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technology industry. See tech war

See also open engagement strategy (US); specific federal agencies, leaders and officials

United States Institute of Peace, Passing the Baton conference, 22–24

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

universities, in US

academic freedom and openness as competing values, 224

CCP talent-recruitment in research and development, 222–23

Chinese Students and Scholars Associations, 219–21

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

Huawei research centers in, 221

scientific research, 214

unreported foreign funding of, 221

See also specific universities

University of California, San Diego, hosted Dalai Lama as commencement speaker, 220

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, facial recognition work to track Uyghurs, 223–24

University of Indiana, Confucius Institute, 218

University of North Carolina, gain-of-function experiments, 269, 279

University of Texas, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, proposed CUSEF funding for China center, 117–20

University of West Florida, Confucius Institute, 217

UN Security Council, proposed resolution condemning North Korea’s missile launches, 72

US Army, China blamed for coronavirus, 266

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, on investor risk with US-listed Chinese companies, 231, 235

US-China Governors Forum, 122–23

US Commerce Department

actions against China, 39

list of banned entities, 163, 206–7

penalties on ZTE, 146–47

sanctions against Chinese companies for human rights abuses, 282

Section 232 investigation on steel and aluminum tariffs, 56, 135

US Congress

avoidance of CFIUS reform, 132–33

bipartisan coalition for sanctions on China for human rights violations, 169

passage of bills on Tibet/Uyghurs/Hong Kong, 286

Russiagate investigation, 22, 29, 81, 89

See also specific members

US Defense Department

annual report on China’s military power, 138–39

attempted to reset relationship with Silicon Valley, 225–26

Chinese-language programs, 217–18

Indo-Pacific Strategy Report , 187–88

Innovation Unit Experimental, 226

Maven project, 227

Office of Net Assessment, 30

US Education Department

ban employees/grantees from foreign talentrecruitment programs, 222

discovery of unreported foreign donations to universities, 221

US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), named Huawei and ZTE as national security threats, 287

US Indo-Pacific Command, 149, 189–90

US Justice Department (DOJ), 305

arrests of Chinese intelligence agents smuggling dissidents out of US, 299

arrests of Chinese scientists for stolen research, 281

China Initiative, 221–22

coordination with Canada on arrest of Huawei CFO, 160–61

indictment of N. Davis, 64

prosecution of Chinese spies/business theft, 243

registered foreign agents, 63

US National Institutes of Health (NIH), 222, 267, 276, 279

US Navy, missions in South China Sea, 281

US Office of Personnel Management, Chinese government hacking of, 139

US Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), list of Chinese product tariff threats, 136, 148

US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

investigation into N. Kushner Myers money-for-visas scheme, 94–95

investigation of GTV Media Group, 289

US State Department

actions during pandemic, 263–64, 266–70, 274, 277

advocacy for V. Zhou’s return to US, 178–79

approval of trips for federal employees sponsored by foreign governments, 130

attempted diplomacy regarding Chinese coercion of airlines, 202–3

closure of Houston Chinese consulate, 224, 287

declared state media outlets and Confucius Institute as foreign missions, 287, 299

event for Chinese internment camp survivors, 179

gained release for Jawdat’s mother from Xinjiang internment camp, 208

limited Chinese media visas to ninety days, 281–82

nonappointment of special coordinator for Tibetan issues, 102

Office of Policy Planning, 181

reporting requirements for Chinese diplomats, 243

statements on Hong Kong protests, 210

US Transportation Department, conflicts of interest by Chao family, 123–26

US Treasury Department

CFIUS reform and, 133–34

sanctions on Chinese officials/companies profiting from forced labor, 169, 179

signed off on Strategic Approach document, 197

statements on China as currency manipulator, 245, 251

use of Global Magnitsky Act, 282

Uyghur Muslims. See Sinicization, of Xinjiang ethnic minority groups

V

Versace, 203

W

Walker, Scott, 194

Wall Street clique

approach to China relations, xxv, 19–20, 40, 73, 136

influence on Trump policies, 17, 31, 296

Trump not seen as part of, 33

See also specific individuals

Wall Street financial markets, 214, 230–42, 244, 297

Wall Street Journal

on Chinese Americans for Trump, 115

on FBI warning about Deng Murdoch, 99–100

on Scaramucci’s speech at Davos, 142

Walters, Lindsay, 146

Wang, David Tian, 115

Wang Dinggang. See Lu De

Wang Qishan, 59, 65, 68, 191

Wang Yang, 116

Wang Yi, 264

War Room: Pandemic podcast (YouTube), 289

Wary, Christopher, 83

Washington Post

Rogin on CCP co-optation of Daines, 128–29

Rogin on Wuhan cables, 275, 281

Rogin on ZTE penalties, 147

“Trump and McConnell Are Failing the People of Hong Kong,” 212

on United Nations Chinese Friendship Association, 114

WeChat, 227–28, 229, 297

Wei Fenghe, 150, 186–87

Weiner, Anthony, 290

Wei Wang, 175

Westad, Odd Arne, 196

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

WHO (World Health Organization), 254, 260, 262, 265, 285

Who lost China? debate, xix

Wilson, Elliot, 175

win-win cooperation, China’s use of term, x, 34, 150, 170, 187, 191, 287

WIV. See Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV)

Wolf, David, 97

Wolff, Michael, 98–99, 100

Women Who Work (I. Trump), 99

Wong, Alex, 42–43

Woodward, Bob, 32, 75

World Bank, China’s influence efforts within, 173–76

World Trade Organization (WTO), China’s accession to, 7, 131

Wray, Christopher, 83, 216, 282

Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), 261, 262–63, 267–81, 283

Wu Xiaohui, 40, 48, 98–99

Wynn, Steve, 21, 58–63

Wynn Resorts, 61–62

X

Xi Jinping

visit to Papua New Guinea, 157–58

on control of Tibet, 104

cooperation with Putin, 29

Fifth Plenum speech, 301

lifetime presidency, 94, 243

meetings with Kissinger, 5, 6, 15–16

meetings with Obama, xiii, xv

new model of great power relations, x, xiii–xv, 253

phone calls with Trump during pandemic, 264–65, 267

relationship with Trump, xxi, 2–3, 41–44, 46, 57–58, 60, 78, 90, 94, 154, 212, 296

speech on ethnic separatism and terrorist violence (2014), 165–66

stopped Ant Financial IPO, 297–98

as strongman nationalist, 11–12

on United Front program as magic weapon, 82

use of US national security action as bargaining chips, 147

Xi Mingzheng, 66

Xi-Trump summit period, Mar-a-Lago, 45–69

Abe’s prior visit, 46–47

the art of the steal, 49–52

beef-chicken trade reciprocity, 54–56

hot wash debriefing, 52–54

humiliation of W. Ross, 56–57