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Biden’s China Policy: Old Wine in New Bottles?

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  • Andrew J. Nathan

    (Columbia University, New York City, New York, United States. ajn1@columbia.edu)

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The Biden Administration has accepted the Trump Administration’s definition of China as a ‘strategic competitor’, and has retained Trump’s tariffs, the ‘Quad’, and the upgrade in Taiwan’s protocol status. But Biden’s China policy is different from Trump’s in being truly strategic. The key elements of that strategy are focused on improving the United States’ competitiveness domestically and in international affairs; cooperation with allies and partners; an emphasis on human rights; partial decoupling of economic and technology relationships; and a search for some areas of cooperation with China. Success for the Biden strategy would consist neither of bottling up China in its current global power position nor in achieving a negotiated condominium in Asia. The Biden Administration would succeed if the United States can maintain its alliance system, keep a robust military presence in East Asia and prevent the forcible integration of Taiwan into China while avoiding major war. Several features of the China challenge make it reasonable to hope that such success is possible.

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  • Andrew J. Nathan, 2021. "Biden’s China Policy: Old Wine in New Bottles?," China Report, , vol. 57(4), pages 387-397, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:chnrpt:v:57:y:2021:i:4:p:387-397
    DOI: 10.1177/00094455211047069
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