It's conceivable that they had something like that in mind. They may be rewarding President Ma for policies that he has pursued, that in general have tended to favor closer relations between Taiwan and the mainland. Aaron Friedberg More Quotes by Aaron Friedberg More Quotes From Aaron Friedberg From the Chinese point of view, there is real uncertainty about what to expect from Trump. They are not sure, i think they worry that the new administration could be tougher and/or less predictable than its predecessor. At the same time, they do continue to talk about Trump as a deal maker, Trump as a pragmatist, they see him as more potentially more flexible, less ideological and therefore someone with whom they can make a deal. Aaron Friedberg top-news The Chinese are probably concerned that at the moment at least, the KMT is lagging far behind the opposition DPP in the polls. Aaron Friedberg most-read-articles It's almost exclusively because of developments in China and in China's behavior and in the region around China that people are really starting to wonder where the process is going. Aaron Friedberg politics It is almost like they are problems of different intensity burning at a different rate, in the grand scheme of things, Russia is a burned out case. Aaron Friedberg politics I do think we are seeing more and more indications that they are not a status quo power, ten years ago people were saying that they are learning to play by the rules, and it would be crazy of them not to. Pretty clearly they are not. Aaron Friedberg politics It's not that ISIS and Iran and Russia aren't problems, but in the long run, the bigger potential challenge is China. Aaron Friedberg politics
