China Perspective: Beijing’s charm • Table.Briefings

Our China Perspective column is written by authors from the People’s Republic. When Trump won the US presidential election for the first time in 2016, China was surprised. Shortly before Trump’s second term in office, China has become more attuned to the president – and is launching a charm offensive.

After Donald Trump won the presidential election for the first time in 2016, Chinese leaders, first as stunned as everybody else, quickly instructed its diplomats to approach him, at least to see how serious he was about his China-bashing speeches in electoral campaigns. Trump, probably still discussing with advisers about his China strategy or simply busy with other stuff, shunned the Chinese.

China Perspective: Beijing’s charm offensive ahead of Trump 2.0

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