More likely Kamala vs Tom Cotton/Mike Pompeo - that's where the Republican party is trending. Trump will still remain the frontman of the far-right conservative movement, so Ivanka and Trump Jr will remain forefront on the fundraising campaign trail come 2024.
Mike Pompeo has the stain of Trumpism defeat, he isn't a viable Presidential candidate anymore. Tom Cotton is like a red neck version of Pompeo in terms of his anti-China rhetoric, still pretty scary.
That's just not true. By any objective measure, Trump's trade war has been detrimental to the US, but that doesn't mean it was good for China.
Agreed wholeheartedly. Esp. with US debt/deficit increasing by $5 Trillion, then China's trade surplus to buy US Treasury bonds/debt becomes even more important, or else who will be left holding the bag? Vietnam? Japan? They aren't idiots to hold the bag while US inflates away the value of it.
The US is trying to undermine China while ignoring its domestic problems. This is not a game China can or should play. Even if the US destroys itself, if it significantly harms China in the process, then China will have new problems such as with India, Japan or Russia.
Yep, that's why 4 years of Trump is just enough to awaken Chinese leadership of the important of self-independence in semiconductors, any longer with Mike Pompeo is not good. Mike Pompeo will drag US and China down in a mudfight, even if it harms US in process, China gets harmed too. Better just only have 4 years, then go Full-Scale Manhattan project on Semiconductors and prepare for future trade conflict whenever Trump 2.0 wannabe comes into power. China should be much much stronger and resilient by then.
Only by strengthening itself can China preempt those problems in the first place.
Wholeheartedly agree 100%. That's why even if Biden is anti-China, but removes tariffs, that's still good for China because China can still grow, grow, grow. Strengthening China can pre-empt or deter a lot of stuff in future when Trump 2.0 comes into power, China will be much more prepared and resilient.
The question isn't what benefits the US gains from negotiating a release of Meng Wanzhou, but rather what China stands to gain from it.
One benefit that jumps to mind is preventing other countries from arresting prominent Chinese in the future. By securing Meng's release, other countries will see how Canada did the US' bidding and received nothing but trouble in return.
When Emperor Yingzhong of Ming was captured as prisoner of war by enemy Mongol forces, they didn't even pay the randsom for Emperor's release.
The reason is because the
country was more important than an Emperor's life.
That Stupid Princess already had a US Arrest Warrant out for her, and still travelled through enemy territory to visit her Canadian Mansions/properties. You can't fix stupid. If Americans want to arrest Chinese leadership on false charges, then next time Elon Musk visits China, arrest him too.
