Dhaka, March 5 -- A lecture by Jiang Xueqin has recently gone viral online after several of his geopolitical predictions appeared to align with current global developments.

Jiang, a Chinese-Canadian professor of philosophy and history educated at Yale University and currently teaching in Beijing, has drawn widespread attention on social media, where some users have dubbed him "China's Nostradamus."

His growing popularity is also linked to his YouTube channel, Predictive History, which has gained more than 1.5 million subscribers for its analysis of global political trends and forecasts.

Jiang's predictions are based on historical patterns, game theory and geopolitical incentives, an approach inspired by the concept of "psychohistory" i...