As Xi Tightens His Grip on China, U.S. Sees Conflict Ahead
- 6 years ago
As Xi Tightens His Grip on China, U.S. Sees Conflict Ahead
Mr. Trump’s handling of China reflects not only his protectionist trade agenda and America First foreign policy, but also his reluctance to antagonize Mr. Xi personally — a peculiar deference
that prompted the tough questions directed at Mr. Bannon over dinner.
Mr. Schell said that The military is gone, the press is gone, the intellectuals are gone, civil society is gone and now the businessmen are gone,
that China, we probably lost $504 billion, last year, on trade,
Rather than faulting him or his former boss, President Trump, for their hostile approach, they pressed
him on why Mr. Trump had not followed through with his tough talk about trade and North Korea.
By itself, some former officials said, Mr. Xi’s move to stay in power should not augur greater conflict with the United States.
He declined to label China a currency manipulator last year
because he said the timing was bad: Mr. Xi had agreed to help the United States press North Korea to curb its nuclear and missile programs.
China said that exacerbating the fault line that alrea
Mr. Trump’s handling of China reflects not only his protectionist trade agenda and America First foreign policy, but also his reluctance to antagonize Mr. Xi personally — a peculiar deference
that prompted the tough questions directed at Mr. Bannon over dinner.
Mr. Schell said that The military is gone, the press is gone, the intellectuals are gone, civil society is gone and now the businessmen are gone,
that China, we probably lost $504 billion, last year, on trade,
Rather than faulting him or his former boss, President Trump, for their hostile approach, they pressed
him on why Mr. Trump had not followed through with his tough talk about trade and North Korea.
By itself, some former officials said, Mr. Xi’s move to stay in power should not augur greater conflict with the United States.
He declined to label China a currency manipulator last year
because he said the timing was bad: Mr. Xi had agreed to help the United States press North Korea to curb its nuclear and missile programs.
China said that exacerbating the fault line that alrea