China on Trump: indifferent but wary
In China, Donald Trump’s victory in the United States presidential election has been met with indifference, at least officially. A second Trump administration does not have to be worse for China than the Biden administration. It will depend on whether Trump finally opts for rapprochement with China or continues to push for separation from China.When Biden came to power, Chinese leaders hoped that China-US relations would improve, moving away from Trump’s harsh containment. But Biden levied additional tariffs on Chinese imports and, most importantly, placed much tighter export controls on US te...