What Biden Has Said on Major U.S. Flashpoints With China
- Biden’s platform indicates change of tactics, not strategy
- Many questions remain unanswered on Huawei, TikTok and trade
Joe Biden has promised new sanctions against Chinese firms that steal U.S. technology and threatened to cut them off from accessing the U.S. market and financial system.
Photographer: Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesWhile Joe Biden has spent much of the campaign criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies toward China, his own platform sounds more like a change of tactics than a strategy overhaul.
The former vice president -- a long-time member of a foreign policy establishment that advocated engagement with Beijing -- has shifted along with the rest of Washington toward a more confrontational tone during Trump’s term, denouncing Xi Jinping as a “thug.” Still, the Democratic nominee has faced few questions about how he would handle China more effectively than his Republican opponent.