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America second, how America's elites are making China stronger, Isaac Stone Fish

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-262) and index

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America second

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Isaac Stone Fish

how America's elites are making China stronger

A timely, provocative exposé of American political and business leadership's deep ties to China: a network of people who believe they are doing the right thing--at a profound and often hidden cost to U.S. interests. The past few years have seen relations between China and the United States shift, from enthusiastic economic partners, to wary frenemies, to open rivals. Americans have been slow to wake up to the challenges posed by the Chinese Communist Party. Why did this happen? And what can we do about it? In America Second, Isaac Stone Fish traces the evolution of the Party's influence in America. He shows how America's leaders initially welcomed China's entry into the U.S. economy, believing that trade and engagement would lead to a more democratic China. And he explains how--although this belief has proved misguided--many of our businesspeople and politicians have become too dependent on China to challenge it. America Second exposes a deep network of Beijing's influence in America, built quietly over the years through prominent figures like former secretaries of state Henry Kissinger and Madeleine Albright, Disney chairman Bob Iger, and members of the Bush family. And it shows how to fight that influence-without being paranoid, xenophobic, or racist. This is an authoritative and important story of corruption and good intentions gone wrong, with serious implications not only for the future of the United States, but for the world at large

Introduction -- part 1. How to win friends and influence people. The history of America's influence on China -- Friends with benefits -- America consents -- part 2. Friends in high places. Shangri-la -- Hollywood learns to please Beijing -- Universities and self-censorship -- part 3. With friends like these... Friendship and its discontents -- Defending the rights of Chinese and Chinese Americans

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