Josh Rogin - Chaos Under Heaven

Dulles, John Foster, 181

Dunford, Joseph, 227

Duterte, Rodrigo, 93

E

East Asia Summit, 92, 93–94, 156

East-West Institute, 117

Ebright, Richard H., 279, 280

EcoHealth Alliance, 275–76, 279

economic nationalism, in Trump campaign, xxiv, 7

economic warfare. See China’s abuse of US institutions

Eisenman, Joshua, xvi–xvii, 118–20

Emergency Economic Powers Act (1977), 246

Erdogan, Recep Tayyip, 205

Esper, Mark, 190–91, 259

ethnic cleansing. See Sinicization, of Xinjiang ethnic minority groups

Evanina, William, 286–87

Evans, Angela, 119, 120

exchanged-traded funds, 233–34

executive orders, by Trump

appointment of Bannon to NSC principals committee, 27

banned US government from doing business with companies beholden to foreign adversary governments, 163

F

Facebook, 227–29

FARA. See Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) (1938)

Fauci, Anthony, 257, 276

Fear (Woodward), 32

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

investigation of university researchers with ties to Chinese military, 224

briefing of Fenves on CUSEF, 118

cases of Chinese espionage, xxii–xxiii

interviewed PLA attending US institutional events, 119

investigation of CCP talent-recruitment on campuses, 222–23

investigation of Confucius Institutes, 216–17

investigation of Flynn’s contact with Russian ambassador, 22

investigation of GTV Media Group, 289

vetting of Guo, 59–60

warnings about Deng Murdoch, 96, 98–100

Federal Computer Week, Rogin on Chinese cyber attacks on US military, xvii–xviii

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, Thrift Savings Plan, 237–38, 240

Feith, David, 76, 107, 192

Fenves, Gregory, 118–20

Fertitta, Tilman, 205

50-cent Army trolls, 204

Fink, Lawrence, 21

Firestein, David, 117–18, 119–20, 121

5–50 Forum, Dharamshala, 102–4

5G, 108, 163, 283–84

Fleming, Gregory, 141

Flournoy, Michèle, 156

Flynn, Michael, 16, 194

at 2017 Passing the Baton conference, 22–24

as assistant to the president, 31

fired by Trump, 22, 29

fired from position as Obama’s Defense Intelligence Agency director, 21–22

first meeting with Chinese officials, x, xi

as national security adviser, 21–24

recruitment of China experts, 17

as unregistered foreign agent with Turkey, 63

food export scandals, by China, 54–55

Ford, Stephen, 152, 159

Foreign Affairs

“The Sources of Chinese Conduct,” 196

“The Sources of Soviet Conduct,” 180

Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) (1938), 63–64, 115

foreign direct investment, from China, 18, 131–32, 136, 137

See also Wall Street financial markets

Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA) (2018), 134, 137–39

Foremost Group, 125

Fouss, Jamison, 269

Freedom House, 104

FTSE Russell indexes, 239

Fu, Bob, 178–79, 292

G

G7 meeting, Canada (2018), 246

G7 meeting, France (2019), 246–48

G20 summit, Buenos Aires (2018), 160–61

G20 summit, Hangzhou (2016), 14

G20 summit, Osaka (2018), 163

gain-of-function experiments, 268–69, 274–75, 276, 277, 279–80

Gallagher, Mike, 194–96

Gao Yu, 12

Garnaut, John, 80

Gates, Bob, 33

GE (General Electric), 138–39

George H. W. Bush Foundation for US-China Relations, 120, 121, 123

Gertz, Bill, 62–63

Ghebreyesus, Tedros Adhanom, 262

Gilead, 283

Gingrich, Newt, 183

Giuliani, Rudy, 290–91, 293

Givenchy, 203

Global Infrastructure Partners, 175

Global Magnitsky Act (2012), 282

Global Times

on retaliatory restrictions on Apple, 230

on Skinner’s alleged racism, 186

GNews, 289–90, 293

Google, 225, 226–27

Gordon, J. D., 23

Gorka, Sebastian, 27–28

Greenberg, Hank, 20–21, 251

Grisham, Stephanie, 247

GTV Media Group, 62, 64, 289

Guilfoyle, Kimberly, 287

Guo Wengui, 57–63, 64, 289–94

Guterres, Antonio, 114, 173

GY US Investments, 115

H

Hadley, Steven, 22–23

Haggerty, Bill, 86

Haley, Nikki, 34, 102, 167–68, 171–73, 193, 287

Hamilton, Clive, 80

Han Chinese, 100, 104, 165–66, 168

Han Jian, 284

Hanke, Dave, 132–33, 137

hardliners

approach to China relations, xxiv–xxv, 73, 76–77, 78, 84

concerns over Chinese secrecy/misinformation regarding pandemic, 260

concerns over Phase One trade deal, 253

at end of Trump administration, 298–99, 300–301

satisfaction with Section 301 investigation results, 136–37

trade policies/negotiations with China, 149–55

See also specific individuals

Harris, Harry, 28, 86–87, 108, 189

Harvard University

chair of chemistry department in Thousand Talents Plan, 223

US Education Department investigation into foreign donations to, 221

Hawley, Josh, 211

Hensarling, Jeb, 133–34, 137

Heritage Foundation, 240

Hikvision, 236, 241

Hilton Hotels, 48

HKmap.live (app), 230

HNA Group, 48, 140–43, 145

Hoffman, Samantha, 201

honey trap concept, 122

Hong Kong

Ant Financial IPO on stock exchange, 297–98

China’s national security law passage and arrests of protestors, 284

Chinese coercion of corporations regarding, 203

prodemocracy protests, 44, 193, 204–6, 210–12, 230

US withdrawal of economic/trade benefits from, 282

Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act (2019), 211–12

Hook, Brian, 183

Houston Rockets (NBA), 204–7

Huawei

company research centers in US universities, 221

FCC named company as national security threat, 287

Canadian arrest of CFO, 160–64

Chinese influence in UN organizations and, 172–73

concerns over industry domination by, 113, 145

Pompeo’s plan to sanction, 193

UK ban from networks, 284–85

Hudson Institute, 152, 154, 192

Human Rights Council, Promoting the International

Human Rights Cause Through Win-Win

Cooperation (Chinese resolution), 170

human rights violations, in China

mentioned in Trump’s books, 9, 10

Trump’s reactions to, 91, 164, 169, 210

US investments funding of Chinese violator companies, 234, 236, 239

US national security concerns over, 164

US sanctions against Chinese company abuses, 169, 179, 282, 297

weak corporate response to. See China’s coercion of US corporations

See also Sinicization, of Xinjiang ethnic minority groups

Huntington, Samuel, 185

I

Iacovella, Christopher, 237

iFlytek, 223

inauguration and early relations, with China, 25–44

appointment of ambassadors, 28–30

clipped wings of Superhawks, 26–29

inauguration America First speech, 25–26

marginalization of Navarro, 31–32

Pottinger’s memo, 35–38, 41, 49, 51, 52

preparation for Xi-Trump summit, 38–41

trade disputes among factions, 31–35

Trump’s apology to Xi for Taiwan call, 40–43

Inboden, Will, 118, 120

index providers, Wall Street, 232–35, 237–38, 239

Indo-Pacific strategic framework, 77–80, 83–84, 149

Ingram Micro, 142

Inman, Bobby Ray, 119, 120

institutional investors, 233

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), 172

International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, the China Cables, 166

International Finance Corporation (IFC), 175

International Health Regulations Emergency Committee (WHO), 262