U.S President Donald Trump has decided to further
heighten tensions with China, the world's second largest economy after snubbing
China's leader Xi Jinping by not giving him an official phone call weeks
after his inauguration, sending him a letter instead, despite calling over 18
World leaders.
Donald Trump has spoken to Theresa May, Francois
Hollande, Vladmir Putin, Angela Merkel and several world leaders since his
presidential inauguration, and has repeatedly signaled he'll be very hard with
China, whom he has accused of currency manipulation, unfair trade deals,
militarizing the South China Sea and not doing enough to help the US deal with
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Trump’s letter to Xi (which comes two weeks late) follows a
“congratulatory note” sent by the Chinese president to Trump on his 20th
January inauguration.
In a statement, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Trump told
Xi in the letter he was looking forward to working with him “to
develop a constructive relationship that benefits both the United States and
China”.
Speaking about Trump's snub towards China, Nick Bisley, an international relations expert from La Trobe University in Melbourne said:
“It’s a sign that bad times lie ahead in the US-China relationship, China is very much being lined up by Trump’s people as not quite enemy number one but something approximating that.”
U.S President Donald Trump has decided to further
heighten tensions with China, the world's second largest economy after snubbing
China's leader Xi Jinping by not giving him an official phone call weeks
after his inauguration, sending him a letter instead, despite calling over 18
World leaders.
Donald Trump has spoken to Theresa May, Francois
Hollande, Vladmir Putin, Angela Merkel and several world leaders since his
presidential inauguration, and has repeatedly signaled he'll be very hard with
China, whom he has accused of currency manipulation, unfair trade deals,
militarizing the South China Sea and not doing enough to help the US deal with
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Trump’s letter to Xi (which comes two weeks late) follows a
“congratulatory note” sent by the Chinese president to Trump on his 20th
January inauguration.
In a statement, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Trump told
Xi in the letter he was looking forward to working with him “to
develop a constructive relationship that benefits both the United States and
China”.
Speaking about Trump's snub towards China, Nick Bisley, an international relations expert from La Trobe University in Melbourne said:
“It’s a sign that bad times lie ahead in the US-China relationship, China is very much being lined up by Trump’s people as not quite enemy number one but something approximating that.”
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