"Neither Hormuz nor Suez Is Needed": The Vast Escape Route Designed by Putin and Xi Jinping

Won Big World Show reports on Putin's visit to the Kuril Islands (rendered in the captions as 9ilyeoldo [unclear caption] and guillyeoldo [unclear caption]) and Japan's objections, interpreting the real purpose as securing logistical dominance over the Northern Sea Route. It explains that the Kuril Islands are the passage between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Pacific Ocean and the Asian gateway to the Northern Sea Route, describing the reduction of the 40 days required via Suez to 20 days as a revolution. It reports that Russia has the largest fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers, controls passage fees and infrastructure, and exercises military control over the entrance. Citing China's self-description as a near-Arctic state (in its 2018 white paper) and its Malacca dilemma (80% of imported oil and gas), it argues that Russia and China are drawing closely together for survival. It argues that if China secures an Arctic energy network, its urgency to secure the Taiwan Strait will diminish, and its ability to withstand US sanctions and blockades will undermine deterrence against an attack on Taiwan. It identifies the Bering Strait, the Diomede Islands separated by 4km, joint military exercises, and increased Japanese defense spending as US countermeasures. For South Korea, it highlights opportunities for Busan and Pohang to become hubs and for shipbuilding orders, while warning of a dilemma between the US, China, and Russia and urging a broader perspective. All projections about future developments are the speaker's conditional assessments, not definitive short-term price predictions.