Josh Rogin - Chaos Under Heaven

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 276

nationalism and populism, global rise of, xxii

See also economic nationalism

National Security Agency (NSA), 225

National Security Council (NSC), 27, 149

Chinese coercion of airlines, 202

meetings on coronavirus, 254

Robinson’s research on Chinese infiltration of US financial markets, 240

Section 301 investigation, 77

signed off on Strategic Approach document, 198

unreleased study on China’s presence in US capital markets, 236

WIV lab accident theory, 274–81

national security issues, 281

China-related, growing awareness of, 213

Chinese influence in US universities, 216–17, 221–22, 224

concerns over TikTok/WeChat, 229

at end of Trump administration, 296–98

FCC named Huawei and FTE as threat, 287

investments of US financial firms, 230–32

lack of discussion forum for agency staff, 108–9

progress of push back on China, 243

Silicon Valley and, 225–26

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

National Security Strategy (NSS)

“Bill’s Paper” memo, 38

on China and Russia as revisionist powers, 79, 188

natural spillover theory, in virus outbreaks, 270–74, 280

Nature

Shi on bat coronaviruses, 269

Shi on RaTG13, 271, 280

Navarro, Peter

Trump agreed with trade policy of, 32–33, 85, 19, 162, 251, 296

assessment of Mar-a-Lago summit, 53–54

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

co-authored white paper on tariffs, 55

as deputy assistant to president, 31

early marginalization of by Wall Street clique, 31–35

early warnings on pandemic by, 258–60, 264

first meeting with Chinese officials, x, xi–xii

as head of National Trade Council, 32

as head of White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, 7

alleged personal behavior on trip to Beijing, 148

on shuttle diplomacy and FARA, 64

as speech writer on foreign policy, 6–7

as Superhawk and approach to China relations, xxiv, 8, 14–15, 17–18, 20, 26–27, 31, 51, 73, 74, 75, 76, 108

tech policies/negotiations with China, 146, 148

neoconservatives vs. conservative hawks, 155

Ness Technologies, 143

Netherlands

recalled defective Chinese masks, 285

symbolic support for Taiwan, 285

New America Foundation, xvi–xvii, 183

New Federal State of China, 290–92

new world order, with Chinese characteristics, 165–79

China’s influence on UN, 169–73

China’s influence on World Bank, 173–76

repression of Uyghurs, 164–69, 176–79, 193

V. Zhou’s internment camp survival story, 176–79

New York Times

“Europe’s Big Gamble on Soviet Gas,” 235–3

on Pence’s Hudson Institute speech, 152–53

on Pentagon’s new White Paper on tech, 226

on treatment of Obama at Hangzhou G20 summit, 14

on Trump’s phone call with Taiwan’s president, 3, 4

on Xi’s speech in Xinjiang, 166

on E. Chao family business ties to CCP, 124

NIH. See US National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Nitze, Paul, 181

North Korea

bloody nose strike concept, 87

nuclear and missile programs, 45, 46, 47, 49

Trump’s false claims on China’s help with, 252

US need for China’s cooperation on, 50–51

NSC 68, 181, 197–98

Nunberg, Sam, 63

Nye, Joseph, 288

O

Obama, Barack

attended East Asia Summits, 92

table setting meeting with Chinese officials prior to 2016 election, xii–xiii

avoidance of CFIUS reform, 132–33

ban on gain-of-function experiments, 269

commitment to new model of relations with China, xiii–xiv, 34

competition, as inflammatory term, 14

critique of policies and legacy, 11–14

deference to China regarding Tibet, 101

firing and warnings about Flynn, 21–22

meetings with Xi, xiii, xv

Strategic and Economic Dialogue, 51

Trans-Pacific Partnership, 7

use of tariffs, 8, 71

views on South China Sea disputes, xiv, 12, 37–38

O’Brien, Robert, xxv, 240, 256–59, 282–83

Office of the Director of National Intelligence, “China prefers President Trump—whom Beijing sees as unpredictable—not win reelection” statement, 291

1MDB, 64

open engagement strategy (US), xix–xx, xxiii, 5, 13, 244, 287–88, 301

Operation Fox Hunt, 299

Oracle, 229, 297

O’Rourke, Beto, 206, 330

P

Page, Carter, 23

Palin, Sarah, 115

Panchen Lama, 103

Papadopoulos, George, 23

Papua New Guinea, 157–58

Parscale, Brad, 115

Patterson, Anne, 156

Paul, Rand, 183

Paulson, Hank, 20

Pelosi, Nancy, 101, 286

Peltz, Nelson, 251, 252

Pence, Karen, 154

Pence, Mike, 251

China speeches, 152, 154, 243–44

as hardliner, xxv, 34, 152

as lead of coronavirus task force, 259

as neoconservative, 34, 151–52

role in Chinese foreign policy, 33

speech at APEC CEO Summit (2018), 159–60

trade policies/negotiations with China, 151–55, 190

visit to Asia, 151–52

Peng Li-yuan, 49–50

pension and retirement funds, 233–34, 238–40, 241

Pentagon

See also US Defense Department

People’s Liberation Army (PLA)

accusations of Apple’s work with, 227

claims Deng Murdoch worked for Propaganda Division, 97–98

FBI investigation of influence operations in US institutional events, 119, 224

GE-AVIC deal, 138–39

in Hong Kong, 211

military-civil fusion strategy, 131

US ban on Chinese STEM research when associated with PLA, 287

US investments funding of, 235–38, 239, 240, 241

Wall Street funding of subcontracting companies of, 234

Xinjiang as CCP possession after 1949 war, 165

Perdue, David, 129

Perdue, Sonny, 252

Peterlin, Margaret, 34

Phase One trade deal

misstatements/misunderstandings at France G7 meeting, 246–48, 243–53

announcement of, 248–51

results of, 300–303

signing and celebration of, 251–53, 281

tariffs and, 244–45, 248–49, 250, 281

Pichai, Sundar, 227

Pillsbury, Michael,

as member of transition team, 17

as influential outside adviser, 27–28, 152, 183, 251, 252

inability to pass security clearance, 29–30, 198

on Trump’s view of a new cold war, 191

as backchannel to China, 38–39

on cause of Cold War, xxiv

criticized Strategic Approach document on Fox TV, 198

defense of Greenberg, 20–21

as close adviser to Trump, xxvi, 296

on Trump’s apology to Xi, 41, 42

PLA. See People’s Liberation Army (PLA)

Policy Exchange of London, 299

Pompeo, Mike

“The China Challenge” speech (2019), 192–93

on CPAFFC, 122

as hardliner, xxv

meeting with Jawdat, 208

meeting with Yang, 287

on NBA and Morey’s comments, 206

on origins of coronavirus, 266, 275

priorities of China-related moves, 192–93

refused to sign G7

statement without use of “Wuhan virus” term, 285

as secretary of state, 87, 149, 182–85, 282, 284–85

statements on Hong Kong protests, 210–11

Porter, Rob, 19, 75–76, 85, 108

Pottinger, Matt, 34, 254, 296

at APEC CEO Summit (2018), 158, 159

attempted to ban multiple Chinese apps, 297

briefing of Chinese officials in Beijing, 150–51

career history, 17

on China’s digital authoritarianism, 298–300

handling of coronavirus pandemic, 255–60, 264, 275

as hardliner, xxv, 302