Since the Jan. 20 inauguration of Joe Biden, the US and the rest of the world have been watching closely what would become of the Sino-US relationship. I believe Biden will continue Trump\u2019s hard stance toward China, and not much would be changing in the imminent future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Working with allies and being tough on China<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Biden said in June, 2020, that he was in favor of being tough on China as the country is the US\u2019s main competitor and, in some areas, a major threat. From this statement, it is reasonable to believe that Biden\u2019s attitude toward China will not be far off from Trump\u2019s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Biden\u2019s inheriting Trump\u2019s \u2018tough-on-China\u2019 legacy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Biden will use Trump\u2019s existing \u2018tough-on-China\u2019 legacy as a bargaining chip against China. In December, 2020, Biden said he would not immediately cancel or rescind Trump\u2019s trade deals with China, which included a $250 billion tariff on Chinese goods. Biden also said he would further discuss this with the US\u2019s allies. In retrospect, Biden may be the biggest benefactor of Trump\u2019s \u2018tough-on-China\u2019 legacy as it is an opportunity to solidify the US\u2019s dominance in the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bipartisan support of Tough-on-China policies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Though the election exposed a serious division within the country and the state of partisan politics, the current hard stance toward China has overwhelming bipartisan support. Biden will not risk going against a policy with bipartisan support when the country is extremely divided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Systemic division between China and the US<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Thucydides’s Trap is a continual hurdle for the US. With China\u2019s recent aggressive territorial and economic expansion in the South China Sea, the US cannot and will not abide. The world\u2019s two largest economies will also be competing aggressively within the realms of technology and the economy, as both countries have a fundamental and systemic drive toward competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, the US and China will be competing in the development of quantum computing, 5G, and AI. To come out ahead in these sectors, the US may lessen China\u2019s involvement in development. Biden has also been actively criticizing China\u2019s track record on human rights and intellectual property, waging an ideological war. The dispute over Hong Kong and Xinjiang may also increase under Biden\u2019s presidency.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Since the Jan. 20 inauguration of Joe Biden, the US and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viewworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viewworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viewworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viewworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viewworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=194"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.viewworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":198,"href":"https:\/\/www.viewworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194\/revisions\/198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viewworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viewworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viewworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viewworld.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}