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| Has Trump’s Venezuela raid helped China plan military strikes? Jeremy Page and Sarah Wu, co-hosts of the Drum Tower podcast, discuss whether the US assault and extraction of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro could offer lessons for a possible future attack on Taiwan. 00:00 – What lessons will Beijing draw from the US strike? 01:05 – How is China’s military preparing for decapitation strikes? 02:28 – Is the PLA talking more about decapitation operations? 04:25 – How capable is China of carrying out a decapitation strike? 05:20 – How concerned is China about its military technology? 06:30 – How might the raid affect China’s future actions? Listen to the full episode: https://econ.st/4qPXBrp China and Taiwan both see lessons in America’s raid on Venezuela: https://econ.st/4pD75p4 Sign up to our weekly newsletter: https://econ.st/3J0xzBr #TheEconomist #Taiwan #Venezuela |
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