A growing number of Democratic presidential contenders are taking a tougher stance on China, as they slam President Donald Trump for not working with US allies to take on Beijing.
As Mr Trump claimed on Twitter at the weekend that China was “dreaming” that one of the 22 Democratic contenders would win the White House next year, Cory Booker, the New Jersey senator, and other candidates campaigning in New Hampshire — the state that holds the first primary in February — struck an increasingly harsh note on China.
Speaking in Berlin, a city in the north of the state that has lost much of its industry, Mr Booker described China as a “totalitarian regime” that had to be faced down.