Why China Loves Trump

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Dorothy Wickenden
The Political Scene | The New Yorker | Dec 21, 2017

The Administration is withdrawing from commitments abroad. Evan Osnos joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss how China is vying to supplant the U.S. as the world’s most powerful economic and political power.

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