Merle Goldman is the author of a forthcoming book, From Comrade to Citizen: The Struggle for Political Rights in China. She is an associate of the Fairbank Center for East Asian Studies at Harvard.
US President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to take a confrontational approach to China, with tariffs as his weapon of choice. But unless his administration adopts a measured approach, his plans may end up harming American businesses and consumers, undermining US democracy, or even leading to military confrontation.
