Jiang Xueqin, the viral ‘prophet’ predicting the world’s fate from a Beijing classroom
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Jiang Xueqin, the viral ‘prophet’ predicting the world’s fate from a Beijing classroom

March 29, 2026
South China Morning Post
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Beijing-based high-school teacher Jiang Xueqin may not seem like an obvious candidate for a geopolitical “prophet”. Dressed casually in a polo shirt, the greying Chinese-Canadian looks unassuming. But through his hugely popular Predictive History YouTube channel, Jiang has become known as “China’s Nostradamus”, gaining a following for his outlook on world affairs.

Jiang Xueqin, the viral ‘prophet’ predicting the world’s fate from a Beijing classroom

While most of his fans are outside China, his lectures and interviews have been translated and uploaded on Chinese social media...

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