Striking a balance

As Donald Trump was heading out of the White House, China’s Xinhua news agency did not mince its words: ‘Good riddance to the current US administration and its final madness,’ it declared.

President Xi Jinping has called for a ‘healthy and stable’ relationship with the Biden administration, one that upholds principles of ‘no conflict’ and ‘no confrontation’.

Yet within days, Chinese warplanes were violating Taiwanese airspace and an American carrier group, led by USS Theodore Roosevelt, sailed into the area that Beijing regards as its own backyard.  […]

Striking a Balance