Presidents Trump and Xi. Photo AP
Donald Trump has frustrated and enraged China during a tumultuous first term, but Beijing may welcome his re-election as it scans the horizon for the decline of its superpower rival.
Relations are as icy as at any time since formal ties were established four decades ago, with China warning it does not want to be drawn into a new "Cold War" with the United States.
Under his 'America First' banner, Trump has portrayed China as the greatest threat to the United States and global democracy.
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WNU Editor: Does the Chinese government want President Trump to win the election next month? Absolutely not. On the issues that are vital to China .... maintaining a huge trade balance with the U.S., U.S. recognition and the selling of weapons to Taiwan, and U.S. efforts to assemble Asian countries into an alliance that will face China .... Beijing sees President Trump as the primary threat. Even the Chinese military are now making their U.S. views under President Trump very clear .... Chinese military calls US biggest threat to world peace (AP). Will a President Biden pursue the same China policies as President Trump? I have seen zero evidence that they will. On the contrary. They will try to reset the US-China relationship to a period before Trump. I just have to look at Biden's history with China to see where this is all going .... What's Biden's real China policy? Unlike Trump, he's done a 180 (Richard Grenell. The Hill).
