"... with a power dynamic that's quite different."

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In a video on Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N9m0wZ14GQ at 9:39, the speaker said the following line:
There's one view, for example, of the South China Sea that one reason why China is very resistant to international disputes settlement in the South China Sea is that it would prefer to resolve these things bilaterally, with a _____ quite different.
However, there's one phrase corresponding to the blank above that I can't make out. Could anyone help me please?
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"... with a power dynamic that's quite different."
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
I'm not a teacher. I speak American English. I've tutored writing at the University of Southern Maine and have done a good deal of copy editing and writing, occasionally for publication.
I'd go with Charlie Bernstein's on this one.
It's definitely "with a power dynamic that's", which also makes more sense than Charlie's suggestion.
That was my initial thought. But when I try and use some technique -- that is, slowing down the sound -- I cannot hear 'that' at all.
I'm not a teacher. I speak American English. I've tutored writing at the University of Southern Maine and have done a good deal of copy editing and writing, occasionally for publication.
There's one view, for example, of the South China Sea that one reason why China is very resistant to international dispute settlement in the South China Sea is that it would prefer to resolve these things bilaterally, where the power dynamic is quite different.
Wouldn't "dispute settlements" be more grammatical, although I'm pretty sure he said "settlement"?
Please notify me of any mistakes in my posts. It is much appreciated.
He did say settlement, meaning the general process rather than individual cases.
I'm not a teacher. I speak American English. I've tutored writing at the University of Southern Maine and have done a good deal of copy editing and writing, occasionally for publication.
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