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The John Batchelor Show

Confronting Beijing’s Provocations and the Cost of Appeasement

Mary Kissel Hudson Institute
Mary Kissel Hudson Institute
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Mary Kissel
China
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The Chinese national flag flies above a China Customs building with stacks of shipping containers from global carriers on April 15, 2026, in Shenzhen, China. (Getty Images)

On the John Batchelor Show, Mary Kissel critiques the government's decision to pursue trade deals while China conducts intimidating missile tests in the Pacific. She urges the administration to recognize the severity of the threat, strengthen regional alliances, and impose actual consequences for Beijing's increasingly hostile behavior to avoid a greater future threat.