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A
A2/AD (anti-access/area denial), 164–165
abortions, 198–199
ACDelco, 54
acid rain, 7
acquacultured fish, poisoning of, 24–26
Africa, Chinese colonialism in
“bait and switch” con game, 93–94
“blood for oil” wars, 103–104
China’s amoral approach to foreign policy, 103–104
demand for resources, 91–93
environmental destruction, 101–102
global impact of, 95–96
investment, 106–107
population dumping strategy, 97–98
resettling of Chinese merchants, 100
Sino-African land grab trade, 99
worker health and safety, 102–103
agricultural industry, complicity in Chinese unfair trade practices, 88
air force (Chinese), 5
buildup of, 115–118
Chengdu J-20 “Black Eagle” stealth fighter, 117
drones, 116–117
incursions into Japanese and Indian air space, 118
J-15 “flying shark,” 115
J-17 “Thunder,” 116
Shenyang J-11B, 115
strength of, 115–118
air pollution, 6–7, 174–175
aircraft
Chengdu J-20 “Black Eagle” stealth fighter, 117
drones, 116–117
J-15 “flying shark,” 115
J-17 “Thunder,” 116
Shenyang J-11B, 115
aircraft carriers, 118–120
All-China Federation of Trade Unions, 207
Allen, Jack, 82–83, 242
American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, 89
American Free and Fair Trade Act, 239–240
Amoa, Baffour Dokyi, 103
amoral approach to foreign policy, 103–104
Angola, Chinese colonialism in, 94, 97
anti-access/area denial (A2/AD), 164–165
antifreeze in cough syrup, 23
antisatellite (ASAT) weapons capabilities, 159–162
apologists, 215–216
“Damn the Mercantilist Torpedoes, Free Trade Ahead at Any Costs” Conservatives, 219–220
“Democratize and Tame the Dragon” Liberals, 216–218
major talking points of, 231–232
Panda-Pandering Think Tanks, 230–231
Wall Street Banker Expat Spin Doctors, 221–223
Washington Power Elite Appeasers, 223–225
“World Is Flat” Globalization Gurus, 226–230
apple juice concentrate, arsenic in, 22
arms race, danger of, 251
army (Chinese)
ability to overwhelm technologically superior forces, 124–126
expeditionary capabilities, 112–113
strength of, 114–115
arsenic in food, 22
Asahi Shimbun, 118
ASAT (antisatellite) weapons capabilities, 159–162
Asteroid 433 (Eros), 153–154
Atlantic Monthly, 226
Australia, Chinese investment in, 105–106
Autry, Greg, 174
B
baby formula spiked with melamine, 18–19
Bader, Jeffrey, 224
Baidu, 190
“bait and switch” colonial con game, 93–94
BAMer (“carrier-killer” missile), 120
Bao Stell, 60
“bare branches” (unmarried young men), 198–199
bauxite, 62, 92
Beidou, 163
Benson, Jim, 155
Bergee, Lee, 114
Bible, printing and distribution of, 209
Bigelow, Robert, 156
Bismark, 125
“blood for oil” wars, 103–104
Boeing 787 Dreamliner, 92
Bolden, Charles, 258
Bolivia, natural resources in, 92
Boxer Rebellion, 192
Brainard, Lael, 224
Brazil, natural resources in, 92
Bush, George W., 10, 224, 245
Business Roundtable, 8, 78
BX-1 microsatellite, 166
C
cadmium-laced jewelry, 39–40
Cameroon, Chinese colonialism in, 100
Campaign for America’s Future, 67
Campbell, Kurt, 224
Camus, Albert, 234
“carrier-killer” missile (BAMer), 120
Cartwright, James, 150
Caterpillar, 8, 84–85
Cato Institute, 220
censorship, 188–191, 243
Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis, 139
cerium, 63
cerium oxide, 64
Chamberlain, Neville, 117, 223
Changji Labor Camp, 211
cheap labor, 78–79
Chengdu J-20 “Black Eagle” stealth fighter, 117
Chery Automotive Company, 59
child labor, 206
children’s toys containing lead paint, 37–39
Chile, natural resources in, 92
China apologists.
China Christian Council, 209
China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Co., 105
“China Kill Switch” for Internet, 248–249
China Metallurgical, 106
China Minmetals, 106
The China Price (Harvey), 204
China Safari (Michel and Beuret), 97–98, 100
China Telecom, 144
Chinese products
big ticket items sold under foreign brands, 238
counterfeiting, piracy, and intellectual property theft, 58–59
defense strategy against, 235–239
environmental destruction, 59–60
export restrictions, 61–62
export subsidies, 55–56
failure rates of, 29–32
Consumer Product Safety Division, failure to protect Americans, 44
consumer protection agencies, understaffing of, 31
lawsuits against Chinese companies, problems with, 30
quality control, lack of, 30
regulatory failures, 31
shoddy production, 34–35
silencing of whistleblowers, 30
statistics, 32–33
food, poisoning of
arsenic in apple juice concentrate, 22
formaldehyde, 21
“gutter oil,” 16
hydrochloric acid, 21
lead contamination in tea, 22
melamine-spiked milk and baby formula, 18–19
melamine-spiked pet food, 17
pesticides in “organic” food, 22–23
toxic substances in farmed fish, 24–26
health/safety risks of, 15–17
cadmium-laced jewelry, 39–40
children’s toys containing lead paint, 37–39
complicity of American corporations, 38–39, 45
heparin poisoning, 19–20
leather furniture treated with dimethyl fumarate (DMF), 35–37
“Quality Con,” 41–43
“Shanghai Sting,” 41–42
sulfur-contaminated drywall, 34–35
net exports, 67
policing Chinese imports, 23
predatory pricing and dumping, 63–65
protectionist policies, 2
“rare earth cartel,” 63–65
share of U.S. market, 15
U.S.–China trade deficit, 2
ultra-lax health and safety regulations, 60–61
Chinese State Capitalism, 2
Chu, Steven, 85
Chung, Dongfan, 134
Churchill, Winston, 66, 126
CIA, increasing counterintelligence efforts of, 246
Cisco, 8, 54
Clausewitz, Carl von, 167, 252
climate change, Chinese impact on, 182–183
Clinton, Bill, 216–217
Clinton, Hillary, 255
coal, Chinese dependence on, 175
coke, 62
Collum Coal Mine, 102
colonialism, 4–5
amoral approach to foreign policy, 103–104
“bait and switch” con game, 93–94
“blood for oil” wars, 103–104
and Chinese demand for resources, 91–93
Chinese investment in Australia’s natural resources, 105–106
Chinese investment in Latin American/African natural resources, 106–107
defense strategy against, 252–255
environmental destruction, 101–102
global impact of, 95–96
lack of international response to, 107–108
population dumping strategy, 97–98
resettling of Chinese merchants, 100
Sino-African land grab trade, 99
worker health and safety, 102–103
colonization of space, 156–157
Columbus, Christopher, 192
Communist Party, 7
Congo
Chinese colonialism in, 94, 99
natural resources in, 92
Congress (U.S.), complicity in Chinese policies, 9–10
Consumer Product Safety Commission, 31
Consumer Product Safety Division, 44
consumer protection agencies, understaffing of, 31
consumer safety of Chinese products. See safety of Chinese products
consumers, role in defending against Chinese products
avoiding “Made in China” products, 235
avoiding Chinese products sold under foreign brands, 238
reading labels, 235
requesting China-free merchandise, 237
Constitution (Chinese), 188–191
copper, 92
corporations (U.S.)
complicity in Chinese unfair trade practices, 8
agricultural industry, 88
American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, 89
retail industry, 88
The United States Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel, 89
complicity in health/safety risks of Chinese products, 38–39, 45
offshoring of jobs to China, 77–78
Caterpillar, 84–85
cheap labor, 78–79
Evergreen Solar, 85–86
General Electric, 87
mercantilist advantages, 79
protectionist conditions of “indigenous innovation,” 80–82
risk assessment of Chinese offshoring, need for, 241–242
Westinghouse Electric, 83
cough syrup laced with antifreeze, 23
counterintelligence (U.S.), increasing, 246–249
counterfeiting, 58–59
“country of origin” labeling, 236
“country of origin” profiling, 247
cribs, safety hazards of, 44
Cultural Revolution, 194
Cummins Engines, 54
currency manipulation, 2, 57–58
accumulation of dollar-denominated foreign reserves, 71–72
ending, 240–241
explained, 67–68
“financial nuclear option,” 70–72
“hard pegging” of yuan to dollar, 69–70
threat to American long-term economic recovery, 73–74
threat to global economy and free trade framework, 74–75
Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act, 88
cyberwarfare, 137–139
against Dalai Lama, 146–147
declaring cyberattacks acts of war, 247
defense strategy against, 246–249
digital “honeypots,” 138
DNS manipulation, 144–146
goals of, 138–139
“hacktivist” militia, 139–141
“Manchurian Chip,” 148–150
military and industrial targets, 137–138
“Night Dragon” affair, 143
Operation Aurora, 142
route hijacking, 144
D
Dalai Lama, 146–147, 203
“Damn the Mercantilist Torpedoes, Free Trade Ahead at Any Costs” Conservatives, 219–220
Darfur genocide, 4, 104
The Dark Visitor (Henderson), 132, 138
Davis, Gary, 44
death penalty, 7–8
deceptive labeling of “organic” food, 22–23
defense against China
Chinese products, 235–239
colonialism, 252–255
espionage/cyberwarfare, 246–249
mercantilism/protectionism, 239–245
militarization of space, 257–259
military buildup, 250–252
repression and human rights issues, 256
“Democratize and Tame the Dragon” Liberals, 216–218
Deng Xiaoping, 194–195, 261
DF (Dongfeng), 111
DF-21D ballistic anti-ship missile, 112
digital “honeypots,” 138
dimethyl fumarate (DMF), 35–37
DiMicco, Dan, 66, 242
dissidents, imprisonment of, 111, 190
DMF (dimethyl fumarate), 35–37
DNS manipulation, 144–146
Domazet-Loso, Davor, 117
Dongfeng (DF), 111
Donnals, Amber, 29
Donnals, Bryan, 29
Donnals, Tim Sr., 29
Donne, John, 89
Dow Chemical, 60
drones, 116–117
drugs, 15, 19–20
drywall, sulfur contamination of, 34–35
dumping, 63–65
Dunnigan, James, 165
DuPont, 54
Durbin, Richard, 21
E
e-waste, 180–181
East Turkestan, “Hanification” of, 200–203
“East Wind” 31A, 111
economic recovery (U.S.), Chinese threat to, 73–74
Economist, 220
electrical grid (U.S.), Chinese cyberattacks on, 149–150
email, screening of, 189
emigration (Chinese), 97–98
EMP pulse bombs, 162
The Emperor’s Giraffe (Wilson), 191
ending currency manipulation, 240–241
energy
as incentive for Chinese space program, 155–156
Chinese demand for, 3–4
Energy Metals Ltd., 105
engagement with China, failure of, 216–218
environmental destruction, 59–60, 171–173
in Africa and Latin America, 101–102
air pollution, 174–175
impact on climate change, 182–183
reasons for, 183–185
soil contamination, 179–181
water pollution, 176–178
erbium, 63
Eros (Asteroid 433), 153–154
espionage (Chinese), 9
case studies
Dongfan Chung, 134
Glenn Shriver, 135
Ko-Suen Moo, 133
Kwon Hwan Park, 134
Li Fengzhi, 130–131
China’s decentralized network of spies, 128–129
defense strategy against, 246–249
industrial and military targets, 131–133
lack of U.S. response to, 135
prevalence of, 127–128
recruited agents, 133–134
sleeper agents, 134–135
ethnic cleansing, 200–203
European Food and Safety Authority, inability to police Chinese imports, 23
Evergreen Solar, 85–86
executions, 7–8
expeditionary maritime and air capabilities, 112–113
exploitation of workers, 206–208
exports (China). See Chinese products
F
factory conditions, 204–207
failure rates of Chinese products, 29–32. See also health risks of Chinese products
cadmium-laced jewelry, 39–40
children’s toys containing lead paint, 37–39
complicity of American corporations, 38–39, 45
Consumer Product Safety Division, failure to protect Americans, 44
consumer protection agencies, understaffing of, 31
lawsuits against Chinese companies, problems with, 30
leather furniture treated with dimethyl fumarate (DMF), 35–37
“Quality Con,” 41–43
quality control, lack of, 30
regulatory failures, 31
“Shanghai Sting,” 41–42
shoddy production, 34–35
silencing of whistleblowers, 30
statistics, 32–33
sulfur-contaminated drywall, 34–35
Fallow, James, 52, 215, 225–226
Falun Gong practitioners, persecution of, 7, 190, 210–211
Farah, Joseph, 199
“Farewell,” 149
FBI, increasing counterintelligence efforts of, 246
Feldt, Rick, 85
fertilizer, soil contamination from, 179–180
Feulner, Ed, 220
Fields, W. C., 94
fighter jets. See aircraft
“financial nuclear option,” 70–72
Financial Times, 220
Finch, Peter, 108
fish, poisoning of, 24–26
Fisher, Robert, 159
fluorspar, 62
food, poisoning of
arsenic in apple juice concentrate, 22
formaldehyde, 21
hydrochloric acid, 21
lead contamination in tea, 22
melamine-spiked milk and baby formula, 18–19
melamine-spiked pet food, 17
pesticides in “organic” food, 22–23
toxic substances in farmed fish, 24–26
Food Safety Commission of Japan, inability to police Chinese imports, 24
forced labor camps, 7, 208
forced sterilization, 203
forced technology transfer, 81
Ford, 54, 58
Ford, Henry, 263
Ford-Werk, 263
“foreign humiliation,” period of, 192
foreign reserves, Chinese accumulation of, 71–72
Foreign Tire Sales (FTS), 43
formaldehyde in food, 21
Franklin, Benjamin, 240
free trade framework. See also mercantilist policies; protectionism
Chinese threat to, 74–75
theory versus practice, 51
Reeducation Through Labor, 208
Friedman, Thomas, 51, 215, 226
FTS (Foreign Tire Sales), 43
Fuan Textiles, 177
Furman, Jason, 224
furniture treated with dimethyl fumarate (DMF), 35–37
G
Gabon
environmental destruction in, 101
natural resources in, 92
Gapper, John, 86–87
Gates, Robert, 117
GE (General Electric), 77, 87, 242
Geely Automotive, 238
Geithner, Timothy, 72, 74, 225
General Electric, 77, 87, 242
General Motors, 8, 58
Germany, 1930’s rise as totalitarian power, 262–263
Gh0st Rat, 146–147
Ghana, Chinese colonialism in, 94
al-Gindi, Mustafa, 96
global cooperation and coordination, 240
global economy, Chinese threat to, 74–75
global warming, Chinese impact on, 182–183
Goldman Sachs, 221
Google, 142
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 195
government repression. See repression
GPS, 163
Graham, Lindsey, 74
Great Britain, Opium Wars, 192
Great Depression, 220
Great Leap Forward, 194
Green Dam censorship software, 140
“green” industries, Chinese dominance in, 3
Griffin, Michael, 156
Griswold, Dan, 220
Guinea, natural resources in, 92
Gulf War, 159
Gutmann, Ethan, 211
“gutter oil,” 16
H
hacking. See cyberwarfare
“hacktivist” militia, 139–141
Hainan Island, Chinese naval base on, 123–124
Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber, 42–43
“Hanification” of Tibet, Inner Mongolia, and East Turkestan, 200–203
“hard pegging” of yuan to dollar, 69–70
Harney, Alexandra, 204
Hawking, Stephen, 156
Hayes, Jeffrey, 176
He Fan, 72
health regulations, lack of, 60–61
health risks of Chinese products, 1. See also failure rates of Chinese products
health risks of Chinese products, 15–17
children’s toys containing lead paint, 37–39
complicity of American corporations, 38–39, 45
food, poisoning of
arsenic in apple juice concentrate, 22
formaldehyde, 21
hydrochloric acid, 21
lead contamination in tea, 22
melamine-spiked milk and baby formula, 18–19
melamine-spiked pet food, 17
pesticides in “organic” food, 22–23
toxic substances in farmed fish, 24–26
heparin poisoning, 19–20
leather furniture treated with dimethyl fumarate (DMF), 35–37
policing Chinese imports, 23
sulfur-contaminated drywall, 34–35
Helium 3, 155
Henderson, Scott, 132, 138
heparin poisoning, 19–20
Heritage Foundation, 220
Hiatt, Fred, 215
Hitler, Adolf, 193
Honda, 208, 238
honeypots, digital, 138
Hu Jintao, 103, 151, 189
Hu, Stern, 105
Hua Guofeng, 195
Huai River, 177
Hubley, Leroy, 20
human rights issues
defense strategy against, 256
repression, 187–194, 197
of religion, 209–211
of workers, 204–208
Tibet, Inner Mongolia, and East Turkestan “Hanification” campaigns, 200–203
reproductive rights
forced abortions, 198–199
forced sterilization, 203
one child policy, 197–200
Hunan Valin Steel & Iron, 106
Huntington, Samuel, 218
hydrochloric acid in food, 21
I
ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles), 111
Immelt, Jeffrey, 66, 87, 242
imprisonment of dissidents, 190
India, Chinese incursions into Japanese air space, 118
“indigenous innovation,” 80–82
industrial espionage. See espionage
infanticide, 199
ingredient labeling, 236
Inner Mongolia, 187, 200–203
insecticides in “organic” food, 23
Intel, 58
intellectual property theft, 58–59
intelligence operations. See espionage
intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), 111
Internet
censorship of, 189–190
developing “China Kill Switch” for, 248–249
Iraq War, 159
iron ore, 92
isolationism, 192
J
J-15 “flying shark,” 115
J-17 “Thunder,” 116
Jacoby, Stefan, 238
James, William, 234
Japan
bullying by China, 65
Chinese incursions into Japanese air space, 118
forced technology transfer to China, 83
jewelry, cadmium in, 39–40
Jia Junming, 168
Jiang Zemin, 210
Jiang, Wenran, 101
job destruction
case studies
Caterpillar, 84–85
Evergreen Solar, 85–86
General Electric, 87
Westinghouse Electric, 83
need for U.S. response, 65–66
offshoring of jobs to China, 49–55, 77–78
cheap labor, 78–79
mercantilist advantages, 79
protectionist conditions of “indigenous innovation,” 80–82
unfair trade practices, 50
counterfeiting, piracy, and intellectual property theft, 58–59
currency manipulation, 57–58
environmental destruction, 59–60
export restrictions, 61–62
export subsidies, 55–56
predatory pricing and dumping, 63–65
protectionism, 65
“rare earth cartel,” 63–65
ultra-lax health and safety regulations, 60–61
Johns, Liam, 44
Jù Làng-2 ICBMs, 111
K
Kadeer, Rebiya, 201
“Kill a Sparrow” campaign, 185
kinetic kill vehicles, 160
Kissinger, Henry, 264
Koizumi, Junichiro, 141
KOK Machinery factory, 208
Korean War, Chinese role in, 115
Korotchenko, Igor, 116
Kosovo War, 159
Krachenfelser, Jerome, 236
Kristof, Nicholas, 215, 226
Krugman, Paul, 49, 222
KT2 kinetic kill vehicles, 160
Kusa, Musa, 94
L
labels
“country of origin” labeling, 236
reading, 235
labor practices
child labor, 206
exploitation of workers, 206–208
factory conditions, 204–207
forced labor camps, 208
government control of, 207–208
slave labor, 206
worker safety, lack of, 205
Lake Tai, 178
land grab trade in Africa, 99
Laogai camps, 208
Latin America, Chinese colonialism in
amoral approach to foreign policy, 103–104
“bait and switch” con game, 93–94
Chinese demand for resources, 91–93
environmental destruction, 101–102
global impact of, 95–96
investment, 106–107
population dumping strategy, 97–98
resettling of Chinese merchants, 100
Sino-African land grab trade, 99
worker health and safety, 102–103
lawsuits against Chinese companies, problems with, 30
lead contamination
children’s toys, 37–39
tea, 22
leather furniture treated with dimethyl fumarate (DMF), 35–37
LeBron, Leslie, 32
Lee, Ruby, 148
Lenin, Vladminir, 5
Leno, Jay, 15
Leonhardt, David, 215
lethal injection, 8
Li Daguang, 157
Li Fengzhi, 130–131
Li Guohong, 208
Li Lanqing, 210
Liang Yage, 199
Liao River, 177
Linfen Church (Fushan, China), 209
lithium, 92
Liu Chenglin, 25
Liu Xiaoping, 206
Liu Xiaowei, 206
Lloyd-Bennett, Archie, 36
Lloyd-Bennett, Rebecca, 35
Locke, Gary, 85, 224
Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter project, cyberattacks against, 137
Lotke, Eric, 67
Luo Yadong, 20
M
MacBride, Neil, 133
Maclaren Strollers, 44
Madagascar, natural resources in, 92
“Made in China.” See Chinese products
magnesium, 62
Malone, Andrew, 98
“Manchurian Chip,” 148–150
Mandarin Chinese, importance of teaching, 255
manganese, 62, 92
manipulation of currency. See currency manipulation
Mankiw, Greg, 220
manufacturing jobs, loss to China, 2–3, 50
case studies
Caterpillar, 84–85
Evergreen Solar, 85–86
General Electric, 87
Westinghouse Electric, 83
loss of manufacturing base, 49–55
need for U.S. response, 65–66
offshoring of jobs to China, 77–78
cheap labor, 78–79
mercantilist advantages, 79
protectionist conditions of “indigenous innovation,” 80–82
unfair trade practices, 50
counterfeiting, piracy, and intellectual property theft, 58–59
currency manipulation, 57–58
environmental destruction, 59–60
export restrictions, 61–62
export subsidies, 55–56
predatory pricing and dumping, 63–65
protectionism, 65
“rare earth cartel,” 63–65
ultra-lax health and safety regulations, 60–61
Mao Zedong, 111, 115, 129, 185, 187, 193–194, 200
Mattel
offshoring of jobs to China, 79
recall of toys with lead paint, 37–38
Mbeki, Thabo, 107
McAfee, 143
McCain, John, 137
McKinnon, Ronald, 220
media coverage of China, 9
Medtronic, 54
melamine-spiked products, 17
milk and baby formula, 18–19
pet food, 17
mercantilist policies, 2
currency manipulation, 57–58
ending, 240–241
“financial nuclear option,” 70–72
“hard pegging” of yuan to dollar, 69–70
accumulation of dollar-denominated foreign reserves, 71–72
explained, 67–68
threat to American long-term economic recovery, 73–74
defense strategy against, 239–245
and offshoring of jobs to China, 79
threat to global economy and free trade framework, 74–75
trade deficit, 68–69
Merck, 58
“Methods for Defeating GPS” (white paper), 168
Microsoft, 8, 58
Midler, Paul, 30, 41
Miley Cyrus–brand jewelry, cadmium in, 39–40
militarization of space, 151–153
anti-access/area denial, 164–165
antisatellite (ASAT) weapons capabilities, 159–162
defense strategy against, 257–259
goals of
colonization of space, 156–157
energy sources, 155–156
natural resource extraction, 154–155
technological innovation and economic growth, 153–154
offensive weapons capabilities, 162–163
Shenzhou 7 mission, 165–167
size and scope of Chinese space program, 152
space warfare, 157–159
strategic context, 167–168
military buildup, 5–6
ability to overwhelm technologically superior forces, 124–126
air force
Chengdu J-20 “Black Eagle” stealth fighter, 117
drones, 116–117
expeditionary capabilities, 112–113
incursions into Japanese and Indian air space, 118
J-15 “flying shark,” 115
J-17 “Thunder,” 116
Shenyang J-11B, 115
strength of, 115–118
army, strength of, 114–115
defense strategy against, 250–252
militarization of space, 151–153
anti-access/area denial, 164–165
antisatellite (ASAT) weapons capabilities, 159–162
goals of, 153–157
offensive weapons capabilities, 162–163
Shenzhou 7 mission, 165–167
size and scope of Chinese space program, 152
space warfare, 157–159
strategic context, 167–168
navy
aircraft carrier fleets, 118–120
“carrier-killer” missile (BAMer), 120
expeditionary capabilities, 112–113
Hainan Island submarine base, 123–124
possible missile launch off California coast, 122–123
strength of, 118–121
submarines, 122–124
WMDs (weapons of mass destruction), 111–112
milk spiked with melamine, 18–19
Ming Dynasty, 191
minority ownership, as condition of business in China, 81
mislabeling of “organic” food, 22–23
Molycarp, 64
Moo, Ko-Suen, 133
moral degradation, 20–21
Morgan Stanley, 221
Mozambique, natural resources in, 92
Mugabe, Robert, 95, 104
Mullen, Mike, 112
multivitamins, contamination of, 23
Mulvenon, James, 139
N
Namibia
Chinese colonialism in, 98
natural resources in, 92
NASA, cyberattacks against, 137
National Association of Manufacturers, 8, 78
natural resources
and Chinese space program, 154–155
Chinese demand for, 3–4
navy (Chinese), 5–6
ability to overwhelm technologically superior forces, 124–126
aircraft carrier fleets, 118–120
buildup of, 118–119, 121
“carrier-killer” missile (BAMer), 120
expeditionary capabilities, 112–113
Hainan Island submarine base, 123–124
possible missile launch off California coast, 122–123
strength of, 118–121
submarines, 122–124
neo-conservatism in China, 217–218
net exports, 67
Neumann, Jezza, 202
The New Killing Fields, 104
The New York Times, 226
Nigeria, Chinese colonialism in, 94
“Night Dragon” affair, 143
niobium, 92
Nixon, Richard, 261
nuclear capacity (Chinese), 6
nuclear weapons. See also WMDs
Jù Làng-2 ICBMs, 111
launching from space, 162
Nucor Steel, 66, 242
O
O’Neill, Jim, 221–222
Obama, Barack, 10, 73, 85, 113, 137, 223–224, 245
offshoring of jobs to China, 77–78
case studies
Caterpillar, 84–85
Evergreen Solar, 85–86
General Electric, 87
Westinghouse Electric, 83
cheap labor, 78–79
mercantilist advantages, 79
protectionist conditions of “indigenous innovation,” 80–82
risk assessment, 241–242
oil, Chinese demand for, 3–4
one child policy, 197–200
Operation Aurora, 142
Opium Wars, 192
“organic” foods, deceptive labeling of, 22–23
Ouyang Ziyuan, 154
overly sulfated chondroitin sulfate, 20
P
Panda-Pandering Think Tanks, 230–231
Paraguay, natural resources in, 92
paramilitary force, 7
Park, Kwon Hwan, 134
Paulson, Henry, 72, 225
Payton, Gary, 161
Payton, Sean, 35
penalties for Chinese espionage, 246–247
persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, 210–211
Peru, Chinese colonialism in, 94
pesticides
in “organic” food, 22–23
soil contamination from, 180
pet food spiked with melamine, 17
Pétain, Marshal, 87
Petrobras, 106
Pfizer, 58
pharmaceuticals
heparin poisoning, 19–20
share of U.S. market, 15
piracy, 58–59
planes. See aircraft
police state. See censorship; repression
policy changes
American Free and Fair Trade Act, 239–240
global cooperation and coordination, 240
shuttle diplomacy to end currency manipulation, 240–241
tort reform, 238–239
toughening “country of origin” labeling, 236
politicians (U.S.), appeasement of China, 223–225
pollution, 6, 171–173
air pollution, 174–175
impact on climate change, 182–183
impact on other countries, 7
reasons for, 183–185
soil contamination, 179–181
water pollution, 176–178
Pomfret, John, 106
Poorly Made in China (Midler), 30, 41
population dumping strategy, 97–98
predatory pricing, 63–65
Presidential leadership, 244–245
press, censorship of, 189
product adulteration. See safety of Chinese products
production methods, failures in, 34–35
products (Chinese). See Chinese products
prohibiting Chinese state-owned enterprises from buying private firms, 244
prosecution of Chinese spies, 246–247
prostitution, rise in, 199
protectionism, 2, 65, 220
defense strategy against, 239–245
protectionist conditions of “indigenous innovation,” 80–82
Q-R
“Quality Con,” 41–43
quality control, lack of, 30
R&D (research and development), forced export to China, 81
“rare earth cartel,” 63–65
reading product labels, 235
Reagan, Ronald, 149, 261–262
recruited agents, 133–134
Red Army. See army (Chinese)
Reebok, offshoring of jobs to China, 79
Reeducation Through Labor camps, 190
regulatory failures, 31, 44
reincarnation, Chinese ban of, 203
religion
Falun Gong practitioners, persecution of, 210–211
religious discrimination, 190–191
repression of, 209–211
RenRen, 190
repression, 187–194. See also human rights issues
repression, 197
defense strategy against, 256
“Hanification” campaigns in Tibet, Inner Mongolia, and East Turkestan, 200–203
of religion, 209–211
of workers, 204–208
reproductive rights
China’s one child policy, 197–200
forced abortions, 198–199
forced sterilization, 203
requesting China-free merchandise, 237
research and development (R&D), forced export to China, 81
retail industry, complicity in Chinese unfair trade practices, 88
Rio Tinto Ltd., 105
risk assessment of Chinese offshoring, 241–242
Roach, Stephen, 221–223
Roosevelt, Theodore, 234
route hijacking, 144
Russia
Su-27 fighter, Chinese J-15 cloning of, 115–116
Trans-Siberian Pipeline explosion, 149
S
safety of Chinese products, 1, 15–17
children’s toys containing lead paint, 37–39
complicity of American corporations, 38–39, 45
failure rates, 29–32
cadmium-laced jewelry, 39–40
children’s toys containing lead paint, 37–39
complicity of American corporations, 38–39, 45
Consumer Product Safety Division, failure to protect Americans, 44
consumer protection agencies, understaffing of, 31
lawsuits against Chinese companies, problems with, 30
leather furniture treated with dimethyl fumarate (DMF), 35–37
“Quality Con,” 41–43
quality control, lack of, 30
regulatory failures, 31
“Shanghai Sting,” 41–42
shoddy production, 34–35
silencing of whistleblowers, 30
statistics, 32–33
sulfur-contaminated drywall, 34–35
food, poisoning of
arsenic in apple juice concentrate, 22
formaldehyde, 21
hydrochloric acid, 21
lead contamination in tea, 22
melamine-spiked milk and baby formula, 18–19
melamine-spiked pet food, 17
pesticides in “organic” food, 22–23
toxic substances in farmed fish, 24–26
heparin poisoning, 19–20
leather furniture treated with dimethyl fumarate (DMF), 35–37
policing Chinese imports, 23
sulfur-contaminated drywall, 34–35
safety regulations, lack of, 60–61
samarium oxide, 64
satellite destruction, 159–162
Scaled Composites, 258
scandium, 63
Scaruffi, Piero, 193
Schwinn, offshoring of jobs to China, 79
787 Dreamliner, 92
sex slavery, 199
Shadownet, 147
Shanghai Baosteel, 106
“Shanghai Sting,” 41–42
Shenyang J-11B, 115
Shenzhou 7 mission, 165–167
Shi Lang, 121
shoddy production, 34–35
Shriver, Glenn, 135
shuttle diplomacy to end currency manipulation, 240–241
Sidik, Kekenus, 200
Sierra Nevada, 258
silencing of whistleblowers, 30
silicon carbide, 62
Simplicity, 44
Sinopec Oil, 101, 106
slave labor, 206
sleeper agents, 134–135
Smoot-Hawley tariffs, 220
soil contamination, 179–181
Space Kidnapper, 160
space program (Chinese), 151–153
anti-access/area denial, 164–165
antisatellite (ASAT) weapons capabilities, 159–162
defense strategy against, 257–259
goals of
colonization of space, 156–157
energy sources, 155–156
natural resource extraction, 154–155
technological innovation and economic growth, 153–154
offensive weapons capabilities, 162–163
Shenzhou 7 mission, 165–167
size and scope of, 152
space warfare, 157–159
strategic context, 167–168
Space Warfare (Li Daguang), 157
space warfare, 157–159
SpaceX, 258
spies. See espionage
Stalin, Josef, 124, 193
State Capitalism, 2, 194–195
statistics, product safety, 32–33
Steffens, Lincoln, 263
Steinberg, James, 224
STEM education, promoting, 258–259
sterilization, 71
Stiglitz, Joseph, 215
Stone, Christopher, 151
StrategyCenter.net, 159
StrategyPage.com, 165
strikes, government control of, 207–208
strollers, safety hazards of, 44
Su-27 fighter, Chinese J-15 cloning of, 115–116
submarines, 122–124
subsidies (export), 55–56
suing Chinese companies, lack of ability to, 30
sulfur-contaminated drywall, 34–35
Sun Tzu, 91, 127, 131
Sun Yat-sen, 193
Sutton, Willie, 69
sweatshops, 204–207
T
Tang Dynasty, 191
Tang, Emily, 18
Tanzania, natural resources in, 92
tea, lead contamination in, 22
terbium, 63
Thomson, Angel, 36
Thomson, Ann, 36
3M, 54
Tibet, 187, 200–203
Time, 226–227
titanium, 92
tort reform, 238–239
Toshiba, 83
totalitarianism. See censorship; repression
toxic substances in farmed fish, 24–26
trade deficit (U.S.–China), 2, 68–69
Trans-Siberian Pipeline explosion, 149
tricycles, lead paint in, 38–39
Type 041 yuan-class boats, 122
Type 094 Jin Class missile subs, 122
Type 99: battle tank, 114
U
U.N. veto power, Chinese use of, 4
in Darfur genocide, 4
stopping China’s U.N. veto abuses, 253
U.S. Air Force, cyberattacks against, 137
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 78
U.S. Commerce Department, cyberattacks against, 137
U.S. Congress, complicity in Chinese policies, 9–10
U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 23
U.S. media, coverage of China, 9
U.S. military, lack of manufacturing base, 124–126
U.S. Military Labs, cyberattacks against, 137
U.S. Steel, 60
U.S.–China Commission, 9–10
U.S.–China trade deficit, 2, 68–69
Undercover in Tibet, 202
understaffing of consumer protection agencies, 31
unfair trade practices. See mercantilist policies; protectionism
unions, government control of, 207–208
The United States Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel, 89
USNS Impeccable, 123
V
Vara, Ron, 33, 107
Varyag, 120–121
Vitamin A supplies, contamination of, 23
Voice of America, 254
Volvo, 238
vulnerabilities (U.S.), assessing, 251
W
Walker, Peter, 183
Wall Street Banker Expat Spin Doctors, 221–223
The Wall Street Journal, 9, 219
Walmart, 31, 40, 204
Wang Jiangping, 211
Wang Xianbing, 140
Warner Bros. Studio Store, 40
Washington Power Elite Appeasers, 223–225
Washington, George, 132
water pollution, 176–178
water scarcity, 176
wealth gap (Chinese), 7
weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), 111–112
Wei Linrong, 199
Weiss, Gus, 149
Wen Jiabao, 18, 75, 112
Westinghouse, 83, 242
Wexler, Robert, 34
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, 233
Williams, Betty, 234
Wilson, Samuel, 191
WMDs (weapons of mass destruction), 111–112
Wolf, Martin, 57
worker health and safety
in Africa and Latin America, 102–103
in China, 205
“World Is Flat” Globalization Gurus, 226–230
World Trade Organization, 216–217
Wu Lihong, 178
X-Y
XCOR, 258
Xia, Ming, 217
Xiao Ai Ying, 199
Xinjiang province, 187
Yang Rongli, 209
Yang Wenchang, 121
Yang Xuan, 209
Yangzhou Coal Mining, 106
Yao Yunzhu, 157
Ye Chao, 24
Youku, 190
yuan, currency manipulation of, 2, 57–58
accumulation of dollar-denominated foreign reserves, 71–72
explained, 67–68
“financial nuclear option,” 70–72
“hard pegging” of yuan to dollar, 69–70
threat to American long-term economic recovery, 73–74
Yuan Zelu, 164
Z
Zakaria, Fareed, 52, 215, 226–230
Zambia
Chinese colonialism in, 99
worker deaths in, 102
Zhao Huibin, 18
Zhao Lianhai, 19
Zhou En Lai, 264
Zhu, Jiming, 84
Zimbabwe, Chinese colonialism in, 95–99
zinc, 62
Zmijewski, Earl, 144
