The China Threat: How the People's Republic Targets America [Hardcover]

Bill Gertz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2000

One of the most respected national reporters in the field, Gertz examines the still-looming threat of China to the United States, including espionage, military escalation, economic warfare, and diplomatic treachery.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 221 pages
• Publisher: Regnery Publishing; First Edition edition (October 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895262819
• ISBN-13: 978-0895262813
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (68 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,339,925 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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100 of 124 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The China Threat : How the People's Republic Targets America, November 3, 2000

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"mikebmikeb" (Dallas, TX, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The China Threat: How the People's Republic Targets America (Hardcover)

Nehao! I found the book to be easy to read. If you're less than enamored with the current administration, or are a veteran China watcher, you'll love this book. If you're a dyed-in-the-wool, "they can do no wrong" Clinton-Gore fan, you won't like the book, probably ought to save your money, and should go to the next review now.

This book is more of an indictment of the Clinton-Gore administrations' naivity than anything else: You can't blame the Chinese for trying to get the upper hand when offered to them.

Mr. Gertz provides well researched and clear perspectives on China's intentions, and on the well meaning but misguided "backwoods" approach to a country that looks at foreign policy over decades and centuries, not by the current term of office.

He illustrates through released documents that Bill Clinton is the very best president Chinese money could buy, or at least that the Chinese government could hope to have. He points out correctly that the US has no published consistent foreign policy, allowing the US State Department to take short-term-positive but long-term-bankrupt positions, resulting in backroom deals good for the current administration but highly inconsistent with national longevity or will of the American people.

My personal bias: I voted for Clinton for the domestic policies, but deal with the PRC on a daily basis. Gertz is "dead nuts" right.

94 of 117 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Devestating!, October 31, 2000

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K. Jensen (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The China Threat: How the People's Republic Targets America (Hardcover)

In CHINA THREAT, Gertz warns fellow Americans:

*How the FBI pursued six Chinese intelligence agents and never found a senior Chinese mole inside the U.S. government code-named "Ma" who had access to top secret intelligence.

*"The Hug": How spy suspect Wen Ho Lee was embraced by China's top nuclear weapons scientist during a visit to the United States. The nuclear scientist, Hu Side, was overheard by an FBI informant at the time as saying Wen Ho Lee provided great assistance to China's nuclear weapons program.

*How a classified Chinese government document, known as Document 65, reveals that China is willing to attack the United States with nuclear weapons if U.S. forces intervene to defend Taiwan in a regional conflict.

Gertz unleashes a Chinese spying manual, translated into English, revealing a massive weapons technology collection effort involving the gathering of data and covert espionage.

The timing of the book's release -- just days before the election -- has raised eyebrows in official Washington.

Gertz reported in recent days: If Texas Gov. George W. Bush is elected president, Republican national security officials are planning a major house-cleaning for the CIA's China analysis division. The Clinton-Gore administration has favored a dangerous "benign view of China," claims Gertz.

In his new book, Gertz publishes a secret White House report by NSC staff aide Gary Samore offering missile technology to China if it agrees to join the Missile Technology Control Regime limiting missile exports.

58 of 72 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The real danger is imminent!, October 31, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The China Threat: How the People's Republic Targets America (Hardcover)

Once again Bill Gertz warns about the very real threat of China's philosophy and threat to take over the world by first targeting the U.S. This book is well researched as was his last book "Betrayal." In his new book he explains in detail how the China threat works and amidst talks of peace and cooperation with China and the full inclusion of China into the WTO, the real danger which is imminent, is easily overlooked. Another brand new book that explains the whole scenario extremely well in form of a novel, although the book is based on a (de)classified CIA report, and it's a breathtaking thriller and strongly recommended, is Alec Donzi's "The Consultant."