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The China Matrix

Author
Lee Smith
Narrator
Chris Abell
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Publish Date
14 October 2025
Run Time
8 hours 19 minutes
Format
Audiobook
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The U.S. ruling class sold out America to China. Can Donald Trump destroy the alliance before it’s too late?

For half a century, America’s establishment has forged an alliance with the Chinese Communist Party—one that enriched elites, hollowed out the middle class, and imperiled U.S. national security. They sold out American workers for cheap labor, Wall Street profits, and political power. But then came Donald Trump.

In The China Matrix, New York Times bestselling author and investigative journalist Lee Smith reveals the shocking truth about how U.S. political and corporate elites conspired with Beijing to reshape the global order—at America’s expense. From Henry Kissinger’s secret dealings with Mao to the tech oligarchs cozying up to Xi Jinping, Smith exposes the web of corruption and betrayal that spans decades. He reveals how globalism, Silicon Valley, and the media worked together to whitewash China’s crimes while dismantling American industry and national security.

But this is also a story of resistance. Smith chronicles how Trump’s presidency shattered the illusion of a benign China, forcing the establishment to confront the consequences of their own greed. From trade wars to TikTok, fentanyl to finance, The China Matrix details the battle between America First and the entrenched pro-China elite—and what’s at stake in the next chapter of this global showdown.

With stunning new revelations about Elon Musk’s growing influence, Joe Biden’s China entanglements, and the role of U.S. universities in Beijing’s espionage network, The China Matrix is a gripping exposé of the most dangerous alliance in modern history—and the fight to break free before time runs out.

Critics Review

  • "Lee Smith is a great American patriot…"—President Donald J. Trump
  • “In The China Matrix, Lee Smith delivers a searing exposé of the most dangerous alliance of our time: America’s ruling class and the Chinese Communist Party. Smith shows how President Trump shattered the fantasy of a harmless China — and forced the establishment to reckon with the cost of their own corruption. This is a vital, urgent read."—Tom Cotton, U.S. senator and author of the New York Times bestselling book Seven Things You Can't Say About China
  • “In his own inimitable style, Lee Smith documents how wrongheaded U.S. policies toward China helped create one of America's greatest geopolitical foes. As U.S. political and business leaders played footsie with the Chinese Communist Party in order to enrich themselves and their interests, traditional American industries were decimated with devastating consequences for American citizens and communities. Smith makes a very complicated, and consequential, history between the two countries easily readable and explains how Donald Trump is changing the dynamic for the better.”—Julie Kelly, investigative reporter and author
  • “Lee Smith has written a definitive account of how the Chinese Communist Party promoted and then utilized factionalism in the United States in order to undermine American sovereignty, national security, and economic prosperity. The China Matrix provides an account of how this crisis developed, a framework for understanding it, and a proposal for restoring American strength and leadership.”—Ted Cruz, U.S. senator and New York Times bestselling author

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Details

Author
Lee Smith
Narrator
Chris Abell
Duration
8 hours 19 minutes
Release Date
14 October 2025
ISBN
9781668648797
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Genre
Politics and government, International relations, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies

Synopsis

The U.S. ruling class sold out America to China. Can Donald Trump destroy the alliance before it’s too late? For half a century, America’s establishment has forged an alliance with the Chinese Communist Party—one that enriched elites, hollowed out the middle class, and imperiled U.S. national security. They sold out American workers for cheap labor, Wall Street profits, and political power. But then came Donald Trump. In The China Matrix, New York Times bestselling author and investigative journalist Lee Smith reveals the shocking truth about how U.S. political and corporate elites conspired with Beijing to reshape the global order—at America’s expense. From Henry Kissinger’s secret dealings with Mao to the tech oligarchs cozying up to Xi Jinping, Smith exposes the web of corruption and betrayal that spans decades. He reveals how globalism, Silicon Valley, and the media worked together to whitewash China’s crimes while dismantling American industry and national security. But this is also a story of resistance. Smith chronicles how Trump’s presidency shattered the illusion of a benign China, forcing the establishment to confront the consequences of their own greed. From trade wars to TikTok, fentanyl to finance, The China Matrix details the battle between America First and the entrenched pro-China elite—and what’s at stake in the next chapter of this global showdown. With stunning new revelations about Elon Musk’s growing influence, Joe Biden’s China entanglements, and the role of U.S. universities in Beijing’s espionage network, The China Matrix is a gripping exposé of the most dangerous alliance in modern history—and the fight to break free before time runs out.

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