Zhou Bo: How Many Military Bases Does Beijing Need?

Zhou Bo discusses China’s military presence in Africa, the Houthis, Ukraine, Taiwan, and the South China Sea

Featuring  Peter Slezkine

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

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