Beijing Plans to Assassinate Taiwan’s President at the Start of War, Expert Says

: Ian Easton, a research fellow at the Project 2049 Institute speaks during the Taiwanese American Conference/East Coast conference (TACEC) at West Chester University, in West Chester, Pennsylvania, on July 2, 2018. Paul Huang/The Epoch Times

WEST CHESTER, Pa.–The Chinese regime plans to assassinate Taiwan’s president at the onset of an attack on the island nation, a defense analyst said, based on his reading of the internal writings of Beijing’s military. The assassination could pave way for Beijing to win an all-out invasion against Taiwan, the U.S. expert said.

Ian Easton, a research fellow at the Project 2049 Institute who recently authored a book discussing China’s strategy to invade Taiwan, said that military planners of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have been instructed since late 2012 to prepare to take back Taiwan by force “sooner or later.”