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views on Russia, 29

as witness to Trump’s apology to Xi, 41, 42

on Wynn’s possible violations of FARA, 63

Barasso, John, 128

Baric, Ralph S., 279

Barr, William, 282

Barrick Gold Enterprises, 21, 66

bat coronaviruses, 261, 267–69, 271–74, 279, 280

See also coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) (China), x, xi, 12, 66, 171–76

Biden, Hunter, 290–91, 293, 294, 295, 305–6

Biden, James, 305–6

Biden, Joe, presidential campaign (2020)

core election issues, 296

criticized Trump’s use of “China virus” term, 258

handling of H. Biden allegations by Trump campaign, 291, 295

independent voter support for, 295

opportunities for presidency of, 303–9

seen in election as favored by China, 286–87

60 Minutes interview, 294–95

stance on China, 285–86, 287–88, 294–95, 298

Biegun, Stephen, 257

Big Renege, the, 162–64

billionaire friends of China

goal of status quo, xxv

influence on Trump policies, 17, 19–20, 65, 232

Kushner and, 19, 40

as silent on Hong Kong protests, 211–12

on Phase One deal, 245

See also Wall Street clique; specific individuals and corporations

“Bill’s Paper” memo, 35–38, 41–42, 49, 51, 52, 7, 79, 194–96

Bingo Club, on CCP influence operations

E. Chao family and, 123–26

CCP links to credible US institutions, 120–23

CPPCC funding and US domestic institutions, 116–20

fighting operations campaign in US, 109–14

uncovering CCP front groups, 114–16

Birx, Deborah, 259

Blackrock, 21, 304

Blackstone Group, 21, 48

Blair, Tony, 97

Blinken, Anthony, 303

Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index, 234

Bloomberg New Economy Forum (2019), 191

Bolton, John, 44

alliance with Pence on foreign policy, 155–56

on Canadian Huawei CFO arrest, 160–61, 162

consolidated control at NSC, 149

as hardliner, xxv

on Macron’s plan for secret Trump/Zarif meeting, 246–47

as national security adviser, 155

speech on China at Daniel Morgan Graduate School, 155–56

on Trump’s agreement with Xi to help ZTE, 146

on Trump’s agreement with Xi to ignore Hong Kong protests, 210

on Trump’s disinterest in attending G7 meetings, 246

on Trump’s support for Chinese internment camps, 91, 164, 169

Boston University, theft of biological samples from, 222–23

Bower, Ernest, 93

Branstad, Terry, 30, 94, 252

Breitbart News, 88

BRI. See Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) (China)

Broadcom, 139

Broidy, Elliott, 64, 292

Brookings Institution, 117

John L. Thornton China Center, 66

Brooklyn Nets owner, 205–6

Brown, Mike, 226

Bruno Wu, 63

Bt-CoV/4991. See RaTG13 virus

Bush, George H. W, 8, 23, 71, 121

See also George H. W. Bush Foundation for US-China Relations

Bush, George W., 51, 55, 101, 183

Bush, Jeb, 142

Bush, Neil, 120, 121–22, 123

Bush China Foundation, 121

ByteDance, 228–29, 297

C

Cai, Jin-yong, 175

California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), 238–40

Campbell, Kurt, 13, 288

Canada, arrest of Huawei CFO, 160–61

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 117

Carter, Ash, 14

Carter, Jimmy, 122, 123

Carter Center, 121, 122

Catz, Safra, 72, 89, 229

CCP. See Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

CCTV sports, 204

CEFC China Energy, 305–6

Center for American Progress, 117

Center for Strategic and International Studies, 117

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 254, 265

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

briefing of Fenves on CUSEF, 118

on Chinese united front work, 82

support for Tibetan militia prior to 1971, 104

vetting of Guo, 59–60

CFIUS. See Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)

Cha, Victor, 87

Chao, Angela, 124, 125

Chao, Elaine, 116–17, 123–26, 252

Chao, James, 125

Chapman, Ken, 97

Charhar Institute, 122

Chen Deming, 138

Chen Feng, 48

Cheng, Judy, 286

Chen Quanguo, 104, 166

Chen Wei, 262–63

Cherry, Jake, 96–97

Cherry, Joyce, 96–97

China

anticorruption efforts, 61

approval of provisional trademarks for I. Trump’s company, 51–52

censorship of social media in, 260–61

Civil Aviation Administration, 201–2

core issues, x, 2, 100

domestic currency as nontradeable outside of, 241

economic growth (2016), 8

escalation of tariffs, 245

exercise of financial and business leverage, 176

family-to-family favor trading, 52

global awareness of strong-arm tactics during pandemic, 283–85, 288, 307–9

ignored memorandums of understanding, 8, 71

indigenous innovation, 75

lack of extradition treaty with US, 60

list of US product tariff threats, 136, 148

mask diplomacy and control of US corporations during pandemic, 264, 266–67

as member of WTO, 7, 131

middle-income trap, 302

military-civil fusion strategy, 131, 145, 192, 241

Ministry of State Security, 119, 122

misunderstandings of Trump administration, xxi–xxii

number of internet users in, 225

official statement on Biden’s election win, 304

Public Security Bureau, 261

Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, 92

resource extraction impacts on Xinjiang population, 165–66

retaliatory boycott of Australian beef imports, 285

as revisionist power, 79

Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, 262

See also Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) (China); Chinese Communist Party (CCP); coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic; currency manipulation, by China; Made in China 2025 plan; SARS outbreak (2003); win-win cooperation, China’s use of term

China Association for Science and Technology, 115, 116

China Daily , on CCP delegation hosted by Daines, 128

China Energy Investment Corporation, 91

China Export-Import Bank, 125

China Huaneng Group, 55

China Hustle, The (documentary), 232

China Initiative (DOJ), 221–22

China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, 119

China International Trust and Investment Corporation, 5–6

China Investment Corporation, 55, 65–66

China Maritime Shipping Line, 126

China Mobile, 145

China’s abuse of US institutions, 213–42

Apple’s stance on China, 229–30

attempts to invest in Silicon Valley, 224–26

the big con with Wall Street index providers, 232–35

CalPERS, 238–40

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

CSSA surveillance of Chinese students in US, 219–21

Facebook reorientation to China, 227–29

greatest financial scandal in world history, 240–42

individual rights as “political tools,” 215–16

Mnuchin bailed out Google, 226–27

Thousand Talents Plan (CCP), 221–24, 239

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

Wall Street financial markets, 230–32, 297

See also universities, in US

China’s coercion of US corporations, 200–212

Chinese coercion of airlines and corporations, 201–4, 230

coercion of NBA and political statements, 204–7

protest movement “Google Uyghur,” 207–9

Trump’s lack of support for prodemocracy efforts in Hong Kong, 210–12

China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, 236

China’s lobby, and US national security issues, 127–44

CCP influence with congressional staffers, 129–30