# Q&A: From Xi's PLA purges to Trump's Nato threats, your biggest questions answered

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Published: 2026-04-01T23:01:00+00:00
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## Resource

For their Easter special, Tom and Patrick turn the entire show over to you. They answer as many listener questions as possible that have landed in the General & Journalist inbox since Christmas. Among them: whether Europe could defend itself in the events of an immediate Russian incursion, and whether the Iran war has changed Xi's calculus over taking Taiwan - and many more.  Hosts: Tom Newton Dunn & General Sir Patrick Sanders Producer: Shabnam Grewal Executive producer: Fiona Leach Get in touch: generalandjournalist@thetimes.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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