A narrow Biden win plus a GOP Senate will work out just fine for Beijing. Their man sits in the White House and uses executive power to kneecap the U.S. economy while turning foreign policy in Beijing's direction. U.S. domestic policy stalemates are okay by China.
Biden will march the U.S. back into globalist institutions subverted and dominated by China. He'll strengthen Iran and move the Middle East back in a direction agreeable to Chinese policy. He'll end the crackdown on Chinese spying and political subversion in the U.S.
Biden will make a lot of noise about repairing relations with China and rebuilding trade. A lot of very sweet deals will flow Beijing's way. Their political narrative of the coronavirus will become entrenched with the collapse of U.S. resistance.
A Democrat Senate would have been much better - the Green New deal and garbage like that was China's checkmate move for the 21st Century - but Biden in the White House can, and will, do plenty for Beijing, and they'll profit from years of political strife in the U.S.
The big payoff will come if Biden tears the U.S. military down to find money for social programs and changes the balance of power in the Pacific. The People's Liberation Army just has to be patient for another year or two. /end

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