I do think Biden did want to ease tensions with China
I call bs on that. Here is Blinken saying that he agreed with Pompeo that China is committing "genocide"
and come to sort of a ''vague truce'' so he could focus on his domestic agenda
Bs again. Anyone else remembers Blinken touring the region with Austin talking about containing China and then finally the disastrous Anchorage meeting?
If China was willing to buy some US debt or something
So they were pointing a gun at China's head with all these sanctions, and China was supposed to offer concessions for the "good" of the relarionship
But, if this was some kind of good deal for both parties.
It is called the Phase 1 Trade Agreement and Biden kept sanctioning China even though they made a deal.
China knows that any promises made by Biden even if it is under good faith will be reversed by a future Trump like figure
China knows that the Security apparatus have formed a consensus that China is a threat and it must be contained. China cant change that unless it is ready to sign a Plaza Accord 2 agreement.
That level of trust from the Obama years is gone forever
Who said that there was trust then? Are we forgetting that Obama stabbed China in the back even when China bailed out the US during the 2008 crisis? And then proceeding with the Pivot to Asia, and forming a trade bloc excluding China from that in order to contain it economically
Trumpian way of handing of China will be the norm
Trumpian way was also the Obama way, just a lot more rough than the "gentleman" and behind the scenes Obama.
Biden's presidency will be merely the stopgap towards this transition.
Biden will merely be the continuation of the Trump policies, with just a prettier paint on top.
I am saving this post so that I will use it anytime people are claiming about how Biden acthually wanted better relations. Laughable. Please no revisionism of history