New US officials could bring back rational approach to relations with China: experts
Antony Blinken, reportedly the incoming secretary of state selected by US President-elect Joe Biden, and potential national security advisor Jake Sullivan appear to be "old faces," some Chinese experts said, and they are likely to take a more rational and pragmatic approach toward China given their past experience of handling foreign affairs.
Biden is expected to announce his cabinet picks on Tuesday, which will push forward the presidential transition, according to US media reports. For secretary of state - who carries out the US president's foreign policies - he is expected to nominate Blinken, who was the deputy secretary of state under the Obama administration and is a veteran national security advisor, the reports said, citing people familiar with the matter.
"Given his [Blinken's] previous rhetoric on China-related issues and his past experience, his stance is softer than that of the current administration, which is likely to create a positive environment for the China-US relationship," Diao Daming, an associate professor at the Renmin University of China in Beijing, told the Global Times on Monday.
Blinken recently pledged to build stronger economic ties with the island of Taiwan and he said full decoupling from China was "unrealistic," in contrast to the approach from President Donald Trump.
"He won't be as provocative as the Trump administration on some of the issues of concern, like the Taiwan question, but the Democrats may take the island as an example on ideological matters," Diao said.
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