How Ivanka Trump Could Become Instrumental In Helping U.S.-China Relations
- 7 years ago
President Trump has, at times, been critical of China, but there are indications his daughter Ivanka could play a positive role in those relations.
President Trump has, at times, been critical of China, but there are indications his daughter Ivanka could play a positive role in those relations.
In fact, the International Business Times is speculating that with her new job in the White House, “she might soon become a major influence on bilateral ties between the two countries.”
This possibility was echoed by the South China Morning Post in a piece which says, “The former model has been on a charm offensive with China, using her children to help woo the Chinese public.”
For example, Ivanka commemorated her son’s first birthday by posting a photo of them eating noodles which, in Chinese culture, symbolizes long life.
A few weeks ago, she released a video of her five-year-old daughter singing a new year’s song in Chinese while playing with a native puppet.
That video, along with another one from last year where the little girl recites a poem in the Asian language, was reportedly very popular in China, notes The Independent.
As Liu Weidong, a fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ Institute of American Studies, told the South China Morning Post, “Ivanka Trump has quite a positive image among Chinese. She caters to the emotional needs that the Chinese people have due to the uncertainties of the Sino-US diplomatic relationship.”
Meanwhile, the New York Times reports that her husband, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, seems to be a favorite among Chinese officials as a way to gain access to the president who, the article says, they find to be “bewildering.”
Trump is scheduled to meet with China’s President Xi Jinping in Florida on Thursday.
President Trump has, at times, been critical of China, but there are indications his daughter Ivanka could play a positive role in those relations.
In fact, the International Business Times is speculating that with her new job in the White House, “she might soon become a major influence on bilateral ties between the two countries.”
This possibility was echoed by the South China Morning Post in a piece which says, “The former model has been on a charm offensive with China, using her children to help woo the Chinese public.”
For example, Ivanka commemorated her son’s first birthday by posting a photo of them eating noodles which, in Chinese culture, symbolizes long life.
A few weeks ago, she released a video of her five-year-old daughter singing a new year’s song in Chinese while playing with a native puppet.
That video, along with another one from last year where the little girl recites a poem in the Asian language, was reportedly very popular in China, notes The Independent.
As Liu Weidong, a fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ Institute of American Studies, told the South China Morning Post, “Ivanka Trump has quite a positive image among Chinese. She caters to the emotional needs that the Chinese people have due to the uncertainties of the Sino-US diplomatic relationship.”
Meanwhile, the New York Times reports that her husband, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, seems to be a favorite among Chinese officials as a way to gain access to the president who, the article says, they find to be “bewildering.”
Trump is scheduled to meet with China’s President Xi Jinping in Florida on Thursday.