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The Final Struggle: Inside China's Global Strategy Kindle Edition

4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 42 ratings

The Final Struggle shows, using the regime’s own words, how Beijing’s aspirations aren’t regional—they’re global, with grave implications not only for democracy, but for the centuries-old principle of national sovereignty.”
—Matt Pottinger

The Chinese government has a sinister secret. And it’s hiding in plain sight. 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.

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”.

Deeply researched and engagingly written, The Final Struggle is an urgent call to understand Beijing’s true intentions, and to act before it’s too late.


From the Publisher

A convincing study of the CCP's unbridled ambition for global dominance – Mike Pompeo
Obliterates the idea that Beijing's strategic plans are obscure – Matt Pottinger
A wake-up call to meet China's challenge on the world stage – Toshi Yoshihara

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About the Author

Ian Easton is a Senior Director at the Project 2049 Institute, where he studies defense and security issues involving the People's Republic of China. Previously, Easton was a visiting fellow at the Japan Institute for International Affairs, a China analyst at the Center for Naval Analyses, and a researcher for the Asia Bureau of Defense News. He has testified before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission and given talks at the U.S. Naval War College, U.S. Army JAG School, Japan's National Defense Academy, Taiwan's National Defense University, and Germany's Command and Staff College. Easton holds an M.A. in China Studies from National Chengchi University in Taiwan and a B.A. in International Studies from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He studied Mandarin at Fudan University in Shanghai and National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0B18WCWN1
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Eastbridge Books (May 31, 2022)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 31, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 7041 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 419 pages
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Ian Easton is an associate professor at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. He previously served as a senior director at the Project 2049 Institute, a visiting fellow at the Japan Institute for International Affairs (JIIA) in Tokyo, and a China analyst at the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA Corporation). His writings have been featured in the New York Times, Economist, Foreign Policy, and other media outlets. Ian has testified before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission and given lectures at universities, war colleges, and military bases across the United States, Taiwan, and Japan.

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Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2022
All who care about preserving a free civilization must read Ian Easton's 'The Final Struggle.'

Easton, fluent in Mandarin, has done the hard work of tracking down and translating both open and internal documents from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and People's Liberation Army. From these he has revealed the CCP's clear intent to undermine the liberal international order and replace it with a global authoritarian super-state ruled from Beijing. 'The Final Struggle' is a deeply researched warning, based on the CCP's own words.

Any threat is the product of an adversary's intentions and capabilities. While my research has focused on China's conventional military power, 'The Final Struggle' uncovers the other critical factor, the CCP's malicious intentions. Easton also widely discusses the non-military weapons and tactics the CCP is employing in its attempt to undermine the world's free civilization, an important and otherwise neglected line of research.

'The Final Struggle' is breakthrough research and an important contribution to the national security conversation. Readers should buy this book and learn its lessons.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2022
I just finished this excellent book, which coincides with China’s belligerent military “deterrence exercises” directed at Taiwan, but are also aimed at intimidating the rest of the the free world. Ian Easton uses official (and sources China would rather not be revealed to the West) Chinese language documentation to support his thesis: that the People’s Republic of China is engaged in an historic mission to remake the world in the image of its communist party masters. We have been warned.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2022
This book is loaded with startling facts. The CCP has more ways to undermine America's way of life than most people may realize. Trusting that the CCP won't exploit these vulnerabilities would be naive. If America and its democratic allies do not take steps to protect themselves, they will have only themselves to blame when things go wrong.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2022
This is a must read for anyone concerned about the rise of the CCP and the accompanying authoritarianism.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2022
The author did his homework and posits a very well researched point of view. My problem is the length and repetition of the obvious. After 50/60 pages you get the point. It would have been a great 2000 word essay. As a 200+ page book it was a slog.
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Peter D. Vlahos
4.0 out of 5 stars "A NEED TO KNOW BOOK"
Reviewed in Australia on February 24, 2023
The more one reads assessments about China, the more wants more explanations. China, is definingly asserting itself internationally and this book offers a compelling analysis.... I recommend it as a series of books which tries to some light on the China which is playing a very important role and is keeping the world
on edge!
濱 信吉
3.0 out of 5 stars 興味深い内容です
Reviewed in Japan on July 19, 2022
初心者には面倒な本です

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