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11.17
From
China
and
Japan
to
the
smaller
nations
of
southeast
Asia,
the
region's
leaders want to know whether Trump will
make good on his campaign promises and
potshots, which have the potential to
shake up alliances, upend the geopolitical map
and risk all-out conflict.
Shinzo
Abe,
Japan's
prime
minister,
has
been
quick
to
sense
deep
shifts
in
US
interests.
He will be the first Asian leader to meet Trump in
person on Thursday on
route to the APEC
summit in Peru, when he'll try to safeguard the
alliance between
the US and Japan.
offense easily and he will want to set
a positive tone. He didn't have good chemistry
with Obama,
During
the
campaign,
Trump
stunned
Japan
and
South
Korea,
two
of
American's
strongest allies,
by suggesting they were free-riding on US security
commitments.
Particularly
jaw-dropping were the suggestions that Japan,
which until last year had a
pacifist
constitution,
should
obtain
nuclear
weapons
to
protect
itself
from
North
Korea.
Kingston.
2. How
will Trump deal with China?
China has been a campaign
trail punching bag for Trump. He threatened an
all-out
trade
war
with
Beijing,
which
he
has
accused
of
the
US.
And
Beijing
is
braced for Trump's blows, at least
initially.
Trump's
presidency,
he
might
bash
China
to
establish
authority
as
a
new
commander-in-chief,
However,
Shen
Dingli,
vice
dean
of the
Institute
of
International
Affairs,
Shanghai's
Fudan
University,
is
skeptical
that
Trump
will
make
good
on
his
campaign
rhetoric
given
the
deep
ties
between
the
world's
two
biggest
economies.
trade
war
is
inconceivable,
continue to be smart and
won't want to hurt his chances to be re-
elected.
expects Trump to focus more on
his domestic priorities, making the US less likely
to
tussle
with
China
over
issues
like
the
South
China
Sea.
President
Barack
Obama's
pivot to Asia was
deeply unpopular in China.
The Global Times painted Trump as an
isolationist who, with a highly divided nation
at home, would be
a major
power won't be determined to make troubles
outside,
Others have
suggested that Trump, who has advocated torture,
is less likely than his
predecessors to
take China to task over human rights abuses.
Kingston said Trump's
reception in
China will ultimately depend on whether he
delivers on the tough talk
on trade.
he does,
he
will find
it
difficult
to
work
with
China.
Trump
has
a
short
fuse, he
could be easily
manipulated and that could lead to
conflict.
has gifted them (China) global
influence.
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