Analysts ponder if Trump will be good for China
Many in China are hoping the new administration will take a more hands-off approach than the previous White House occupant
Beijing
SOME two weeks after Donald Trump's election as president of the United States, little is still known about how he will deal with China and its growing clout in the Asia-Pacific region.
Contradictory comments throughout the presidential campaign have left many analysts puzzled as to whether China will benefit from a withdrawal of the US from the world scene or see its fragile economic recovery aborted by stringent protectionist measures.
"There is a tension between protectionism and containment on one h…
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