Tariffs, tech and Taiwan: how China hopes to Trump-proof its economy

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : On Thursday China's president, Xi Jinping, congratulated Trump on his victory and said that the two countries must "get along with each other in the new era", according to a Chinese government readout.
50% : During the campaign, Trump promised to impose tariffs of 60% on all Chinese imports, which could affect $500bn worth of goods, asset managers PineBridge Investments suggested to Reuters.Yu Jie, a senior research fellow at Chatham House, said that policymakers in Beijing have been preparing for a Trump victory for months.
38% : "Trump 2.0 is likely to be more destructive than the 2017 version," said Wang Dong, a professor of international relations at Peking University, in a pre-election interview with Chinese media.
37% : With Trump in the White House, "there will be no violence in Taiwan," said Shen Dingli, a senior international relations scholar in Shanghai.
37% : But in an interview last month, Trump said that that he wouldn't have to use military force to prevent a blockade on Taiwan - one mooted option for a possible Chinese attempt at annexing it - because Xi "respects me and he knows I'm f -- crazy", he was quoted as saying.
34% : "He does not want the US to be taken advantage of," Huang said, suggesting that if Trump were to commit US forces to defend Taiwan against China, it would be purely to protect US interests.
29% : Economy minister JW Kuo said the impact on the businesses otherwise would be "quite large".Drew Thompson, senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam school of international studies says Trump would be unlikely to use Taiwan as a bargaining chip in any "deal" with Xi.
27% : Trump has claimed that he could end the war "in 24 hours".
24% : But many US allies fear the more likely outcome is that Trump reduces the flow of military aid to Ukraine, or pressures Kyiv to accept a deal in which it loses control of some territory to Russia.
22% : The trade war "will be worse than the first term of Trump," Yu said.
16% : However earlier this year Trump called into question the US's continued support of Taiwan, accusing it of stealing American semiconductor industry, and suggesting Taiwan should pay for US protection.

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