The explosive, behind-the-scenes story of Donald Trump's high-stakes confrontation with Beijing, from an award-winning Washington Post columnist and peerless observer of the U.S.-China relationship

Now with a new afterword featuring an interview with former President Trump

There was no calm before the storm. Donald Trump's surprise electoral victory shattered the fragile understanding between the United States and China and immediately brought to a boil their long-simmering rivalry. By the time the COVID-19 pandemic erupted in Wuhan, Trump's love-hate relationship with Chinese president Xi Jinping had sparked a trade war, while Xi's aggression had pushed the world to the brink of a new Cold War. From award-winning Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin, Chaos Under Heaven uncovers the explosive, behind-the-scenes story of how the Trump administration upended the U.S.-China relationship, with reverberations that will be shaking the world for years to come.

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