The Donald or Hillary: Who should Beijing prefer?

Washington

IF you've been following the US presidential election from Beijing, and listening to and watching the Republican and Democratic presidential nominees discussing foreign and trade policies, you would be excused for concluding that if he occupies the White House next year, loud-mouth China basher Donald J Trump would be the one who would challenge the status quo in Sino-American relations.

After all, one of the centrepieces in the election campaign of the real estate magnate from New Yo…