
About this episode
Zhou Bo, a retired senior colonel in the PLA and a senior fellow in the Center for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University, returns to the Trialogue to discuss China’s calculations about recent events, including the release of the U.S. National Security Strategy, tense Sino-Japanese relations, the situation in Taiwan, and negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
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Time Stamps:
- 00:01:53 – First Year of Trump 2.0
- 00:05:59 – The Role of Tariffs
- 00:11:36 – Beijing’s Response to U.S. National Security Strategy
- 00:16:12 – Trump’s Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
- 00:19:52 – Current Sino-Japanese Relations
- 00:29:22 – Strategy on Taiwan
- 00:33:12 – Ukraine War Negotiations
- 00:37:49 – China’s Relationship with the EU
- 00:42:53 – Looking to the AI Future
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