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Downfall 2.0: The Importance of Studying the CCP’s Weaknesses That Could Lead to Its Demise

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Downfall 2.0: The Importance of Studying the CCP’s Weaknesses That Could Lead to Its Demise
A car with the message "End the Evil CCP" in Chinese and English is driven through the streets during an "End CCP" rally in Melbourne, Australia, on Nov. 22, 2020. Grace Yu/Epoch Times
Bradley A. Thayer
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Operation Downfall was the U.S. code name for invasions of Japan: Operation Olympic, the invasion of southern Kyushu in November 1945, and Operation Coronet, the invasion of Honshu in 1946. Today, the United States must begin planning for Downfall 2.0, the fall of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Bradley A. Thayer
Bradley A. Thayer
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Bradley A. Thayer is a founding member of the Committee on Present Danger China and the coauthor with Lianchao Han of “Understanding the China Threat” and the coauthor with James Fanell of “Embracing Communist China: America’s Greatest Strategic Failure.”
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