Yeah the idea that there's some sort of grand Anti-China conspiracy alliance between Donald Trump and George Soros types is pretty amusing. As is the idea that it suddenly is sprouting up now... and that the CommieCough/WuFlu was an American biological attack meant to harm China and increase Anti-China sentiment.
Keep in mind, Trump has
always since he became a Republican against our trade policy with China (and most free trade in general) since at least 2011. He tweeted out back then
“China is neither an ally or a friend -- they want to beat us and own our country.” And it's not just China. He's been critical of NATO, of NAFTA, of White Supremicists (just had to throw that in there) and foreign wars in general both in Iraq and Afghanistan for
years.
And Anti-China sentiment has always been a thing. There was a boost of it actually in the wake of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. S
outh Park actually spoofed it in an October 2008 episode. In
2009 Pew Research actually released a poll (covering Council of Foreign Relations members versus the General Public) and while the elite viewed China as less of a threat, the General Public way back in 2008 had over half viewing China as a major threat by then. Over a quarter of them even stated China was a greater power then America was. Truth is there were loads of
political ads about China back in 2008 by both parties. Even then VP
Candidate Joe Biden got in on it. McCain, despite his strong foreign policy rhetoric (especially in regards to Russia) didn't dunk on China too much except in the debates.
Course shockingly Obama's policies after being elected weren't quite as strident... he had a bilateral meeting with the Chinese Premier on April 1st 2009 to work on the financial crisis recovery, including China praising Obama's ideas on the 2009 Stimulus, as well as cooperating with them on multilateral talks regarding North Korea and Iran and climate change and stating China wasn't really a 'currency manipulator.'
Then during the midterm elections of 2010,
Obama went to form and started criticizing China anew as did everyone else.
Strangely it popped up again in 2012, coinciding with that election season.
Remember the infamous Chinese Professor commercial by the Citizens Against Government Waste?
Yeah that was over a decade ago. It's almost reflective of the anti-Japanese stuff going on in the 80's and 90's when it looked like they were kicking American asses economically and it even featured in Robocop movies and Tom Clancy novels as well as political ads and debates.
Course China is a fair bit more of threat to American hegemony then Japan ever was at that time.
So yeah... this new Anti-China thing isn't all that new. It might be more pronounced but it's hardly a both sides conspiracy involving Trump and Soros types and tying the WuFlu as being a biological attack masterminded by the United States to discredit China more by the Trump Administration (and George Soros) seems to be a bit suspicious to me at the moment.