A Chinese government adviser has said the country must abandon its illusion that China-US relations will automatically improve under President-elect Joe Biden and that Beijing should prepare for a tough stance from Washington. Zheng Yongnian, dean of China Advanced Institute for Global and Contemporary Studies, a Shenzhen-based think tank, has …
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President Xi Jinping effectively neutralized the most democratic institution under China’s rule, sending a message to Joe Biden that no pressure will drive him to tolerate dissent against the Communist Party. China’s top legislature on Wednesday passed a resolution allowing for the disqualification of any Hong Kong lawmaker who does …
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Unlike Donald Trump, whom Chinese officials had little knowledge of before taking office, Joe Biden is well known in Beijing. But that story is unlikely to quickly mend a relationship between global powers that has fundamentally changed in the past four years. A supporter of commitment to Beijing since the …
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