In recent weeks the world’s two superpowers, China and the United States, have been steadily building up their military presence in the Taiwan Strait.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has made it clear that he wants to bring Taiwan back under China’s control, a move the United States seems likely to resist at all costs.

Today, Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University Hugh White on how Australia could be drawn into a war over Taiwan, and why it could turn nuclear.

Guest: Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University, Hugh White.

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