Trump will listen to 5 people on 'friendship-enmity' with China, know their stand on Beijing.

Trump is now the President of America. In a few days, his stance will reveal how America will deal with the world's big countries, including India, Russia, and China, in the next four years. If you want to understand some indications of this yourself, then look at the people Trump has chosen to decide about which country. For example, the matter of China. Trump seems very keen to improve the relations between Washington and Beijing. First, he invited Xi Jinping to his swearing-in ceremony. Then, as soon as he became the President, he surprised everyone by putting the tariffs to be imposed on China on hold for the time being. Apart from Trump himself, it is possible that you will listen to 5 people on America's policy with China in the next four years, 'friendship-enmity'. Some of them are in favour of very strong relations with China, while many have very strict views about dealing with America's biggest rival country. Let us know who these five people are, and what has been their stance regarding China.
1. Elon Musk - Elon Musk, owner of Tesla and social media platform X and the world's richest person, has emerged as Trump's most trusted partner since the US presidential election. Trump has entrusted Musk with the responsibility of leading the advisory committee whose job is to run the US government effectively. There can be debate on how good Musk's relations with China are. But it is clear that the relations are not bad. As the owner of Tesla, Musk has tried a lot to establish close relations with China. The Chinese government has been giving large-scale subsidies and loans to Tesla. However, platforms like SpaceX, X are still banned in China. In such a situation, it is expected that Musk will advocate US-China friendship for these reasons and will find a big market in China. Musk is not a cabinet member in Trump's new government. But he can definitely act as a bridge between the Trump administration and Beijing. Recently, he also met China's Vice-President Han Zheng.
2. David Perdue - David Perdue has been a senator (member of parliament) from the US state of Georgia. At that time, he used to criticize China on issues related to trade, human rights, security. But now Trump has made him the new US ambassador to China. David has lived in Hong Kong for nearly four decades. He used to work here as a business officer. Since David is a leader of the Republican Party, he has been the target of Democrats for a long time for his time in Asia. Democrats accuse that while holding high positions in a company like Reebok, David took American manufacturing jobs to Asia. However, apart from this, some Chinese experts are of the opinion that David's long experience of living in Asia and a practical image will help in stabilizing US-China relations.
3. Howard Lutnick - Trump has appointed Howard Lutnick as the Commerce Secretary in the US government. Lutnick is the CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, a brokerage company associated with the American stock exchange Wall Street. His company is working with China. Due to trade relations with China, many questions have been raised on him. Questions like will he be influenced by China for some unreasonable reasons? Especially, will the export of American technology to China increase the problems of Washington? As a Commerce Minister, this question will hit him again and again. Lutnick says that if any such apprehension and criticism proves to be true, then he will resign from all the posts of his company. Lutnick is also an open supporter of the American tariff policy.
4. Mike Waltz - Trump has handed over the post of US National Security Advisor to Mike Waltz. He has held senior positions in the US Army's Special Forces. Talking about his stance, he has been a vocal critic of many policies of China. Waltz had demanded that the US boycott the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022. The reason behind this was human rights violations in China's Xinjiang province. At the beginning of the new year, he said that under America's strategy in the Indo-Pacific, it will continue to strengthen regional security alliances here. Also, the sale of American weapons to Taiwan will continue. That is, he does not seem to be in the mood to give a walkover to China from anywhere. But this week, Waltz has shown some scope for an agreement with China, which cannot be ignored. He did not rule out the possibility of China continuing to own TikTok. He just said that TikTok should ensure that the data is safe on American soil.
5. Marco Rubio – Marco Rubio is one of the most vocal voices against China in the US Parliament. Trump has entrusted Rubio with the responsibility of Secretary of State – Foreign Minister in his government. Rubio has replaced Antony Blinken. Rubio has been so tough on China that China imposed sanctions on him twice in 2020. He has not been able to visit China since then. The reason for this was his stance on Chinese actions in Xinjiang and Hong Kong. It is not yet clear whether China will lift the sanctions imposed on Rubio now that he has become the Foreign Minister. Rubio also supported the law in 2021 that talked about banning forced labor from people living in Uighur. Until recently, Rubio has been calling China the biggest threat to America's security. Rubio is also a critic of China's dominance in the global supply chain and considers it a big challenge for America.