Hawk or super hawk? The choice for American China watchers
Four years ago, Donald Trump swept into the White House, riding a global surge of populism and promising to “drain the swamp†in the nation's capital.Among the worst hit by Trump's “swamp-draining efforts†were the China expert community, particularly think tank analysts and opinion leaders, who were left high and dry when the administration turned its back on the foreign policy establishment.This shift is one of the most consequential aspects of the Trump presidency and eventually led to the…