Trump vs Harris: Does it make any difference for China?
Both US presidential candidates regrettably “not only have virtually indistinguishable policies regarding China, they have demonstrated during their respective time in office a bipartisan commitment to escalating tensions” with Beijing, Brian Berletic, a geopolitical analyst and former US Marine, tells Sputnik.
The candidates “present this singular continuity of agenda with their own respective spin – Donald Trump in a more nationalistic manner, and Kamala Harris by linking it to upholding the US-led ‘international order’.”
Washington “has continuously encouraged separatism on the island province of Taiwan by first stationing, then expanding the presence of US troops on Taiwan itself, and rapidly transforming the US military including the entire US Marine Corps to fight a future war with China off its own coasts over Taiwan, internationally recognized as Chinese territory.”
Both candidates plan to continue using Taiwan as a “pressure point” to provoke tensions between China and nations “the US still exercises considerable influence over, including Europe, Australia, and the Philippines, according to the analyst.
He insists that Biden’s steps would not have been possible without the actions Trump took “to prepare the stage.”
Further militarization of the Asia-Pacific has been unfolding, Berlectic adds, referring to the creation of the Quad group, which took place under Trump. “Under the Biden administration, it was expanded along with the creation of AUKUS. Both groupings represent efforts toward what could be characterized as a ‘Pacific NATO’," as per the analyst.
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Both US presidential candidates regrettably “not only have virtually indistinguishable policies regarding China, they have demonstrated during their respective time in office a bipartisan commitment to escalating tensions” with Beijing, Brian Berletic, a geopolitical analyst and former US Marine, tells Sputnik.
The candidates “present this singular continuity of agenda with their own respective spin – Donald Trump in a more nationalistic manner, and Kamala Harris by linking it to upholding the US-led ‘international order’.”
Washington “has continuously encouraged separatism on the island province of Taiwan by first stationing, then expanding the presence of US troops on Taiwan itself, and rapidly transforming the US military including the entire US Marine Corps to fight a future war with China off its own coasts over Taiwan, internationally recognized as Chinese territory.”
Both candidates plan to continue using Taiwan as a “pressure point” to provoke tensions between China and nations “the US still exercises considerable influence over, including Europe, Australia, and the Philippines, according to the analyst.
He insists that Biden’s steps would not have been possible without the actions Trump took “to prepare the stage.”
“Regardless of who wins the election this November, the steps taken during the Biden administration will allow this [China-related] policy to be pursued even further and in the same direction - toward escalation.”
Further militarization of the Asia-Pacific has been unfolding, Berlectic adds, referring to the creation of the Quad group, which took place under Trump. “Under the Biden administration, it was expanded along with the creation of AUKUS. Both groupings represent efforts toward what could be characterized as a ‘Pacific NATO’," as per the analyst.
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