A US soft-power retreat will play into Beijing’s longer-term ambitions

A US soft-power retreat will play into Beijing’s longer-term ambitions

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Around the world, Beijing is working to peel away support for a US-led international system and recast itself as a more reliable partner in trade, development and security.

For all the fury coming out of Beijing on Sunday, including a vow to sue the United States at the World Trade Organisation, China must be quietly pleased that it found itself a joint target of Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught.
Not only was it lumped i… [679 chars]

Read more