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American Thought Leaders

Michael Pillsbury: This Is What a War With Communist China Could Look Like

American Thought Leaders

The Epoch Times

News, Government, Politics

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

“Right now the topic is: will there be war with China? How soon? Someday, there might be another set of questions. Can we win a war with China? If so, how?” says Michael Pillsbury, senior fellow for China strategy at The Heritage Foundation and a co-author of the new report: “Winning the New Cold War: A Plan for Countering China.”

“We have to be able to think through: what are our advantages? What are our weaknesses? And how would this war be conducted?” Pillsbury says.

Dozens of laws to counter the Chinese Communist Party threat have been proposed in recent years, but how many have actually been passed and implemented?

“If you just watch television, you see all these members of the House and Senate bragging about their new legislation. So of course, I would think—and others would think—we’re doing a lot to stop the Chinese. What if it’s not true?” Pillsbury says.

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0:00.0

But now that the topic is, will there be war with China?

0:03.5

How soon?

0:04.5

Someday there might be another set of questions, can we win a war with China if so, how?

0:11.2

Today I sit down with Michael Pillsbury, senior fellow for China Strategy at the Heritage

0:15.9

Foundation, and co-author of the new report, Winning the New Cold War, a plan for countering

0:21.7

China.

0:22.7

Dozens of laws to counter the CCP threat have been proposed in recent years, but how many

0:27.6

have actually been passed and implemented?

0:30.2

If you just watch television, you see all these members of the House of the Senate,

0:35.2

bragging about their new legislation.

0:37.6

So of course, I would think and others would think, we're doing a lot, stop the Chinese.

0:43.5

What if it's not true?

0:45.0

This is American Thought Leaders, and I'm Yan-Yan-Yi Kaelic.

0:49.9

Michael Pillsbury, such a pleasure to have you back on American Thought Leaders.

0:53.6

Thank you very much.

0:55.0

So let's start with the hard stuff first.

0:58.5

You said yesterday on stage, I hear here at the Heritage 50th Anniversary Leadership

1:03.9

Summit, and you said you expect war with China sometime this century.

1:11.9

When exactly do you expect this to happen?

1:14.2

Well, this is a highly speculative topic when the panel moderator, who is a 33-year-old

1:22.7

talk show host, who specializes in domestic issues.

1:27.8

She thought she would ask the panelists, is war coming for sure or not.

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