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CHINA AND RUSSIA - THE TRAP. THURSDAY'S EDITION

The Long Game: How China Is Taking Back What Russia Took - Series 12 #4

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Way Yuhl
Jan 15, 2026
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Russia knows what is happening. Russia cannot stop it. It is in the trap.

Face is about who must come to whom, who asks, who decides. When the asking and deciding reverse, face reverses. For 160 years, Russia decided, and China asked. Russia took territory, set trade terms, and dictated what China could and could not invest in. Now Russia asks, and China…

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