China Facing the Trump Presidency

Introduction When Donald Trump was elected President of the United States in November 2016, the world was concerned about how he would put into practice the many radical foreign policy ideas that he had proposed during the presidential campaign. Given Trump’s hawkish rhetoric toward China, observers paid special attention to how he would change Sino‑American relations and how Chinese President Xi Jinping would respond. The result of such dynamics will have far-reaching implications for the wo...