The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) says that if Donald Trump, who is “relatively irresponsible and emotional,” wins back the White House, it may lead to a “confrontation” with the Red Dragon and would rather see President Joe Biden stay in office.
Jia Qingguo, a committee member of the Chinese People’s Political and Consultative Conference (CPPCC), issued a warning about the potential “effect” of a Trump victory on Beijing.
According to the National Review, the researcher stated that “a Trump triumph would have a rather substantial influence on U.S.-China ties.” “Based on his actions during his first term and his words since then, he appears to have a more assertive and unfettered attitude toward China than Biden does.”
Jia is the head of the Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding at Peking University. The Review points out that, as one of the 300 members of the CPPCC, “his statements don’t always represent the position of China’s senior government leaders.”
Nevertheless, the site notes that his “statements are remarkable due to the CPPCC’s status as a strong government organization that links Beijing’s united-front networks, bringing together party leaders and Chinese elites from many social backgrounds.”
Wang Huning, the fourth-most senior official in the party hierarchy and chairman of the CPPCC, is Xi Jinping’s principal political theorist.
Although Trump’s pragmatism may have seemed reasonable to the Chinese in 2016, Jia claims that “his sort of pragmatism is primarily based on obsolete conceptions and political self-interest.”
Following his victory in November 2016, Trump claimed to have set “a horrible precedent” by answering a call from Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.
He continued by saying that “you, China, still have to offer me something in return” and that the United States’ “one-China policy” could not be accepted without conditions. Jia went on. “He himself did not manage [this matter] correctly once the COVID-19 epidemic broke out, and he subsequently placed the blame on China.”
According to Jia, the presumed Republican presidential contender emphasized “the Taiwan problem” during his first term in government.
He claimed to have “even made arrangements for his Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, to visit the island.” “A violent confrontation between China and the United States would have unavoidably resulted from that visit if it had gone forward.”
The advisor predicted that a Trump win in November would probably result in “serious tension and confrontation” with China.
Jia, on the other hand, commended Biden for his “more realistic and sensible” approaches to dealing with the communist country.
Jia anticipated that Biden will try to steer clear of a Taiwan confrontation and instead concentrate on how Beijing and Washington, D.C., can work together to solve public health, fight climate change, and take care of “other global governance-related concerns.”
Even still, Jia predicted that “there would still be quite a few issues and ongoing tension between the U.S. and China with Biden in office.”
The National Review notes that “he also applauded the recent restart of high-level diplomatic discussions between the U.S. and China, which culminated in a summit between Biden and Xi in November.” “He recommended China bide its time.”
According to Jia, “China can be a little more aggressive and not get too serious with the United States on non-principled problems, since the U.S. is still more powerful than China, at least for the time being.”
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