I remember China more or less supporting Russia here and there, during the beginning of the Ukraine War. If this is wrong please correct me (this goes for everything) . So now Trump and Putin are basically allies. However as far as I know, Trump is still anti-China.
So, now what? Where in all this new found alliance leaves the US (and Russia) relationship with China? What is likely to happen, generally speaking? Will Russia cut ties with China? Will Trump get close with China now? I feel like Jinping and Trump are kind of squabbling over Putin’s affection right now, and I don’t know if that analogy is valid.
I don’t genuinely think anyone here can honestly answer that question. Geopolitical futures are very uncertain right now
Alright, let me limit the question then to just: Is Trump still genuinely anti-China?
No one knows. Here’s a video of Trump from a few days ago saying he’s willing to concede Taiwan.
With that offer on the table, who knows how much China would be willing to pay Trump. Trump is just in it for himself. He just put a trillion dollar chip on the bargaining table.
Trump is “Russia’s bitch”. That is not true of China. Maybe China gets sloppy seconds, but it’s otherwise not changing anything.
I’m pretty sure the purpose of Trump’s pivot on Russia is to drive a wedge between Russia and China.
Firstly, I’d imagine China is pleased to see the US becoming weaker on the world stage. At least, in the long term.
But, secondly, China has its own problems at home right now and the US, which is about to have a lot less spending power, is a huge customer of China’s. Xi is likely going to take a “wait and see” approach and assess the shifting situation. Any amount of China and Russia getting close would likely be purely from an “enemy of my enemy is my friend” perspective and I doubt it would last. None of the major powers mingle for very long before stepping on each other’s feet.
Xi isn’t stupid. I’m sure he’s well aware that Putin would betray him in an instant for power and that Trump is both a Russian asset and a moron.
Any amount of China and Russia getting close would likely be purely from an “enemy of my enemy is my friend” perspective
Russia has lots of mineral resources that China wants, and China has lots of money that Russia wants.
Okay I hate to be the person to point this out, but as a Chinese-American, this is a pet peeve of mine:
Xi is the family name, Jingping is the given name. When you refer to world leaders, its typically referred to by their family name.
They say “Chairman Mao”, not “Chairman Zedong” lol. Same for Xi
(This is not to be misconstrued as an encorsement of the CCP, I just want to correct your use of language 😉)
Generally speaking Trump is not getting into an alliance with Russia, but rather joins the “multipolar” club of imperialists that want to carve out their own sphere of influence without the others interfereing. China agrees with this but there are other reasons why the interests of the US and China still clash.
