
Republicans Pounding China More Than Democrats In US Election Rhetoric
China also made it into the major addresses at the 2024 Democratic National Convention. On the first night, President Joe Biden said that on coming into office,“the conventional wisdom was that China would inevitably surpass the United States.”
“No one is saying that now,” he added.
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris echoed this sentiment on the final night, claiming that if elected she would ensure that“America, not China, wins the competition for the 21st century.”
As an expert on how China is represented in US media culture and politics , I believe the fact that China is edging into the election rhetoric is of little surprise – nor is the imbalance in emphasis given to the country by the Democratic and Republican tickets, respectively.
Tried and tested election ploySince Biden's exit from the presidential race , the Democratic candidates have seemingly limited their references to China on the campaign trail, in contrast with their Republican counterparts.
Trump and his Republican allies have long mobilized the use of China to position themselves as anti-Communist and to burnish their“America first” credentials.
For Trump, especially, it is a tried and tested electoral ploy. In the run-up to the 2016 election, Trump invoked China so frequently that The Huffington Post produced a mashup video of the candidate repeating“China” 234 times.
This has continued into the current election cycle.

Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz has visited China about 30 times. Photo: Charly Triballeau / AFP via Getty Images
Aside from the frequent mentions in Trump and others' speeches, the 2024 GOP platform emphasizes“Secure Strategic Independence from China” as a key commitment, through limiting trade and investment and“countering China” to“return Peace through Strength.” In contrast, other perceived adversaries such as Russia and Iran received no mention in the official Republican platform.

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