The post-Trump era in U.S.-China relations has begun
01/14/2021 08:31 AM EST
The United States is as vulnerable as your host can remember it, with a populace riven by partisan anger and often, drunk on disinformation. The president is distracted and the heads of the Defense Department and Homeland Security are manned by stand-ins. While Chinese propagandists are making hay at American division, it seems China won’t exploit this moment to make a military move on the self-governing island of Taiwan, an action some analysts have openly feared this juncture might bring. China, after all, has its own distractions; despite a growing economy, it s undergoing another massive Covid-19 lockdown in two major cities near Beijing.
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01/07/2021 11:56 AM EST
As of this writing, the United States of America is still under attack from within, as rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol building at the instruction of the outgoing U.S. President. One of the many nonsensical banners on display, this one photographed by POLITICO s Gavin Bade, reads: Uphold the law or commit CCP treason.
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