Why the U.S. tensions with Beijing are unlikely to improve?

The U.S.-China relations under the Biden Presidency and what are the workarounds

President Joe Biden’s friendship with China created the illusion that he would start healing the U.S.-China relations battered by President Trump. However, the cold reality of Washington politics has disappointed optimists on foreign relations.

The incoming Presidency will not reset the worsening bilateral relations because Biden’s China policy is subject to personal campaign premises, institutional constraints, and the strategic environment.

Not so China-friendly as you think

The loud voice of Trump’s anti-China rhetoric couldn’t cover Biden’s tough talks on Beijing. Throughout his campaign, Biden called China’s Xi a “thug,” criticized China’s human rights violations, and promised to assemble an international alliance to “pressure, isolate and punish China.”

Unlike Trump’s confrontation, Biden’s tough approach towards China will follow the Democratic tradition of engagement and multilateralism, which engages regional allies via international institutions. In their transition website, the Biden-Harris team singled out China as where the pandemic threats are coming from. They also planned…