Trump uses Anti China to dig a hole for Biden to leave a
Trump used anti China to dig a hole for Biden to leave a "mess" for his opponent.
The outcome of the U.S. election has been clear for a long time, but the "political wonder" that both sides claim to be "winners" is still unfolding. On the 16th, Trump's two "I won the election" tweets once again became a hot topic in the public opinion field. The trump government, which refused to admit defeat, not only blocked Biden during the power transition period, but also tried to "dig a hole" for Biden's future ruling road. The relationship with China is one of the directions of Trump's "digging hole". The US media reported that the trump administration planned to adopt a strong policy towards China and launch a series of actions to suppress China in the last two months in power, so as to consolidate its "political heritage" on the issue of China, making it more difficult for Biden to reverse the situation of Sino US relations after taking office.
To what extent will the Anti China "final madness" of the US authorities be pushed forward? How will Biden deal with Sino US relations that have fallen into historical lows? The suspense needs time to be answered, but it is certain that the ability to shape Sino US relations, the most important bilateral relationship in the world, is not in Washington's hands unilaterally. "Cooperation between China and the United States will benefit both sides, and fighting will hurt both sides. Cooperation is the only right choice for both sides." While expounding this principle at a regular press conference on the 16th, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian stressed that China will continue to firmly safeguard its sovereignty, security and development interests.
At the last moment, we should step up our crackdown on China
Axios news website of the United States took the lead in disclosing the news that the trump administration "plans to launch a crackdown on China at the last minute". According to the report, senior U.S. government officials familiar with the plan disclosed that trump will consolidate his legacy of China policy in the last 10 weeks of his term, making it politically infeasible for the successor Biden administration to revise its China policy. The trump administration plans to punish more Chinese companies, government entities and officials for "violating human rights" in Xinjiang and Hong Kong or threatening the national security of the United States. However, there will be no new major moves on the Taiwan issue, nor will it close more Chinese consulates in the United States. U.S. National Security Council spokesman John uliott said that unless China makes a major policy change, "in the future, the U.S. president will find that changing Trump's historic action will be equivalent to political suicide.".
The report also said that senior officials of the trump administration are discussing behind the scenes to expand the list of companies that they believe are associated with the Chinese military. Last week, the US government issued an executive order banning US capital from investing in 31 Chinese companies. U.S. officials also plan to target China in the highly competitive fishing sector, citing "the use of forced labor.". Another senior official said that the trump administration has been seeking more hawkish China experts to hold senior positions in the government. "Ratcliffe will continue to play a leading role in coordinating other national security leaders, promoting the transformation of thinking since the cold war and the post-9.11 anti-terrorism era, and turning the focus of attention on competition with China, a big rival country," said Simms, a senior adviser to the US National Intelligence Director
Subsequently, the relevant news was also reported by the media such as Bloomberg and CNN. "The trump administration is trying to impose restrictions on the Biden administration on China policy," CNN said on the 16th, saying that in view of Trump's defeat to Biden in the general election, the trump administration will speed up the implementation of planned actions, because there is no need to worry about the collapse of the trade agreement with China. According to the report, new acting defense chief Miller was told to focus on cyber and unconventional conflicts, especially those related to China, in the remaining period of Trump's administration.
Although the power transition period has come, the US authorities have begun to push forward the Anti China agenda. Last week, the U.S. government issued an executive order banning U.S. investors from investing in companies so called owned or controlled by the Chinese military. Pompeio, the US Secretary of state, who has always been anti China, even raves that "Taiwan is not a part of China". Wu Xinbo, President of the Institute of International Studies at Fudan University, told the global times on the 16th that Trump's failure in the election campaign had a lot to do with the failure to deal with the epidemic, and he had always put the blame on China for the epidemic. After losing the election, the trump administration is likely to take tough measures against China. We should be prepared in terms of ideology and policy. As for the specific action they will take, they may choose those high-profile and eye-catching areas to expand the political effect, while leaving Biden with a "mess" to achieve the effect of "killing two birds with one stone".
In response to the content disclosed by US media, Zhao Lijian said on the 16th that promoting the healthy and stable development of Sino US relations conforms to the fundamental interests of the two peoples and is also the common expectation of the international community. We urge the US side to go in the opposite direction with China, control differences on the basis of mutual respect, expand cooperation on the basis of mutual benefit, and promote the healthy and stable development of Sino US relations.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce of the people's Republic of China said on the same day that the US side prohibited US investors from investing in some Chinese enterprises. He said that the US side disregarded the facts and identified the relevant Chinese enterprises as military controlled enterprises, which was neither based on nor in line with legal principles. China firmly opposes this. The US side has repeatedly generalized the concept of national security, abused state power and suppressed specific Chinese enterprises, which seriously violated the market competition principle and international economic and trade rules that the United States has always boasted.