Living With Dictators: Expert Opinions Featured on the Acclaimed Television Series

“Living with Dictators” reveals the truth behind the international news that is normally published about North Asia, one of the world’s most troubled hot spots. It is a shocking and disturbing account that only a handful of experts know about.

The book is a compendium of expert opinions about the fate of North Asia, an area that surprisingly has a global impact on all of us.

Its six expert authors express their first-hand experiences on long-term prospects for peace in the region, recurring human rights abuses and a complete range of issues that will determine the future of North Asia. They are the renowned political pundit Gordon Chang; well known human rights activists Greg Scarlatoiu and Suzanne Scholte, who have devoted their lives to work in the field; former Ambassador Morse Tan who has studied and pursued human rights abuses all over the world; Ret’d Colonel David Maxwell, with years of US military experience in Korea and Bob Joseph, former US Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, a key influencer and practitioner in nuclear arms reduction.

The region has recently been commandeered by China’s Xi Jinping working in concert with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and other autocracies in the region. The authors make it clear that no good can come from this alliance of dictators. Their influence is properly evaluated and issues arising from their rule clearly call for an immediate international response. The book is a wake-up call for peace and democracy, as both are under threat in the region. For example, President Xi Jinping has openly stated that he wants to rule the entire globe in a unique image of his own making. The book explains that we need to take this Chinese autocratic ambition seriously and combat it effectively.

Adding to China’s aggressive stance in north Asia, the fragility of peace on the Korean peninsula is at risk on an almost daily basis by the threatened use of North Korean nuclear weapons. Peace in the region has been hanging on a slender thread ever since the Korean War Armistice was signed back in 1953. Since then the Korean peninsula has been on a permanent war footing. The slightest misstep will pit North against South in a conflict that could engulf the world. “Living with Dictators” examines what could go wrong in the current era and evaluates the options to preserve freedom and democracy on the peninsula.

In the meantime the shocking abuse of human rights in both China and North Korea by the two dictators is frequently raised in the international press. Many reports are classified as fake news yet it is possible to drill down and reach the truth. The expert opinions voiced in Living with Dictators on the magnitude and severity of the abuses are authentic and grounded in years of active opposition. “Living with Dictators” provides remedies that could improve the day-to-day lives of countless victims, especially in North Korea where millions have already died because of the human rights abuses.

“Living with Dictators” is linked to a 14-part TV series ‘Issues Alive’ broadcast by the New Tang Dynasty (NTD) network that reached 150 million households worldwide , including extensive audiences in the USA and the UK.

The book provides a unique record of how people in North Asia are living under the iron fist of Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un. The book’s authors don’t pull any punches in presenting their expert vision of how this troubled part of the world should confront and overcome the issues that will ultimately affect all our lives.

© 2022 Defiance Press and Publishing (E-bog): 9781955937405

Release date

E-bog: 12. oktober 2022