Beijing is being careful to avoid angering the Trump administration. Here is the state of play in U.S.-China relations, how Biden might plan to change it, and how Trump could still break a lot of China before his time in the White House ends.
While most comments were celebratory, some people soberly reminded others that a peaceful transition of power was unlikely to happen, especially given Trump’s “desperate” attempts to paint the voting process as fraudulent.
The China Project contributor Zijia Song visited polling locations in Chinatowns across New York City and followed up with voters for their thoughts about the election. This is what she found.
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Trump International Hotels Management paid over $180,000 in taxes to the Chinese government from a local bank account from 2013 to 2015, and Trump himself has benefited financially from Chinese business connections in more recent years, the New York Times reported.
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Their shared animosity toward China, however, didn’t cause much of a stir on Chinese social media, where the general reaction to the debate was dominated by people’s astonishment over Trump’s “unhinged” performance.
“Growing up in an authoritarian system, I regarded cynicism as part of life,” writes Connie Mei Pickart, who became an American citizen six years ago and voted in her first presidential election in 2016. “But in a democratic state, a cynical attitude has far-reaching consequences,” she adds — a lesson she learned the hard way.