Trumpism Proving a Hard Habit to Break for New President Biden
Despite his promise to deviate from the policies of his predecessor, Biden seems content to only deviate from the method rather than the spirit of Trump’s policy on China.
Despite his promise to deviate from the policies of his predecessor, Biden seems content to only deviate from the method rather than the spirit of Trump’s policy on China.
During the dying days of the Trump administration, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tore-up four decades of U.S.-Taiwan policy. In doing so, the outgoing Trump administration placed the entire region’s peace and stability in significant danger.
Mutual distrust has been the problem. China and the new Biden Administration could usefully develop some confidence-building measures in tech governance before trust evaporates completely.
Ideological thinking and projection clouds the fact that rule of law, stability and order are as desirable in China as it is in America itself.
Bringing U.S.-China relations back to the normal track through dialogue and restarting bilateral cooperation in various fields will be a wise option for the new government.
China sees the return of Hong Kong as the correction of a longstanding historical injustice and will not compromise on any attempts by U.S. politicians to try and meddle with that again.
The constructive re-engagement of the U.S. and China would be important not only to the two world powers, but for the world at large, and Biden has the mindset and experience to make important strides in this direction.
It’s hoped that the new U.S. administration will respect the Chinese people’s rights to pursue a better life, and choose to move closer toward China for the interests of its own people. Win-win is surely better than lose-lose.
U.S. policymakers should recognize that the concept of “decoupling” from China ultimately lacks feasibility and is expensive, and will only serve to isolate America in the long run.
While the US government has aggressively fought to limit Huawei’s global reach, it has been China’s smartphone brands that have taken an increasingly large share of the global smartphone market.
The world cannot be divided into Cold War blocs again, where ideology and mutual suspicion cuts through the international community and thwarts common prosperity and development. It’s time to reset.
The new U.S. government under the leadership of Joe Biden will implement different domestic and foreign policies. China hopes that it will abandon the idea of decoupling, so that both sides can promote cooperation and exchanges, and work together more closely on the global stage.