A senior member of China’s national advisory body said on Thursday that China would prefer Kamala Harris to Donald Trump as the next US President, as bilateral relations deteriorated sharply during Trump’s presidency, leading to serious confrontation. Happened.
Jia Qingguo, a member of the standing committee of the national advisory body CPPCC, said the Chinese government prefers not to comment on the US presidential election because it does not want to be accused of interfering in US domestic politics.
The Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is a key component of the state governance system and a uniquely Chinese political institution.
Chinese public opinion is divided on Harris and Trump, but “I would prefer Harris because of the bad experience with Trump. We don’t want to have that experience again,” he said in a rare comment to the BBC, giving Beijing’s preferred voice. Hui said. Choice in the US presidential election.
During Trump’s presidency, relations deteriorated rapidly and there was serious confrontation between the two countries. “From China’s perspective, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, who served under President Biden, represents continuity,” he said.
Jia, who is also director of Peking University’s Institute of Global Cooperation and Understanding, said Trump was too sentimental during his presidency and spread a lot of bad information about China.
“We also have a problem with Biden’s praise,” he said, “but Biden has inherited many of the tough measures initiated against China by Trump for reasons of domestic politics and perhaps because of his ideological convictions.” “Under Biden, the US policy stance toward China is more stable and predictable,” he said. “We are reconnecting with each other. Officials are meeting each other, talking about issues,” he said, adding that relations are stabilising.
Pursuing a tough policy towards China, which includes strengthening US policy to challenge Beijing’s claims over the disputed South China Sea and Taiwan and restricting China’s ambitious move to export its electric vehicles, Biden has, however, maintained regular talks with President Xi Jinping. Keep stress under control.
Relations between the top two economies deteriorated under Trump, especially after COVID-19 broke out in the Chinese city of Wuhan in 2019 and sparked a pandemic that had a devastating impact on the entire world.
Trump has alleged that the virus responsible for the pandemic was leaked from a bio lab in Wuhan, prompting China to launch a massive publicity campaign to respond to Trump’s allegations.
The former president had imposed tariffs on rising Chinese exports to the US to force Beijing to grant greater access to American goods.
The Biden administration is continuing tariffs on Chinese exports to the US, which totaled more than US$500 billion last year, compared to US exports to China of about US$148 billion.
Trump’s threat to impose 60 percent tariffs on Chinese goods if elected has Beijing worried as it could have a serious impact on China’s economy, which is struggling with recession.
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