China state-run newspaper the Global Times ridiculed DeSantis just days after he pledged to end China's preferential trade status if elected president.
DeSantis, who is running in the 2024 GOP presidential primary, has positioned himself as a staunch opponent of China as governor andaimed at counteracting the"malign influence of the Chinese Communist Party in the state of Florida.
Florida Governor and 2024 presidential candidate Ron DeSantis speaks at the Republican Party of Iowa's 2023 Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa, on July 28. Chinese state media dismissed the governor's presidential campaign on Sunday, mocking him as a"M-size" version of former President Donald Trump."If the real Donald Trump is an L-size candidate, then Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is an M-size Trump," the opinion piece reads.
Ding wrote that DeSantis appeared to be an"XL-sized candidate" when he first announced he is running for president in May when his campaign"appeared to be in full swing," but that his polices failed to"get him out of Trump's shadow." He ripped DeSantis's China policies as nothing new for American politicians, who have sought to build up the United States' presence in the Indo-Pacific region with the aim of competing with China.
"DeSantis has yet to offer anything new. His proposals to end China's preferential trade status, ban the export of US intellectual property and prevent US companies from sharing key technologies with China are no different from what Trump has already done and what thereached out to the DeSantis campaign via email for comment.
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