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Infrastructure Is Destiny: China Builds, War Breaks, Finance Bends—From Xi’s Poverty Drive to Kyiv Blackouts and Davos Confessionals
On this episode of International Flavor, Samuel Trapp examines the world through a single unifying lens: infrastructure as the operating system of power. From China’s development model—lifting over 100 million people out of poverty and becoming the top trading partner for more than 100 countries—to infrastructure warfare in Ukraine, where power grids in Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih, and Odesa are under sustained attack, the logic is stark. The discussion expands into financial infrastructure, including Japan’s bond market stress, dollar weaponization, and global hedging. Featuring Elon Musk’s Davos…
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