Is Biden s China team fit for the job? By Phil Cunningham | China Daily | Updated: 2021-01-27 07:24 SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY
US President Joe Biden s China team is competent but does not inspire confidence. Given the COVID-19 pandemic, the global economic downturn and the harsh chorus of wolfish howls and growls on both sides of the US-China divide, it will take more than the usual bureaucratic competence to get things back to a decent footing.
The diplomatic facilitators of the US China policy, knocked into a tizzy of not knowing which way to turn under the ever-shifting, erratic tides of former US president Donald Trump, can now take a deep breath, roll up their sleeves and get back to their work of building trust, resolving disputes, implementing policy and maintaining peace.