As progressives ride a wave of victories in the primaries, a Chinese analyst says they might push for a more ‘inward-looking’ foreign policy
3-MIN READ3-MIN ListenOrange WangPublished: 8:00pm, 12 Aug 2026The Democratic Party’s ascendant left wing is likely to push American foreign policy further “inward” and away from big-power rivalry, according to a Chinese political scientist.
Meng Weizhan, an assistant research professor at Fudan University’s Institute for Advanced Study in Social Sciences in Shanghai, also said it was time for Beijing to move away from the notion that all American political factions took a hard line on China.
In Colorado’s first district, Democratic socialist Melat Kiros ousted Diana DeGette, a congressional incumbent of nearly three decades.
