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America Second

How America's Elites Are Making China Stronger

by Isaac Stone Fish
William DeMeritt
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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.
 
 

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  • Release date

    February 15, 2022

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      • ISBN: 9780593551035
      • File size: 215183 KB
      • Duration: 07:28:17

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      October 11, 2021
      The lures of money and access have turned U.S. political and business leaders into covert supporters of Chinese interests, according to this stinging exposé. Fish, a Washington Post columnist and business consultant, cites examples of prominent, politically well-connected Americans accepting speaking engagements, board seats, and, in presidential brother Neil Bush’s case, prostitutes, from institutions tied to the Chinese Communist Party in exchange for supporting the Party’s stances on Taiwan, Tibet, Xinjiang concentration camps, and other controversial issues. (Fish labels Henry Kissinger a principal “agent of Chinese influence” for his ubiquitous role advising supplicants on how to kowtow to Beijing.) The rot extends, Fish argues, to American corporations that lobby Congress for pro-Chinese trade policies in exchange for access to Chinese markets; Hollywood studios that rewrite scripts at the behest of Chinese officials to emphasize China’s wholesomeness and heroism so they can get their films screened there; and American universities with lucrative branches in and partnerships with China that tolerate censorship of students, faculty, and speakers. Written in tart prose that pulls no punches, Fish’s persuasive investigation reveals a morass of corruption and sycophancy that has worrisome geopolitical implications. Readers will be alarmed.

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