According to Pillsbury, “Chinese companies have begun to make substantial donations to think tanks and universities to fund U.S. policy studies of China that support Beijing’s views. It is the orchestration of the messages back in Beijing by the Politburo that makes the difference in winning the Marathon.”

Over the last couple of months, I’ve read KT McFarland’s Revolution, Michael Pillsbury’s Hundred-Year Marathon

“We are underestimating China’s competitive drive to surpass us,” Pillsbury told Dobbs. “Lou, what they want to come out of this coronavirus crisis is to be number one in the world.”