The Coming War on China
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The Coming War on China is a documentary film by journalist and filmmaker John Pilger that examines rising U.S.–China tensions and the military, political, and historical forces driving them.
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| The Coming War on China canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Coming War on China Context triple: [John Pilger, notableWork, The Coming War on China]
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A.
Hegemony or Survival
Hegemony or Survival is a political analysis book by Noam Chomsky that critiques U.S. foreign policy and argues that American pursuit of global dominance threatens both democracy and human survival.
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B.
The American Empire Project
The American Empire Project is a book series that critically examines U.S. foreign policy, militarism, and global dominance from a left-leaning, often anti-imperialist perspective.
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C.
American Power and the New Mandarins
American Power and the New Mandarins is a 1969 collection of political essays by Noam Chomsky that sharply criticizes U.S. foreign policy and intellectual complicity in the Vietnam War.
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D.
Wilson’s Ghost: Reducing the Risk of Conflict, Killing, and Catastrophe in the 21st Century
"Wilson’s Ghost: Reducing the Risk of Conflict, Killing, and Catastrophe in the 21st Century" is a non-fiction book co-authored by former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara that reflects on lessons from 20th-century warfare to propose strategies for preventing large-scale conflict and mass violence in the modern world.
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E.
Sinews of Peace
Sinews of Peace is the 1946 speech by Winston Churchill, delivered in Fulton, Missouri, that famously introduced the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the division of postwar Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Coming War on China Target entity description: The Coming War on China is a documentary film by journalist and filmmaker John Pilger that examines rising U.S.–China tensions and the military, political, and historical forces driving them.
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A.
Hegemony or Survival
Hegemony or Survival is a political analysis book by Noam Chomsky that critiques U.S. foreign policy and argues that American pursuit of global dominance threatens both democracy and human survival.
-
B.
The American Empire Project
The American Empire Project is a book series that critically examines U.S. foreign policy, militarism, and global dominance from a left-leaning, often anti-imperialist perspective.
-
C.
American Power and the New Mandarins
American Power and the New Mandarins is a 1969 collection of political essays by Noam Chomsky that sharply criticizes U.S. foreign policy and intellectual complicity in the Vietnam War.
-
D.
Wilson’s Ghost: Reducing the Risk of Conflict, Killing, and Catastrophe in the 21st Century
"Wilson’s Ghost: Reducing the Risk of Conflict, Killing, and Catastrophe in the 21st Century" is a non-fiction book co-authored by former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara that reflects on lessons from 20th-century warfare to propose strategies for preventing large-scale conflict and mass violence in the modern world.
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E.
Sinews of Peace
Sinews of Peace is the 1946 speech by Winston Churchill, delivered in Fulton, Missouri, that famously introduced the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the division of postwar Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
documentary film
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television documentary ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | John Pilger ⓘ |
| director | John Pilger ⓘ |
| discusses |
U.S. alliances in East Asia
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nuclear-armed military installations ⓘ pivot to Asia policy of the United States ⓘ |
| examines |
historical background of U.S. presence in the Pacific
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impact of U.S. bases on local populations ⓘ military encirclement of China by the United States ⓘ nuclear legacy in the Marshall Islands ⓘ rising U.S.–China tensions ⓘ |
| features |
Guam
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Hawaii ⓘ Jeju Island ⓘ Marshall Islands ⓘ Okinawa Prefecture ⓘ
surface form:
Okinawa
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
China ⓘ
surface form:
mainland China
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| focusesOnRegion |
Asia-Pacific
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Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| genre |
investigative documentary
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political documentary ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Coming War on China self-link ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| narrator | John Pilger ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| perspective |
critical of U.S. foreign policy
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sympathetic to affected local communities ⓘ |
| portrays |
China as a rising economic power
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U.S. as maintaining global military dominance ⓘ |
| productionRoleOfJohnPilger |
director
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presenter ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| subject |
U.S. foreign policy
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U.S. military bases in the Pacific ⓘ United States–China relations ⓘ geopolitics ⓘ history of U.S. interventions in Asia ⓘ militarization of the Pacific ⓘ nuclear weapons ⓘ rise of China ⓘ |
| theme |
critique of U.S. militarism
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media representation of China ⓘ nuclear testing impacts ⓘ potential future conflict ⓘ |
| writer | John Pilger ⓘ |
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