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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMany in China hope Trump will be reelected.
For some reason, I can't link to today's Boston Globe article, but here are a few interesting quotes from Chinese officials who have IQ45's number:
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Trump is a businessman. We can just pay him money and the problems will be solved, said a politically connected person in Beijing, speaking on the condition of anonymity. As long as we have money, we can buy him."
Another influential voice in Beijing, Tsinghua University international relations professor Yan Xuetong, wrote recently that, ...Trump has undermined the US-led alliance system, which has improved Chinas international environment, Yan said in Southern Review.
Trumps unfiltered tweets help China in negotiations because he is easy to read, said Long Yongtu, a former vice minister of foreign trade
Aristus
(66,319 posts)DURHAM D
(32,609 posts)rainin
(3,011 posts)They can buy his reelection.
C_U_L8R
(44,998 posts)Trump's immense contribution to comedy all over the world. He's an international riot.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)This creates an awful scenario with the potential that a number of cybernetically powerful nations (NK, China, Russia) will all be attacking our elections at once. There are also Saudi Arabia and Turkey to worry about.
Maeve
(42,281 posts)and that makes him easy.