Donald Trump’s China Connections Explained

Former President Donald Trump, whose policies on China hardened in his final year in office despite the inking of a historic trade agreement with Beijing, has had extensive commercial interests in the world’s most populous nation going back years, his tax records have revealed. Trump’s Chinese business connections, which didn’t stop his administration’s hawkish turn after the COVID pandemic exploded in the United States in early 2020, are likely to be scrutinized further as he presents his credentials for a third run for the White House’s top job while navigating ongoing American skepticism of Beijing, a mood he helped create…