Why is China Building a Massive Army? Dr John Lee

TRIGGERnometry

Konstantin Kisin & Francis Foster

News, Society & Culture, Politics

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🗓️ 13 June 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Dr John Lee is a political scientist, specialising in Chinese political economy, at the Hudson Institute. Dr Lee has authored several books about international security including 'Will China Fail?' and 'The Free and Open Indo-Pacific Beyond 2020' as well as writing for some of the world’s most popular publications including The New York Times, The Australian, and Wall Street Journal. Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Locals! https://triggernometry.locals.com/ OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.patreon.com/triggerpod Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 Buy Merch Here: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/shop/ Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: marketing@triggerpod.co.uk Join the Mailing List: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/sign-up/ Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Statistically, China is engaging in the most rapid
0:03.2	re-militarization of any country
0:06.7	in absolute and relative terms in peacetime history.
0:16.0	Hello, and welcome to Trigonometry.
0:18.8	I'm Francis Foster.
0:20.2	I'm Constantine Kissinger.
0:21.4	And this is a show for you
0:23.0	if you want honest conversations with fascinating people.
0:27.0	Our terrific guest today is a senior fellow
0:29.4	at the Hudson Institute and an expert on Southeast Asia
0:31.8	and the first Dr. John Lee, very warm welcome
0:34.0	all the way from Australia to Trigonometry.
0:36.4	Great. Thanks for having me.
0:37.4	Both of you.
0:38.4	It's a real pleasure to have you on.
0:40.4	Some of the interviews you've done
0:43.0	and the conversations you've had
0:44.4	and the work you've done on these issues
0:46.4	is absolutely fascinating.
0:47.4	Can't wait to talk to you about it.
0:49.4	But before we do,
0:50.4	tell everybody a little bit about
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