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Chinese state news media reacted is kind of the radioactive core of America’s
with cautious optimism to former Vice foreign policy issues,” said Orville Schell,
President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s possible director of the Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-
victory in the United States presidential China Relations.
election, expressing hope that he would
stabilize the fast-deteriorating relations At least for now, the results of the US
between the two countries. The immediate presidential election could usher in a
reaction was measured, indicating that China ‘buffering period’ for already-tense China-
was willing to attempt, and indeed was eager US relations, and offer an opportunity
for, a thaw in US-China relations. for breakthroughs in resuming high-level
communication and rebuilding mutual
Chinese leaders will expect Washington will strategic trust. For his part, Biden claims an
soften conflicts over trade, technology and inside track to the Chinese president. Biden
security, but any shift is more likely to be has said that during his political career he
in style than substance as frustration with has spent more time with Chinese President
Beijing has increased across the American Xi Jinping than any other world leader. Biden
political spectrum. According to a March has promised a restoration of normalcy and a
survey by the Pew Research Center, two- renewed commitment to multilateralism.
thirds of Americans had “unfavorable views”
of China, the highest since Pew started asking A Biden presidency will more than likely
in 2005. Both sides must compromise in restore a more predictable relationship after
order to get back to productive grounds. the jolts of Trump’s tariff war. Chinese state
media warned that a Biden presidency would
Nothing is more urgent, in the eyes of many most likely restore stability to frayed U.S.-
experts, than reversing the downward China relations, but that tensions would
trajectory of relations with China. “China continue.
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with cautious optimism to former Vice foreign policy issues,” said Orville Schell,
President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s possible director of the Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-
victory in the United States presidential China Relations.
election, expressing hope that he would
stabilize the fast-deteriorating relations At least for now, the results of the US
between the two countries. The immediate presidential election could usher in a
reaction was measured, indicating that China ‘buffering period’ for already-tense China-
was willing to attempt, and indeed was eager US relations, and offer an opportunity
for, a thaw in US-China relations. for breakthroughs in resuming high-level
communication and rebuilding mutual
Chinese leaders will expect Washington will strategic trust. For his part, Biden claims an
soften conflicts over trade, technology and inside track to the Chinese president. Biden
security, but any shift is more likely to be has said that during his political career he
in style than substance as frustration with has spent more time with Chinese President
Beijing has increased across the American Xi Jinping than any other world leader. Biden
political spectrum. According to a March has promised a restoration of normalcy and a
survey by the Pew Research Center, two- renewed commitment to multilateralism.
thirds of Americans had “unfavorable views”
of China, the highest since Pew started asking A Biden presidency will more than likely
in 2005. Both sides must compromise in restore a more predictable relationship after
order to get back to productive grounds. the jolts of Trump’s tariff war. Chinese state
media warned that a Biden presidency would
Nothing is more urgent, in the eyes of many most likely restore stability to frayed U.S.-
experts, than reversing the downward China relations, but that tensions would
trajectory of relations with China. “China continue.
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