EPISODE · Oct 7, 2025 · 57 MIN
Ep 237: Toshi Yoshihara on China’s Subversive Strategies
from School of War · host The Free Press
Toshi Yoshihara, Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments and author of Mao's Army Goes to Sea: The Island Campaigns and the Founding of China's Navy, joins the show to discuss how the PLA took Beijing in 1949 by subversion, and how they may yet seize Taiwan. ▪️ Times • 01:53 Introduction • 03:24 Peaceful liberation • 07:19 Planning and preparation • 10:36 Isolation • 17:30 A tradition of manipulation • 23:51 True believers • 28:23 Helpless • 34:55 Political warfare • 41:53 Surprise • 47:32 Holy Grail • 50:51 Fault lines • 57:44 What to read? Follow along on Instagram, X @schoolofwarpod, and YouTube @SchoolofWarPodcast Find a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Toshi Yoshihara, Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments and author of Mao's Army Goes to Sea: The Island Campaigns and the Founding of China's Navy, joins the show to discuss how the PLA took Beijing in 1949 by subversion, and how they may yet seize Taiwan. ▪️ Times • 01:53 Introduction • 03:24 Peaceful liberation • 07:19 Planning and preparation • 10:36 Isolation • 17:30 A tradition of manipulation • 23:51 True believers • 28:23 Helpless • 34:55 Political warfare • 41:53 Surprise • 47:32 Holy Grail • 50:51 Fault lines • 57:44 What to read? Follow along on Instagram, X @schoolofwarpod, and YouTube @SchoolofWarPodcast Find a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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