
About this episode
This week, our guest is Zhou Bo, a retired senior colonel in the PLA and a senior fellow in the Center for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University. We discuss China’s military presence in Africa, the Houthis, Ukraine, Taiwan, and the South China Sea.
Time Stamps:
- 00:44 Zhou Bo’s studies in England and Australia
- 03:23 Chinese military relations with Africa
- 07:04 The Houthis and the Red Sea
- 09:44 How many military bases does Beijing need?
- 21:19 Ukraine
- 26:31 Trump’s approach to China in his second term
- 30:03 Taiwan
- 39:20 The South China Sea
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