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More and more people expect that Donald Trump is coming back as U.S. president. This prospect has spawned buzz words in Japan using an abbreviation of the former president's name: First it was "moshi Tora" or "if Trump" and then it became "hobo Tora" or "almost Trump." American public opinion polls seem to show that tendency also.
While certain countries are trying to entrench the current world order, there is a vast transition taking place that will alter the global balance of power and efforts to stop it are akin to putting a finger in the proverbial dyke.
Whether Taiwan will see a change of government, currently led by the independence-leaning party, as a result of the Jan. 13 presidential election has drawn attention, but the poll's outcome may only have a limited impact on Sino-U.S. ties.
U.S.-China relations are growing more and more important from a global standpoint, even as they become increasingly difficult to manage.
The odds are increasing that America's 2024 presidential election will be a re-run of 2020 -- President Joe Biden vs. former President Donald Trump. In the Republican Party, Trump now lea