Before Donald Trump’s re-election as US president, there was broad uncertainty over how he might approach China and how the Chinese might respond. Two months in, the picture remains just as murky.AdvertisementInitially, it appeared there was a consensus that Trump could continue and perhaps even ramp up his predecessor Joe Biden’s policies of competition against China, essentially a continuation of Trump’s own policies from his first term. Conversely, Harvard professor Graham Allison noted that Trump had uniquely praised China on the campaign trail. Allison suggested Trump genuinely wanted to improve bilateral ties.Since then, it seems Allison has been vindicated. Trump’s...