The Taiwan Election, the Chinese Communist Threat, and the Future of US-Taiwan Relations—Ian Easton

Jan Jekielek

Senior Editor

Jan Jekielek is a senior editor with The Epoch Times, host of the show “American Thought Leaders.” Jan’s career has spanned academia, international human rights work, and now for almost two decades, media. He has interviewed nearly a thousand thought leaders on camera, and specializes in long-form discussions challenging the grand narratives of our time. He’s also an award-winning documentary filmmaker, producing “The Unseen Crisis,” “DeSantis: Florida vs. Lockdowns,” and “Finding Manny.”

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January 18, 2020Updated: January 29, 2020

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Just what is the significance of the recent Taiwan elections, with incumbent president Tsai Ing Wen winning by a landslide? Why is Taiwan critical to the power balance in Asia?

In what ways has the Chinese Communist Party engaged in information warfare against Taiwan? How is the Chinese regime using similar tactics across the globe?

And, why is the Chinese communist regime fixated on conquering Taiwan? And how has the People’s Liberation Army been gearing up for it?

This is American Thought Leaders ??, and I’m Jan Jekielek.

In this episode, we’ll sit down with Ian Easton, senior director at the Project 2049 Institute, a nonprofit think tank focused on security issues in the Indo-Pacific region, and author of “The Chinese Invasion Threat: Taiwan’s Defense and American Strategy in Asia.”

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