China's View Of Trump

Excerpt: “Trump is undermining US power internationally and dividing the US internally — in a way that another leader may not,” said Adam Ni, who analyzes Chinese politics as a visiting scholar at National Chengchi University in Taiwan. “Even as Trump confronts China, he creates the conditions for American decline and China’s continued rise on the international stage.”

How does China’s Communist Party view Trump’s impeachment inquiry?

Beijing is very interested in the impeachment inquiry into Trump.

In public, Chinese leaders gleefully push a “democracy brings chaos” story — which is one that China’s state-run media has been telling for ages. Democracy doesn’t work. Just look at the US. It’s in chaos. Now, the Chinese Communist Party, on the other hand, has everything going swimmingly.

But in private, China’s leaders are more pragmatic and not so wildly self-assured. Some analysts believe the top echelon of the CCP really does feel threatened by Trump.

“Trump is undermining US power internationally and dividing the US internally — in a way that another leader may not,” said Adam Ni, who analyzes Chinese politics as a visiting scholar at National Chengchi University in Taiwan. “Even as Trump confronts China, he creates the conditions for American decline and China’s continued rise on the international stage.”

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