How many overseas bases would Beijing want? What role might China play in a Ukraine settlement? And how could Trump realistically reassure Beijing regarding its intentions toward Taiwan? In this episode, we addressed these questions and others with a retired senior colonel in the PLA and a senior fellow in the Center for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University.

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