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London's Chatham House Nervous About China-U.S. Relations Under Trump

Chatham House, otherwise known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA), the British imperial mouthpiece, published an article on Jan. 16 purporting to analyze China’s situation vis-à-vis the incoming Trump administration. Shadows cast through a geopolitical lens, the assertions of the article, “The tough Dilemma Trump 2.0 Poses for Beijing,” claim that China is facing economic downturn at home, but also wants to dominate the international arena.

Acting as if China didn’t just lift 800 million people out of poverty domestically and become the leader in both space and nuclear fusion achievements, the article claims, “Chinese policymakers believe accelerating technological progress and achieving self-reliance is the only way for China to withstand U.S. efforts at strategic containment. But this would require all national resources to pivot toward highly strategic sectors, with little fiscal-policy space for tax relief and consumer stimulus. Beijing faces a dilemma between using resources to restore consumer confidence or to strengthen its technological prowess.”

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