Taiwan-China Cross-Strait Tensions

In Focus: China’s Massive Drills; Taiwan Conscription; Zelenskyy’s Influence

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As Washington expands military support for Taiwan, are China’s mass air force drills just more evidence of the aggression the U.S. is responding to? Meanwhile, Taiwan’s president announces an extension to the country’s compulsory military service – an unpopular move before the War in Ukraine. And finally, Ukraine’s president is back from a trip addressing U.S. Congress for more military support. Chapters: 0 – 11:22 China’s massive drills 11:23 – 29:56 Taiwan conscription extended 29:57 – 43:22 Zelenskyy’s influence 43:23 – END Is Taiwan a country Our panelists on the show are: Kitsch Liao - Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub Assistant Director - Taiwan’s Doublethink Lab Military Affairs Consultant - Former Taiwan’s Institute of National Defense and Security Research (INDSR) Analyst - Former Australian Strategic Policy Institute Consultant Wen-ti Sung - Australian National University’s Australian Center on China in the - World Lecturer - Expert on Taiwan-U.S.-China affairs From the United States we also speak to: Jacques deLisle • University of Pennsylvania’s o Stephen A. Cozen Professor of Law o Political Science Professor o Center for the Study of Contemporary China Director o Center for Asian Law Co-Director • Foreign Policy Research Institute Asia Program Director