The book does not discuss the banking industry at all. It is about the pervasive Chinese influence in almost every other avenue of our lives. Hollywood, politics, Tiktok, communication, the gaming world, social media, health care, our elections, spies, the covid virus etc. have all been used to try to destabilize the world and the United States, according to Schweizer. In addition, their production and distribution of drugs like Fentanyl are dangerous and deadly. The author covers China, starting with the way opium was foisted and then almost surreptitiously forced upon them, using that as their excuse to get back at the Western world in all of the underhanded ways they have used to influence us.
Early in the book, the author mentions a book called "Disintegration Warfare", which the Chinese have been studying. It promotes winning without fighting. Deception, disruption and subduing are the weapons. Near the end of the book, Schweizer mentions a book that is one of the most popular works of historical fiction in China, "The Romance of The Three Kingdoms". In this book, in order to gain control of a rival, his crop is poisoned. Once his position is weakened, the rival invades, and of course the victim is overcome. It would seem that China has been engaged, using both of these policies, in trying to master the parts of the world that they can, and because of their patience, determination and control of the situations, they have often been very successful.
The use of devious methods like lies and secrecy may be the mainstay of their wheelhouse. The book is interesting, but grows dry with the mention of so many businesses, people and issues, and it often gets redundant and bogged down with details. ( )