How will China respond to the 'chaos' of Trump? We might get some clues this week

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : Photo: AP> Since returning to office in January, Trump has made waves globally by withdrawing the US from international organisations like the World Health Organization, imposing tariffs on countries including China, and announcing plans to take over Gaza.
60% : Steve Tsang, director of the SOAS China Institute at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies, said it would be interesting to see how Beijing planned to respond to Trump and the opportunities he has created for Chinese foreign policy.
50% : But Chan said Wang "will likely use measured language that leaves open the possibility for dialogue between [Chinese President] Xi and Trump in the second quarter of this year".
44% : "With Trump mounting the most effective assault on the liberal international order, what will China do in taking advantage of it?" he asked.
44% : "Beijing recognises that it will need to engage directly with Trump at some point but it is content for now to play for time as China seeks greater clarity on Trump's strategic intentions and the issues that could be part of a grand bargain negotiation," he added.
42% : "We expect Wang to focus instead on championing multilateralism and global governance reforms," Chan said, adding that doing so would allow Beijing to contrast its support for free trade with Washington's "'America first' unilateralism" under Trump.
37% : Last week, Trump announced that he would not only impose the 10 per cent tariffs on all Chinese imports that he had threatened earlier, but that he would double them to an effective rate of 20 per cent.
34% : Trump had last month said that he expected his Chinese counterpart to visit the US though he did not offer any details of the timeline.
18% : Trump this week suspended military aid to Ukraine after his clash with Zelensky at the White House.

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