[Ragnar Danneskjöld]

I’m an expat living in China, and this article is dead on the money. It leaves out two details, however:

1) On a business level Trump will be well aware of the Chinese need to save ‘face’. Therefore whatever rhetoric or posturing we may perceive, is almost never what it seems. By giving Peng a way to preserve his respect, he is winning their respect also.

2) He is tall, handsome, blond, and a billionaire. He has a wife decades his junior, and beautiful children who are also smart and successful. He lives in a golden palace, flies in his own jets, and his granddaughter caused an internet sensation by singing in Chinese. In short, he is everything the Chinese aspire to be, rightly or wrongly.

[poconopundit]

Nice to hear from an ex-pat in China. Your perspective is valuable, so please continue being Free Republic's correspondent there. Somehow I don't trust Wolf Blitzer's interpretation of the Chinese scene.

I was studying on YouTube the First Lady of China, Peng Liyuan, and she is quite a remarkable woman, and apparently much more famous and popular than her husband, President Xi.

And I found a beautiful YouTube her, a kind of nationalist pride song which is beautifully sung. >p>The point is: she seems very much in line with Trump's thinking that nurturing national pride is very important. Click the picture below to see YouTube with the nationalist words below it:

The song is composed with great enthusiasm
The song is sung with our sincere love
The song excites us like burning fire in our hearts.
The song encourages us to go through hard times.
When the national anthem is sung.
When the national anthem is sung.
It is the rhythm of our life.
When the national anthem is sung
When the national anthem is sung
It is for the revival of the Chinese nationality
Advance, advance, advance
We keep on struggling in our life time.
The song leads us to our ideal.
The song inspires us to strive
The song gives us glories and dreams
The song leaves us unforgettable memories
When the national anthem is sung
When the national anthem is sung
It is the rhythm of our life...