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🇺🇸🇨🇳 China just published a triumphant report explaining why they're thanking Trump... A nationalistic Beijing think tank affiliated with Renmin University published a triumphant report titled "Thank Trump" earlier this year. It called him "an accelerator of American political decay" and argued his tariffs, attacks on allies, and assault on the political establishment have inadvertently strengthened China while weakening the U.S. The use of "American decline" in official Chinese sources nearly doubled in 2025. Even Chinese parents who once dreamed of Ivy League degrees for their kids are pulling back. A study-abroad consultant said the share of his students considering the U.S. fell from 80% to 45% in a decade. The most cutting analysis came from Shanghai International Studies University professor Huang Jing: "Only China can save Trump." With midterms looming, Trump needs visible wins like Chinese soybean and natural gas purchases. China sees an opening. Here's the catch though. Belief in U.S. decline hasn't made China aggressive. Two reasons. First, they think they can win by simply letting Trump fumble. Second, an unstable America is also unpredictable, and Beijing's export economy needs stability. The killer line from CFR economist Zongyuan Zoe Liu: Xi "is getting the United States he always wanted, and the America he most feared at the same time." That tension is the entire summit. Source: New York Times

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