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Will relations between the US and China improve under the Biden administration?
This appeared in The Millennial Source
Experts believe that President-elect Biden entering the White House will provide an opportunity for breakthroughs in rebuilding trust between the two countries, but many activists say the US “should not underestimate Beijing.”
In the days that followed arguably one of the most contentious elections in United States history, many experts turned to China in hopes of a response that would indicate what future relations between the two countries might look like.
However, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its state-run media outlets baffled analysts by their silence, with President Xi Jinping only recently congratulating the president-elect.
Coverage of the election was limited in Chinese media, with many critics alleging that Beijing did not want to appear over eager or fuel added tensions between the countries.
Nevertheless, Chinese citizens took to social media en masse to voice their opinions on the US election. While varied, these opinions took on a similar hope — that the end of President Donald Trump’s administration would usher in a better future for the relationship between the US and China.
