How powerful is China’s military?

On the 80th day of the extremity of the 2nd satellite war, President Xi Jinping told the world, China does not fearfulness violence, and showed them its weapons: Sophisticated subject hardware, ballistic missiles and atomic weapons filled Tiananmen Square, on with thousands of soldiers.

The Russian President Vladimir Putin and the North Korean person Kim Jong Un besides took centre stage.

So, was Xi showing determination is an alternate to a US-led satellite order?

If so, however was this connection received? And what does it mean for planetary politics?

Presenter: James Bays

Guests: 

• Richard Weitz – Senior non-resident subordinate chap the NATO Defense College
• Andy Mok – Senior probe chap astatine the Center for China and Globalization successful Beijing
• Fraser Howie – Writer and commentator and co-author of Red Capitalism and Privatizing China