Julia McFarlane
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first heard Nov 2025
last heard 16 Jan
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I mean, it generally does anyway, any kind of interactions between US and Taiwanese officials.
diplomatic meetings between these as provocative, as ways of provoking China directly.
I mean, in the past, what we've seen is China has sent its military out encircling Taiwan and threatening military activity whenever there's been meetings between US and Taiwanese officials.
Let's zoom out a little, Kerry.
I mean, when you look at Chinese social media, what does the average Chinese citizen make of President Trump and his America First policies and how they are impacting the wider world?
Well, I would say they have changed a lot since Trump's first presidency.
So in the past, Trump used to be a kind of love to hate figure in China.
People often actually used to call him on platforms like Sina Weibo, which is China's equivalent of a platform like Facebook, Comrade Trump.
And there used to be a lot of discussion about him.
People used to generally talk about how they think that Trump's policies back then were in a way able to benefit China.
But the messaging's really changed, I would say, in the last year since Trump entered his second term.
There's been a real emphasis on one phrase I see quite often in state newspapers is unilateralism, this idea that the US wants to dominate other countries, particularly smaller nations.
And media are much more, social media users as well, much more angry about Trump now, very critical.
You'll often see him described as a madman on these platforms today.
People will say that he's looking to bring war to the world for his own selfish aims.
So there's a really different messaging now.
When people read about Trump, they actually feel quite passionately angry and quite concerned about whether he might bring war close to China, much as they see him doing in regions like Iran.
Kerry Allen.
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