The early days of the Trump administration, as viewed from China
A good start, but it could get worse quickly
CHINA’S STATE media were not impressed by Donald Trump’s first days back in charge of the country’s great geopolitical rival. Xinhua, the official news service, grumbled that Mr Trump’s policies have become more “unilateral and hegemonic”. It cited a Cuban researcher who said the president’s abrupt reversal of his predecessor’s policies weakened America’s “national credibility and international trustworthiness”. A scholar from Mexico, quoted in the same article, complained of America’s rising expansionism.
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This article appeared in the China section of the print edition under the headline “A good start for China”
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