US President Donald Trump may be bugging Beijing with his tweets but his daughter Ivanka is winning Chinese friends and is set to influence bilateral ties after her formal appointment to the White House….
US President Donald Trump may be bugging Beijing with his tweets but his daughter Ivanka is winning Chinese friends and is set to influence bilateral ties after her formal appointment to the White House. Chinese analysts said the 35-year-old businesswoman, who confirmed on Wednesday that she would be an unpaid adviser in her father’s administration, played an important role in helping counter her father’s combative approach towards Beijing. The former model has been on a charm offensive with China, using her children to help woo the Chinese public. In February, as observers wondered why Trump did not follow precedent and send a personal Lunar New Year greeting to the Chinese community, Ivanka made a surprise visit to the Chinese embassy in Washington with her five-year-old daughter, Arabella Kushner. Ivanka also posted a clip online of Arabella holding a Chinese puppet and singing a Lunar New Year song in Putonghua. Then on Monday, Ivanka posted a picture on Instagram of her celebrating her son Theodore’s first birthday by sharing Chinese “long life” noodles, with the caption: “Birthday tradition! #noodlesforlonglife.
