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

influence of “Bill’s Paper” memo, 35–38, 41, 49, 51, 52, 77, 79, 194–96

institutionalization of competition framework, 299–301

on letter about Guo, 59–60

as National Security Council senior director for Asia, 35

United States Strategic Approach to the People’s Republic of China (2020), 197

work on Pence’s China speech, 152

work on Section 301 investigation, 73

Pottinger, Yen, 256

presidential campaigns. See Biden, Joe, presidential campaign (2020); Clinton, Hillary, 2016 presidential campaign; Trump, Donald, 2016 presidential campaign; Trump, Donald, 2020 presidential campaign

Presidential Innovation Fellows program, 225–26

Priebus, Reince, 16, 19, 27, 31, 142–43

Project 2049 Institute, 3–4

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), 231–32

Putin, Vladimir, cooperation with Xi, 29

Q

Qualcomm, 139

Quartz (news app), 230

R

Radio Free Asia, 176

RaTG13 virus, 271–73, 279–80

Razak, Najib, 64

Reagan, Ronald, 235

Rebalance to Asia policy, 13

Redfield, Robert, 257

Regain the Advantage plan, 189

remdesivir, 283

Republican National Convention (2020), 286

reverse mergers, 231

Rhodes, Ben, xiv–xv, 14, 21

Ricardel, Mira, 156–57

Rice, Condoleezza, 33, 183

Rice, Susan

table setting meeting with Chinese officials prior to 2016 election, xiii–xiv, 288, 304

at 2017 Passing the Baton conference, 22–23

firing of Flynn, 21

maintenance of smooth relations with China, 13, 14

testimony in Russiagate investigation, 22

Richardson, Jim, 14

Risch, James, 129, 212

Robinson, Roger, 235–42

Rogin, Josh, career history, xvi–xix

See also Washington Post

Rolland, Nadège, 171

RON Transatlantic, 142

Rosen, Dan, 226

Ross, Wilbur, 252, 296

approach to China relations, xxvi, 18, 32, 95, 301

business deals during Asian tour, 91

co-authored white paper on tariffs, 55

as head of Commerce Department, 39, 135

penalties on ZTE, 146–47

trade policies/negotiations with China, 51, 54–57, 68–69, 74

See also US Commerce Department

Rubio, Marco

on CCP united front work in US, 118–19

as hardliner, xxv

on Huawei research centers in universities, 221

opposed S. Thornton’s nomination, 88

support for Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, 212

worked with Robinson on behalf of investor protections, 237

Ruggiero, Anthony, 254

Rule of Law Foundation, 62

Russia

congressional investigation into election interference by, 22, 29, 81, 89

as revisionist power, 79

Trump’s attempts to bring into G7, 246

Ryan, Paul, 43

S

salami slicing pattern, 38

Salmon, Matt, 217

Sanders, Sarah, 161

Sangay, Lobsang, 103, 105–6, 128

Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002), 231

SARS outbreak (2003), 255–56, 257, 263

Scaramucci, Anthony “The Mooch,” 139–44

Schadlow, Nadia, 79

Schmidt, Eric, 97

Schriver, Randy, 3–4

Schwarzman, Stephen, 251, 252

attended Xi meeting at Mar-a-Lago uninvited, 47–48

as CEO of Blackstone Group, 21

meetings with Chinese businessmen, 95

Navarro’s concerns about FARA violations by, 64

relationship with Mnuchin, 48

Schwarzman Scholars program at Tsinghua University, 239–40

What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence, 48

Schweizer, Peter, 305

Scissors, Derek, 147

Scott, Rick, 115

Secret Empires (Schweizer), 305

self-licking ice cream cone concept, 51

Senate Foreign Relations Committee, CCP attempt to use in photo op, 129

Senate Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, report on Chinese funding of US universities, 221

Sessions, Jeff, 60, 134

severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). See coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

Shanahan, Patrick, 187–88

Shangri-La Dialogue, 149, 186

Shenhua Group, 91

Shi Zhengli, 268–69, 271, 272, 273, 275–77, 279

Shong, Hugo, 94

Shulkin, David, 43

Siberian pipeline dispute, 235–36

Siege: Trump Under Fire (Wolff), 98–99

Silicon Valley, 214

See also China’s abuse of US institutions; tech war; specific companies

Silk Road Financing Corporation, 66

Silver, Adam, 205–6

Singh, Pavneet, 226

Sinicization, of Xinjiang ethnic minority groups

united front policy and, 82–83

destruction of mosques and criminalization of Islamic religion, 168

increased repression during pandemic, 284

network of prisons for innocent civilians, 104–5

Pottinger on internment camps, 299–300

protest movement “Google Uyghur” 207–9

rating of Pompeo’s sanctions regarding abuse, 193

technological surveillance and, 223–24

Trump’s support for internment camps, 164–69

US investments funding of surveillance technology against, 236

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

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

Sinohawk Holdings, 305–6

Sintash, Bahram, 208

Skinner, Kiron, 183–86

SkyBridge Capital, 140–44

Slaughter, Anne-Marie, 183–85

Snowden, Edward, 225

Social and Cultural Issues Dialogue, 53

Society for Threatened Peoples, 169–70

“The Sources of Chinese Conduct” (Westad), 196

South China Sea islands

China’s infrastructure expansion and, 12

Harris on Great Wall of Sand, 86

Obama administration and, xiv, 12, 37–38

US Navy missions in, 281

South Korea, appointment of ambassador to, 87

Soviet Union, and US containment policy, 180–82, 184, 195–96, 235–36

Spalding, Robert, 108, 236

SPD Bank, 204

Spicer, Sean, 31

State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) (China), 239

Stats, Inc., 204

Steinberg, Jim, 13

Stilwell, David, 182, 192

Stone, Roger, 63

Straits Times , “China Must Play by the Rules in Oil-Rich Sudan,” xvii

Strategic and Economic Dialogue with China, 20

strategic competition. See Indo-Pacific strategic framework; Trump and US-China relations, introduction; specific negotiators and strategies

Strategic Reassurance policy, 13

Strategic Vision, 62

Sullivan, John, 157

Superhawks

achievements during first year, 108

approach to China relations, xxiv–xxv, 18, 70, 71–72, 78

China’s unpreparedness for, 14–15

clipped wings in early phase, 26–29

criticized Phase One trade deal, 250

satisfaction with Section 301 investigation results, 135–37

Trump not seen as one, 33

See also specific individuals

Suri, Jeremi, 119

Switzer, Rick, 269

T

Taiwan

barred from UN headquarters, 173

Chinese coercion of corporations regarding, 201–4, 230

contacted WHO about Wuhan cases, 260

governance disputes, 2

Hong Kong protests, 193

Netherlands symbolic support for, 285

president’s call with Trump, 2–5, 17, 40–43

Trump’s abandonment of, 44

Trump’s apology to Xi and shift, 40–44

US arms sales to, 297

US sale of F-16 fighters to, 42

See also Tsai Ing-wen

Taiwan Relations Act (1979), 43

tantrum diplomacy, by China, 157–60

tariffs

$34 billion US tariffs in effect, 148

legacy of, 302–3, 304–5

Phase One trade deal and, 244–45, 248–49, 250, 281

steel and aluminum, 55, 56, 74, 135