Following the largest-ever U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, the PLA launched Justice Mission 2025, its most advanced joint military drills around the island. Are these exercises calibrated deterrence or dangerous escalation?

Has China shifted away from peaceful development? And what is President Trump's real Taiwan policy amid record arms sales?

Guests: Huang Jiefang, Zhou Gengsheng, Chair Professor, Wuhan University; Secretary-General, Asian Academy of International Law.

Shao Yuqun, Director, Institute for Taiwan, Hong Kong & Macao Studies, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies.

Einar Tangen, Senior Fellow, Center for International Governance Innovation; Chairman, Asia Narratives Substack.