China’s Elite Love Trump, US Researcher Says

William Overholt, author of "China's Crisis of Success," speaks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington on Jan. 15, 2019. Wu Wei/NTD

WASHINGTON—China’s elite love President Donald Trump and hope he can put useful pressure on China to move reforms forward, a top American researcher said recently.

William Overholt, a senior research fellow at Harvard University’s Asia Center, said, “The Chinese elite love Trump. ... The United States elite hates Trump and the masses love him.” He said in China, the elite love Trump and the masses hate him for nationalistic reasons.