The Story
The explosive, behindthescenes story of Donald Trumps highstakes confrontation with Beijing, from an awardwinning Washington Post columnist and peerless observer of the U.S.China relationshipThere was no calm before the storm. Donald Trumps surprise electoral victory shattered the fragile understanding between Washington and Beijing, putting the most important relationship of the twentyfirst century in the hands of a novice who had bitterly attacked China from the campaign trail. Almost as soon as he entered office, Trump brought to a boil the longsimmering rivalry between the two countries, while also striking up a friendship with Chinese president Xi Jinping whose manipulations of his American counterpart would undermine the White Houses already disjointed response to the historic challenge of a rising China. All the while, Trumps own officials fought to steer U.S. policy from within.By the time the COVID19 pandemic erupted in Wuhan, Trumps lovehate relationship with Xi had sparked a trade war, while Xis aggression had pushed the world to the brink of a new Cold War. But their quarrel had also forced a longoverdue reckoning within the United States over Chinas audacious foreigninfluence operations, horrific human rights abuses, and creeping digital despotism. Ironically, this awakening was one of the biggest foreignpolicy victories of Trumps fractious term in office.Filled with shocking revelations drawn from Josh Rogins unparalleled access to top U.S. officials from the White House and deep within the countrys foreign policy machine, Chaos Under Heaven reveals an administration at war with itself during perhaps our most urgent hour.
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The explosive, behindthescenes story of Donald Trumps highstakes confrontation with Beijing, from an awardwinning Washington Post columnist and peerless observer of the U.S.China relationshipThere was no calm before the storm. Donald Trumps surprise electoral victory shattered the fragile understanding between Washington and Beijing, putting the most important relationship of the twentyfirst century in the hands of a novice who had bitterly attacked China from the campaign trail. Almost as soon as he entered office, Trump brought to a boil the longsimmering rivalry between the two countries, while also striking up a friendship with Chinese president Xi Jinping whose manipulations of his American counterpart would undermine the White Houses already disjointed response to the historic challenge of a rising China. All the while, Trumps own officials fought to steer U.S. policy from within.By the time the COVID19 pandemic erupted in Wuhan, Trumps lovehate relationship with Xi had sparked a trade war, while Xis aggression had pushed the world to the brink of a new Cold War. But their quarrel had also forced a longoverdue reckoning within the United States over Chinas audacious foreigninfluence operations, horrific human rights abuses, and creeping digital despotism. Ironically, this awakening was one of the biggest foreignpolicy victories of Trumps fractious term in office.Filled with shocking revelations drawn from Josh Rogins unparalleled access to top U.S. officials from the White House and deep within the countrys foreign policy machine, Chaos Under Heaven reveals an administration at war with itself during perhaps our most urgent hour.
