Professor Xueqin Jiang, widelydubbed China's Nostradamus, made an appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored, sparking a fierce exchange with economist Steven Keen.

The episode, entitled "Heading For Global DEPRESSION!", broadcast on Tuesday, May 5, saw Jiang issue a stark warning that the world is veering towards a "global depression." HostPiers Morgan pressed himdirectly: "Professor Jiang, are we heading for a global recession, do you think?"

He responded with an alarming prediction: "I think that we are heading toward a global depression." He went on to say, "And this is a process that could take decades. We are in a new normal. We are in an undiscovered country. We are at a level of destruction, a level of pain and suffering that we are moving toward that is unimaginable. So buckle up!"

Addressing the developing crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, he stated: "China is not sitting this out." Jiang continued, "We have the ceasefire in place because China did a lot of backdoor diplomacy in order to pressure the Iranians to attempt a ceasefire.

"This is out of character for China. China does not like to involve itself in other nations' affairs, and so, I think, without Chinese pressure, we would not have the IRGC agreeing to the ceasefire in the first place," he added. "The issue is that the United States continues to be unreasonable in negotiations with the Iranians.

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"The Iranians have done a lot in order to try to accommodate the Americans," Jiang added. "But when JD Vance went to Pakistan for the first time to negotiate with the Iranians, basically, it was a very heavy-handed ultimatum to the Iranians. And after that, I think that the Iranians recognize that there really is no hope in negotiating with the Americans."

"The Americans want to escalate. Why? We don't know, but we can expect that over the next few weeks, the escalation will increase," Jiang continued. "Now, Trump has talked about using U.S. naval ships to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.

"This is clearly a provocation," Jiang said. "And we might have an... incident which will allow Trump to justify a ground invasion."

Source: Daily Express :: World Feed