About the Author

Jay Loo was born in Tainan City, Taiwan. He came to the US for college at age 19 and became an American citizen in 1969.

While pursuing a career in actuarial consulting, Jay devoted much of his life to the cause of Taiwan’s democratization and independence.

Jay has written extensively regarding the myriad dangers to US homeland security posed by the rise of a chauvinistic China.

Jay Loo won a BA summa cum laude in politics (University of Minnesota) and a Master of Public Affairs from Princeton University. Jay is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a Distinguished Fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center.

Jay has published in prestigious journals including Foreign Affairs, The New Republic, and UK’s Defence Review. He is the author of America’s Security and Taiwan’s Freedom under his pen name Li Thian-hok (Xlibris, 2010) and Free Formosa: A Memoir (iUniverse, 2019).

Jay and wife Helen live in Lansdale, Pennsylvania.