Noting that Sino-US relations had reached a delicate equilibrium thanks to years of careful management, an editorial in the paper warned that Trump "can make a lot of noise but that does not exempt him from the rules of the major power game," adding that he "does n't have sufficient resources" to be provocative with China.
"Global Times" brīdina, ka Tramps "var sacelt lielu troksni, bet tas neatbrīvo viņu no lielās varas spēles noteikumiem", un piebilst, ka Trampam neesot pietiekamu resursu, lai iesaistītos provokācijās pret Pekinu.