The Alexander Hamilton Society hosted Ian Easton, Senior Director at the Project 2049 Institute, to discuss his new book: 'The Final Struggle: Inside China's Global Strategy'. For decades the economic rise of China has been paired with an insistence from the government in Beijing that theirs would be a peaceful rise; that other countries had nothing to fear from China. The democratic world has been largely content to accept those promises, as cheap manufactured goods and huge profits for Western elites flowed out of China. In truth, leaders from Deng Xiaoping onward have been biding their time as China’s power grew. Today a strengthened, emboldened Chinese Communist Party is dropping the act. Chairman Xi Jinping has amassed more power than any leader since Mao Zedong, and his officials openly proclaim their intention to change the world, subvert democratic norms and instill their own brand of autocratic control. In a nutshell: to remake the world in China’s image, something Xi refers to as “the final struggle”. This amounts to nothing less than a desire for global domination, a desire the Party has already started to make a reality. Drawing from internal military documents and never-before-seen writings and speeches by Xi Jinping, 'The Final Struggle' takes readers inside Beijing’s shadowy halls of power to reveal the plans, intentions, and operations of the most powerful – and covert – political organization in the world. It is an urgent call to understand Beijing’s true intentions, and to act before it’s too late.
On this episode of the DOn this episode of the PME podcast, I welcome back Ian Easton. Ian recently published a book called The Final Struggle: Inside China’s Global Strategy.
Topics of Discussion Include:
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The prospect of China invading Taiwan and an update from Ian’s first book, The Chinese Invasion Threat
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Is Xi Jinping on drugs? Hard to tell. But Ian does mention that his dad and sister were purged. He also spent seven years living in a cave.
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We discuss “Xi Jinping Thought” which is Marxism infused with Xi Jinping’s worldview and his political philosophy.
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How China and Xi Jinping use euphemisms to promote dark ideas. For example, the idea of constructing “A Community of Common Destiny for all Mankind.”
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S. policies toward China and how previous administrations have and have not recognized threats from the PRC
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How TikTok poses a direct threat to U.S. national security
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China’s social credit system which uses big data analytics and mass surveillance
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How China uses predatory economic policies to its benefit while hurting the U.S.
The Global Taiwan Institute (GTI) is pleased to invite you to a conversation with Ian Easton on his new book, The Final Struggle: Inside China's Global Strategy. Over the past two decades, the People's Republic of China has undergone a profound economic, military, and political transformation. Once a developing nation on the periphery of the international system, China has developed into one of the world's foremost powers. Throughout this rapid rise—and indeed, long before—outside observers have sought to understand the complex and opaque reasoning behind Beijing's decision-making. Now, with Xi Jinping on the precipice of securing more executive power than any leader since Mao Zedong, gaining insights into China's increasingly ambitious global strategy is more crucial than ever. In The Final Struggle, Easton works to shed light on the inner machinations of Beijing's political system, using primary sources and internal political documents to provide an unprecedented view into Xi Jinping's China. In doing so, he underlines the grave implications of failing to respond to China's growing challenge to the international order.
The Chinese Communist Party has a sinister secret and is hiding it in plain sight. Deeply researched and engagingly written, Ian Easton's latest book is an urgent call to understand Beijing’s true intentions, and to act before it’s too late.
Answering this urgent call to action, the Project 2049 Institute is pleased to invite you to a webinar launching The Final Struggle: Inside China's Global Strategy. Drawing from internal military documents and never-before-seen writings and speeches by Xi Jinping, Easton takes readers inside Beijing’s shadowy halls of power to reveal the plans, intentions, and operations of the most powerful (and covert) political organization in the world.
During this livestream event, Project 2049 Institute Chairman Randy Schriver and the author will have a brief conversation about the book's message in the context of today's unique security challenges in the Indo-Pacific. Following the discussion, Easton will engage with a panel of distinguished experts to more deeply explore key findings.