moscow

0:55.9

with Vladimir Putin, a no limit, a partnership.

0:59.8

And there's even talk of a phone call

1:01.9

or some exchange with Vasilensky and Keith,

1:06.2

and nothing's come of that.

1:07.7

So Beijing's point of view, I mentioned also

1:12.1

that the information I had during the week that I account

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