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Americano: how scary is China's military?

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4.4785 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Freddy Gray is joined by Harry Kazianis, editor in chief of the National Security Journal, to assess China’s military rise. He argues Beijing aims to dominate the Indo-Pacific with missiles, drones and naval power, posing a growing threat to U.S. influence and Taiwan.

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0:47.9

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1:05.8

I'm delighted to be joined today by Harry Kazianis, who is president and editor-in-chief of National Security Journal.

1:15.5

And we're going to be talking about China's military might.

1:20.9

Because Harry, as I'm sure you've seen today, there has been this big military parade in Beijing,

1:27.2

in which we've seen all sorts of fearsome weapons

1:29.5

from nuclear ballistic missiles to laser weapons to even robot wolves.

1:36.2

And the natural reaction among all right-minded Western people when they see this is one of

1:40.6

slight alarm. And of course, this is exactly what Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin,

1:46.4

who's there and Kim Jong-un want the West to feel, is that there is an increasingly powerful

1:52.8

block of resistance, opposition to Western dominance on the world's stage. First of all,

2:00.7

how worried should Westerners be?

2:03.1

Hey, Freddy.

2:03.6

It's great to be with you.

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