The Most Transparent Elections in the World? Adam Savit on the Taiwan Model
American Thought Leaders
The Epoch Times
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2024
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
What can Americans learn from Taiwan when it comes to conducting secure and transparent elections?
In this episode, I sit down with Adam Savit, director of the China Policy Initiative at the America First Policy Institute. He was in Taiwan recently to observe the presidential elections there.
What is Taiwan’s significance for the United States? What would Japan do if the Chinese communist regime invaded Taiwan?
Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and the guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.
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| 0:00.0 | If China were to take Taiwan, it would be able to break into the Pacific Ocean, |
| 0:05.0 | it would be able to send its ships there unimpeded. |
| 0:08.0 | That's one of the things that's keeping China from being a blue water navy, we call it. |
| 0:12.0 | What can Americans learn from Taiwan? a blue water navy, we call it. |
| 0:12.6 | What can Americans learn from Taiwan |
| 0:14.8 | when it comes to conducting elections right? |
| 0:18.3 | In this episode, I sit down with Adam Savant, |
| 0:20.6 | director of the China Policy Initiative at the America First Policy Institute. |
| 0:25.4 | He was recently in Taiwan to observe the elections. |
| 0:29.0 | What is the significance of Taiwan for America? |
| 0:32.1 | What they're doing is trying to get behind that first layer of defenses, |
| 0:36.0 | which we call the first island chain. |
| 0:38.0 | Then there's that second layer that they're trying to do a back around play. |
| 0:42.0 | This is American Thought Leaders, and I'm Yanya Kellick. |
| 0:45.0 | Adam Savitt, such a pleasure to have you on American Thought Leaders. |
| 0:52.0 | Thanks so much for having me. |
| 0:54.0 | It's a pleasure. |
| 0:55.0 | Well, Adam, you've been out in Taiwan, now you're in Japan. |
| 1:00.0 | You were in Taiwan for the election and I have to say you know Taiwan elections |
| 1:06.7 | I've watched a number of videos I haven't actually watched on the ground |
| 1:11.0 | but I've watched kind of video of the actual |
| 1:14.0 | tabulation of the voting happening and it you know it's this incredible community |
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