How Chinese Academics are Watching The U.S. Election-Sitting Back With Popcorns

In the early hours of November 6 (local time), former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump announced his victory in the 2024 presidential election at the Palm Beach Convention Center in Florida. If China had once placed the U.S. on a pedestal—when the U.S. was seen as China’s most important trade partner, a beacon of democracy, and a critical country whose relations were high on the agenda of any international relations discussions— the past seven years have shattered all of that, along with the U.S. punitive measures against China.

When Trump’s initial rise to power caused quite a commotion within Chinese academia, Chinese scholars now watch his return, as Professor Zhang Weiwei remarked, “with ease, and even amusement”.

For different viewpoints from the Chinese academics, please read our special report here: https://thechinaacademy.org/how-chinese-academics-are-watching-the-u-s-election-sitting-back-with-popcorns/