Ep 42: Ian Easton on Xi Jinping and the CCP’s Grand Strategy

Ian Easton, senior director at the Project 2049 Institute and author of The Final Struggle: Inside China’s Global Strategy, joins the show to talk about Xi Jinping, the ideology that shaped Jinping and by which he rules, and why his vision for the world should not be dismissed. 
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• 01:56 Introduction
• 02:22 Interested In China
• 05:01 Discovering Taiwan
• 10:32 Perceptions Of The PRC 
• 13:11 How The Chinese Government Works
• 17:47 Who Is Xi Jinping?
• 23:42 The Tactics Of Ideology And Control
• 26:29 The “Scourge Of The Corrupt”
• 29:36 Authentic Socialism
• 31:25 Does China’s Communism Matter?
    • 37:04 The Blending Of Communism And Nationalism
• 43:04 Exporting Xi Jinping Thought
    • 49:19 Absolute Control
• 52:41 Does Xi Jinping Have Rivals?  
    • 56:04 Optimisim To Pessimism In Taiwan  
• 01:04:00 It’s Not All Dark