Baichuan Forum – Charm

Trump return to power in US may raise risk of escalation in South China Sea, analyst warns

Cs news3 months ago03 mins

The risk of conflict in the South China Sea may increase if Donald Trump steps up military activity in the disputed waterway because of the lack of legally binding rules over air and sea encounters, a Chinese maritime affairs analyst has warned. Wu Shicun, founder of the National Institute for South China Sea Studies, said…

China’s biggest Trump 2.0 threat would be changes led by Elon Musk, adviser warns

Cs news3 months ago02 mins

China’s biggest risk during Donald Trump’s second term as president would be US government overhauls driven by tech billionaire Elon Musk, a leading Chinese political scientist and policy adviser to Beijing has warned. As a countermeasure, China should expand unilateral opening-up measures towards countries including the United States, Zheng Yongnian, dean of the School of…