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CCP influence with former business people in politics, 127–29

CFIUS and technology deals, 139–44

CFIUS reform, 131–34

extent of China lobby, 137–39

Lighthizer report results, 134–37

See also cyber theft, by China; tech war

“China’s Seven Deadly Structural Sins” chart, 84–85

China State Shipbuilding, 125

China Unicom, 236

China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF), 117–20, 122–23, 130

China Ventures, 5–6

Chinese Americans for Trump, 115

Chinese Basketball Association, 204

Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

built Confucius Institutes and Classrooms worldwide, 216

Central Military Commission, 150

character of, xvi, xx, 301

China Scholarship Council, 220

cut off dialogue with representatives of Dalai Lama, 101

dependence on foreign exchange reserves, 239

destruction of mosques and criminalization of Islamic religion in Xinjiang, 168

goal of regional hegemony, 36

government-sponsored hacking, xvii–xviii

ideological battle, 307

interference in Australian politics, 80, 82

interference in Swedish politics, 106

interference in US politics. See Bingo Club, on CCP influence operations; China’s lobby, and US national security issues

leaked Document 9 memo, 12, 215

Ministry of Education’s Centre for Language Education and Cooperation, 216, 220, 221–23

Pair Up and Become Family program, 168

passage of national security law for Hong Kong and arrests of protestors, 284

repression of minority ethnic groups, 82–83. See also Sinicization, of Xinjiang ethnic minority groups

social credit scoring system, 200–201, 230

stopped Ant Financial IPO, 297–98

support for atrocities in Sudan, xvi–xvii

Taiwan seen as core issue, 2

United Front Work Department, 80–83, 114, 192, 220. See also specific united front organizations

US business ties to red capitalists within, 5–6, 48, 65, 66, 124, 127–28, 131–32, 230–32, 297–98. See also billionaire friends of China; China’s abuse of US institutions; China’s coercion of US corporations; Wall Street financial markets

use of information campaign term “cold war,” 191

Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), 122–23

Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), 116–20

Chinese Students and Scholars Associations (CSSAs), 219–21

civil society organizations, funded by China, 83

Clash of Civilizations (Huntington), 185

Clayton, Jay, 232

climate change, hopes for collaboration with China on, 13

Clinton, Bill, 7

Clinton, Hillary, 2016 presidential campaign

criticized for husband’s China policy, 7

nonaddress to Trump’s trade views, 8

presumptive policies if won presidency, xxiii, 26

Clinton, Hillary, Secretary of State

established US-China Governors Forum, 122

hawkish position on China, 13

CloudWalk, 223–24

Coach, 203

Coats, Dan, 34

Cohen-Watnik, Ezra, 89

Cohn, Gary, 8, 32

arguments with Navarro in Oval Office, 32, 85

as assistant to the president, 31

as head of National Economic Council, 32

as part of Wall Street clique, xxv, 19, 31, 33

resignation of, 136

stole document off Resolute Desk, 75–76

trade policies/negotiations with China, 52–53, 70, 71, 75–76, 108

cold war redux, and lack of US policy, 180–99

absence of Trump speech on China strategy, 198–99

clash of civilizations, 182–85, 186–87

Gallagher’s “Letter X,” 193–96

history of containment policy and, 180–82, 184, 195–96, 235–36

losing battle of ideas, 185–87

new cold war as systems conflict, 189–91

Pomepo’s priorities of China-related moves, 192–93

rise and fall of Shanahan, 187–88

Skinner on Trump doctrine, 184–85

United States Strategic Approach to the People’s Republic of China , 196–99

cold wars, causes of, xxiv

Collins, Michael, 191

Comey, James, 290

Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, 139

Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), 95–96, 131–34, 137–38, 139–40, 142–43, 226

Comprehensive Economic Dialogue, 51, 52

Concordia, 124

Confucius, quotations of, 151, 219

Confucius Institutes, 82, 215, 216–19, 287

containment policy. See Soviet Union, and US containment policy

Coons, Chris, 303

Corker, Bob, 194

Cornyn, John, 118, 120, 132, 133–34, 137

coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 254–88

China blamed US Army for transmitting, 266

Chinese government cover-up, 255, 260–63

early warnings from Pottinger and Navarro, 258–60, 264

global awareness of Chinese strong-arm tactics during, 283–85, 288

impact of mishandling of, on Trump’s election loss, 295–96

no mention of during January trade deal signing, 253, 254–55

origins of virus, 261, 270–73, 284

projected infections/deaths, 260

propaganda war, 263–67

tough-on China speeches and sanctions, 281–83

travel ban on China, 256–58, 264–65, 294

Trump-Biden campaign rhetoric during, 285–88

WIV lab accident theory, 274–81. See also Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV)

Wuhan cables, 267–70, 281

Cotton, Tom, 274–75

Council for the Promotion of the Peaceful Reunification of China, 115

Council on Foreign Relations, 114

COVID-19. See coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

Craig, Greg, 63

Crapo, Mike, 133–34, 137, 238

crimes against humanity. See Sinicization, of Xinjiang ethnic minority groups

Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again (Trump), 10

Crowdstrike, 139

Cruz, Ted, 118, 120, 129, 206, 330

CSSAs (Chinese Students and Scholars Associations), 219–21

Cui Tiankai

backchannel to Kushner, 14, 33, 41, 249–50

first meeting with Trump officials, ix, xii

speech at Bush Foundation awards meeting, 123

cultural genocide. See Sinicization, of Xinjiang ethnic minority groups

Cuomo, Chris, 147

currency manipulation, by China, 10, 51, 55, 85, 245, 251

Currie, Kelley, 169–70, 171

cyber theft, by China

broken agreements by China regarding, 12

China Unicom accused of, 236

components of, 136

early articles on, xvii–xviii

early history of, 5

intellectual property theft, 114, 132, 138–39, 283

Section 301 investigation and, 70–73, 76–77, 134–37

against US industries, xxii–xxiii

US investments funding of, 234

via university programs, 221–22

See also China’s lobby, and US national security issues; tech war

D

Daines, Steve, 127–28

Dalai Lama, 100–105

Dastyari, Sam, 128–29

Daszak, Peter, 275–76, 279

Davidson, Philip, 189–90

Davis, Nickie Lum, 64

Death by China (Navarro), 18

Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), 194

Democratic National Convention (2020), 286

Deng Murdoch, Wendi, 96–100

Deng Xiaoping, 116

DeSantis, Ron, 115

DeVos, Betsy, 221

Diamond S Shipping, 55

digital authoritarianism, of China, 298–300

Diplomatic and Security Dialogue, 52–53

“Discovery of a Rich Gene Pool of Bat SARS-Related Coronaviruses Provides New Insights into the Origin of SARS Coronavirus” (NIH and WIV), 267–68

Dobbs, Lou, 198, 252

Document 9 memo leak (CCP), 12, 215

Dole, Bob, 3

Donilon, Tom, 13, 304

Doty, James, 232

Dragonfly browser, 225

Dr. Charles, 114