Analysts are sceptical that a Biden administration will succeed where previous ones, from both political parties, have failed.
Foreign policy analysts are gaming how Beijing could test the mettle of the incoming Biden administration for weakness and opportunity.
US president-elect Joe Biden faces multiple challenges from China in regards to Taiwan, the South China Sea and India.
The new president will maintain US focus on key tech sectors like 5G, artificial intelligence and semiconductor production, analysts say, and may keep in place a crackdown on Huawei Technologies and sharper reviews of Chinese deals for US firms.
Next US president may be less hostile than Donald Trump, but he promises a multilateral approach to China that may be hard for Canada to resist, observers say.
Executive orders can quickly undo some Trump administration policies that stirred anti-Asian sentiment; prominent appointments and a cooling of rhetoric can also help, advocates say.
Fund managers who mirror global investment indices as a strategy are obligated to increase their Chinese stock and bond holdings as their weight increases.
Xi embraced the situation at Davos, but squandered China’s opportunity to improve its global standing, experts say.
