Subject: Re: Why China should like Trump
perhaps its a bit simpler.
last time trump had any positive actions toward china, he was rewarded with all sorts of deals (trademarks, RE, etc...) that had been in limbo for years when he was an NBC nobody.

in general, authoritarians coalesce because they garner outside support\cheerleaders towards common detrimental actions to their own people, and then as expedient or petty, harm to others. but it never hurts for authoritarians to get something for themselves, which i could easily foresee in any possible russia scenario with trump (all in the name of peace, of course).