Retired Chinese senior colonel joins Tom Llamas for conversation about high-stakes Beijing summit

WHICH CHINA CLAIMS AS PART OF ITS TERRITORY . YOU SAW EARLIER. . I SPOKE WITH RETIRED COLONEL SOA BOA ABOUT WHAT CHINA STANDS TO GAIN FROM THESE TALKS . WHO WHO YOU ARE FROM AMERICAN SIDE . I THINK IT IS TH, DIFFERENT DEALS, MAYBE . WHICH ISSUE? THE TAIWAN ISSUE . TAIWAN. . YEAH, YEAH . BECAUSE IN PART THAT IS BECAUSE IT WAS MENTIONED IN KOREA WHEN THE TWO ACTUALLY SHOULD BE THROWN BACK TO THE UNITED STATES . ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A FIGHT IN TAIWAN NE ARE TWO DANGEROUS AREAS FOR US. OUR SHIPS . YES, WE HAD THAT BEFORE. RIGHT . BUT NOW THE DIFFE THE PUBLIC OPINIONS HAVE HAVE CHANGED . THIS IS THE SAME THING, RIGHT ? BUT FOR MAJOR POWER, COUO MORE THINGS. ONE IS TO PROTECT . U.S. WAR WITH IRAN . WELL, I THINK WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT OF THINGS . FIRST OF ALL, YOUR ALLIES ARE NOT REALLY YEAH . SO SO HAVING . OUR ALLIES AREN'T HELPFUL . YOU'RE NOT BECAUSE CHINESE POLICY IS NOT TO HAVE ALLIANCE . RIGHT . AND BESIDES, YOU KNOW, FIGHTING AWAY, YOU KNOW, FROM YOUR OWN SHORES . YEAH. . WHICH EVEN FROM YOUR ALLIES . SO NOBODY KNOWS WHY TRUMP HAS ACTUALLY LAUNCHED THE WAR , ACCORDING TO WHAT I HAVE READ FROM ALL OF YOUR RIGHT . THAT IS A VERY INTERESTING ANSWER . WHAT YOU SAID THERE EARLIER BEFORE . IT'S