Donald Trump’s victory will have major consequences in East Asia, where the Biden administration has tried to urge countries surrounding China to collectively blunt Beijing’s rise as a military power. Attempting to “checkmate” China, as President Joe Biden puts it, has been painstaking work. Asian leaders now wonder: will Trump keep it up? The World’s Patrick Winn reports.
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