Beijing is in diplomatic ‘fight or flight’ mode, its loss of soft power troubling relations even with client states. Those with the US are toxic: ‘wolf warrior’ rhetoric escalates on both sides, despite respected voices calling to tone it down. Beijing is now gaming out a Biden electoral victory in November: not everything would be reset, it is agreed, despite hopes for soft landing.
July: floods claim party attention
July: floods claim party attention
July: floods claim party attention
Beijing is in diplomatic ‘fight or flight’ mode, its loss of soft power troubling relations even with client states. Those with the US are toxic: ‘wolf warrior’ rhetoric escalates on both sides, despite respected voices calling to tone it down. Beijing is now gaming out a Biden electoral victory in November: not everything would be reset, it is agreed, despite hopes for soft landing.