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    As China tensions rise, Trump and Biden spar for ‘tough guy’ mantle

    Jul 22, 2020 5 minutes

    On TV stations across the battleground state of Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump has been running ads that depict former Vice President Joe Biden as weak on China.

    There’s a smiling Mr. Biden clinking glasses with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, and then there he is telling “folks” that “China is not the problem.”

    Not to be outdone, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee has also been running ads in swing states blasting the president for going soft on China – in particular on the coronavirus pandemic. One ad reminds viewers that Mr. Trump initially praised Mr. Xi for the “very good job” he was doing to control the outbreak.

    Whether or not the ads actually sway any voters is an open question. But what the effort of the two candidates to out-tough each other

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