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China’s Reading on Venezuela, Justice Mission 2025, and China–South Korea Relations

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Asia-Pacific Security Chair
An F-35C Lightning II launches from the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln on October 2, 2025, in the Pacific Ocean. (US Navy)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a welcoming ceremony for South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on January 5, 2026. (Getty Images)

Patrick Cronin appears on Defense and Aerospace Report to discuss China’s reading of the Venezuela operation (30:00–37:00), the logic and implications of Justice Mission 2025, and Beijing’s contradictory messaging by declaring a “new era” in relations with South Korea while portraying Japan as a nuclear danger (54:55–58:10).