Topic: Taiwan Reunification

China is criticized for breaking a 2015 promise not to militarize the Spratly Islands, where anti-aircraft and anti-ship missiles have since been deployed. The Chinese government maintains that "peaceful reunification" with Taiwan is the goal but refuses to rule out other courses of action if necessary. The hosts analyze the "apologist" tone of Chinese representatives in international media.

Chinese President Xi Jinping stated that the reunification of Taiwan with mainland China is inevitable and refused to renounce the use of military force to achieve it. Taiwan's president rejected the "one country, two systems" framework proposed by Beijing. The discussion notes that China has been using economic pressure to isolate Taiwan diplomatically.