Reported claim

“China treats infrastructure as a means to redraw the political geography of dependence, transit, and positioning beyond its role as a commercial tool, with each port, pipeline, or corridor serving not only economic benefit but weaving into a global system network based on resilience, path diversification, and capacity to absorb geopolitical shocks.”

Strengthened after Al Jazeera Arabic reported it.

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