Taiwan and trade: how China sees its future with the US after the election

Beijing does not see there being much difference between a Democratic- or Republican-controlled White House

Deciphering the obscure machinations of elite politics is a pursuit that western China-watchers are all too familiar with. But as the US election approaches, it is analysts in China who are struggling to read the tea leaves on what differentiates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump when it comes to their stance on the US's biggest geopolitical rival.

Commentators are calling it the vibes election. For Beijing, despite the cheers and whoops of Harris's campaign, her vibes are largely similar to Trump's.

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