Within days of taking office, Biden signed a dizzying array of executive orders, two of which have to do with China: one repeals Trump‘s ban on buying risky equipment from other countries to secure the U.S. electric grid, which of course includes Chinese grid equipment. The second is Biden’s proposal to send a new ambassador to China, a candidate who is allegedly gay.
At the beginning of his administration, Biden showed an exasperated mindset, signing fifteen executive orders in one breath within hours of taking office, eager to fulfill his campaign promises on the one hand, to appease the far left in the Democratic Party on the other, and, in addition, of course, to correct the political bias left by Trump.
But these executive orders are haphazard and unfocused, hitting one thing out of the east and another out of the west. Some of them should have been made only after careful consideration, such as those on illegal immigration, which did not reach a consensus among the nation and the parliament, and hurriedly launched with consequences, and the cancellation of Canada‘s pipeline plan, which also started from the concept without regard to the big picture.
As for the two related to the Chinese Communist Party, they are also painless. Trump initially set some restrictions to protect the security of the U.S. power grid, which would have been unjustifiable, could it be that Biden wants the U.S. power grid to be insecure? Repealed Trump’s ban, of course, to the benefit of grid operators, but once the U.S. and China conflict, the grid has a weak point manipulated in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party, what is the benefit to the United States? This is where Biden can not justify himself.
Of course, the power grid business and Biden may have what collusion, perhaps sponsor his candidacy, now return the favor, is also a way of operation of the U.S. government. Although the ban is lifted, it does not mean that the Chinese Communist Party’s equipment will be unhindered, how to implement the specific, but also depends on the actual needs and costs of operation and many other factors. On the surface, there is one less ban related to the Chinese Communist Party, that’s all.
As for sending an ambassador to Beijing, it is also more symbolic than substantive. The U.S. and China have diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level, and Trump’s recall of the ambassador is a gesture of estrangement from the Chinese Communist Party in the name of helping with the election. Only Trump could do such a thing, meaning a threat. If you dare to cross me, I dare to recall the ambassador, and if you dare to make bad things happen, I dare to do something even more unbearable to you.
The vacancy of the U.S. Ambassador to China, with only the Chargé d’affaires left in charge, is of course abnormal. Sooner or later, the Ambassador should be allowed to return to his official duties and return to normal relations, which is why the CCP did not reciprocate by recalling Ambassador Cui Tiankai after Trump recalled the Ambassador.
The fact that Biden is now talking about putting a new ambassador in place (which has not yet been confirmed) is only a way to return U.S.-China relations to normal, not to upgrade them.
Biden’s move to send a gay man to China as ambassador is unprecedented and smacks of stirring up trouble. Biden’s Democratic Party is the focus of left-wing thinking in the United States, and the legalization of homosexuality has long been a non-issue in the United States, but homosexuality is far from legalized in China, and same-sex Marriage is even further out of reach. The United States has sent a gay man to the Chinese Communist Party, which is a little bit of a challenge and a little bit of a problem for the Chinese Communist Party’s diplomatic efforts.
I don’t know if the gay ambassador is a “gentleman” or a “lady”, but he is a “gentleman” with a male “lady” by his side. He is a “gentleman” with a male “lady” by his side, and he is a “lady” with a male “gentleman” by his side, which would be an awkward and embarrassing issue in any Chinese diplomatic occasion. How should the Foreign Ministry introduce him? What should the Chinese media report?
If the news reaches mainland society, it will have a considerable impact, causing social uproar and excitement among China’s gay community, and with civil society working together, the pressure to legalize homosexuality will soar and the government will have another problem.
Did Biden deliberately create a problem for the Chinese Communist Party? No one knows, except that China’s Foreign Ministry’s Hua Chunying and Zhao Lijian will have to face another headache in the face of sharp questions from foreign journalists.
The U.S.-China relationship in Biden’s dynasty is not yet visible. If he wants to back out, he will have to face the pressure of the country and Congress, and face the party’s accountability, but he is not expected to come up with anything big enough to reverse the poor relationship between the US and China. Therefore, at most, he will only mend the situation, focus on small things, and keep the big things conservative, so that after a year or two, when the situation becomes clearer, then make sense.
Biden is not a big open and big people, character warm water, and a little old ignorance, more than one thing is better than less, so there will be no big moves. Taiwan and Hong Kong, will also maintain the status quo, maintain a position and posture, more talk and less work, and so on.
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