Renowned China Expert Says Trump’s Reagan-Inspired Four-Year Strategy With China Could Secure Major Concessions

China expert and Hudson Institute analyst Michael Pillsbury said Friday on Fox News that President-elect Donald Trump’s comprehensive strategy to engage China could prompt major concessions from the country.

During an appearance on “The Ingraham Angle,” Pillsbury said Trump’s approach reminds him of a diplomatic style reminiscent of Ronald Reagan’s era.

“The president-elect Trump is revealing his China strategy for the whole next four years. And it’s brilliant. It’s taken part of it out of “The Art Of The Deal,” part of it’s out of President Trump’s admiration for Ronald Reagan and Reagan’s negotiating style,” Pillsbury said. “We put a lot of pressure on the adversary, even intimidate him, but always leave a way out and have respect and finally get agreements so that we saw Reagan.”

Drawing parallels to Reagan’s tactics, Pillsbury said the balance of pressure and respect in negotiations is strategic.

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“We know he went from the evil empire and the ash bin of history to saying that it was a long time ago. Now we had a new era and eventually get the collapse of the Soviet Communist Party,” Pillsbury said, referring to Reagan’s previous approach.

Pillsbury added that China’s actions signal a respect toward Trump’s administration and could potentially lead to significant concessions from China. He said that this potential de-escalation could lead to breakthroughs in areas where China has traditionally resisted American interests.

“I think President Trump is revealing today how he’s gonna manage things. And, frankly, what we can look for now is this very dangerous encirclement every day of Chinese Communist jet fighters and ships around Taiwan. Sometimes 20, sometimes 30 bombers and ships. If that’s reduced in the near term, that will be a gesture of respect toward President Trump,” Pillsbury said. “I think we’ll be on the right track to get a lot more concessions from China in all the other areas where they’ve been working against