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    1. Li Yuan‏Verified account @LiYuan6 16 Apr 2019

      Trump built a large part of his political career on China-bashing & launched a trade war. So when I heard repeatedly that some Chinese biz & intellectual elites call him the "chief pressure officer" of China's reform & opening, I set out to find out whyhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/16/business/trump-china.html …

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    2. Li Yuan‏Verified account @LiYuan6 16 Apr 2019

      While the Party makes sure that the Chinese nationalism is imbued with public memories of the century of humiliation by the western imperialism and invasion, many Chinese also witnessed how China's reform and economic growth came hand in hand with opening up to the outside world.

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    3. Li Yuan‏Verified account @LiYuan6 16 Apr 2019

      They're worried that China's deteriorating relations with the U.S. and other Western countries could hurt the country's future development. They also understand the importance of the external influences on China's economic and political liberalization.

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    4. Li Yuan‏Verified account @LiYuan6 16 Apr 2019

      In the 40 years since the end of the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese Communist Party has largely been a reluctant reformer, often pushed and lured by internal and external forces.

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    5. Li Yuan‏Verified account @LiYuan6 16 Apr 2019

      These people grew increasingly uneasy about President Xi's almost absolute power and couldn't see any internal force that could make him rethink where he was taking China to. Then they saw how Trump was able to get some of his way with the trade war. They saw a glimpse of hope.

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    6. Li Yuan‏Verified account @LiYuan6 16 Apr 2019

      Some of the business people aren't necessarily fans of Trump. They joke about "Only Trump can save China" because they want a free ride if a trade deal can help curtail the role of the government in the Chinese economy.

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    7. Li Yuan‏Verified account @LiYuan6 16 Apr 2019

      But it doesn’t necessarily mean they like the other aspects of the U.S. policies toward China, including how the U.S. is trying to block the other countries from adopting Huawei-developed 5G networks.

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    8. Li Yuan‏Verified account @LiYuan6 16 Apr 2019

      Then there's the dissidents and liberal thinkers community (liberal in terms of classical liberalism). Many of them have seen the United States as the shining city on a hill, a beacon of freedom and human dignity since their youth in the 1980s.

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    9. Li Yuan‏Verified account @LiYuan6 16 Apr 2019

      They were disappointed that the previous U.S. presidents were too weak on China. They saw a game changer in Trump's tough rhetorics towards China and his subsequent trade war.

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      Li Yuan‏Verified account @LiYuan6 16 Apr 2019

      I've known some of these people for years. Trump is as much a polarizing topic on the dinner tables in this circle as in many American communities.

      6:56 AM - 16 Apr 2019
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        2. Li Yuan‏Verified account @LiYuan6 16 Apr 2019

          It felt surreal at times while listening to these graying men and women who have all the courage in the world to stand up to the powerful CCP - a few went to jail for their ideals - went on and on about how Trump could help change China or even save the western civilization

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        3. Li Yuan‏Verified account @LiYuan6 16 Apr 2019

          For them, China has changed tremendously in many ways. At the same time, it hasn't changed or changed for the worse in the past few years in terms of individual liberty and political liberalization.

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        4. Li Yuan‏Verified account @LiYuan6 16 Apr 2019

          They decided to put their hopes in a man who openly admires autocrats and calls journalists “the enemy of the people.” He's tough, they say.

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        5. Li Yuan‏Verified account @LiYuan6 16 Apr 2019

          But there're also people like Wang Gongquan,the billionaire investor who was among the 1st group of ppl who were detained/jailed after the party intensified the crackdown on dissent and civil disobedience six years ago.“We can’t count on the external force to save China,”he said

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        6. Li Yuan‏Verified account @LiYuan6 16 Apr 2019

          “Changes will only come,” Wang Gongquan added, “when responsible people inside and outside the government push for it together.”

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