Kamala Harris has secured enough support from democratic delegates to run as the party’s presidential candidate for Beijing a Harris win in November May mean continuity in China with President Biden’s moves to expand tariffs and restrict the Asian nation’s access to strategic technology but unlike Trump or Biden she’s also a relatively unknown quantity for Beijing she’s only met Chinese leader Shen ping on the sidelines of a summit in Thailand and hasn’t visited Beijing in her current role on Chinese social media the bye-bye Biden #garner some 490 million views as Citizens try to make sense of what the ship means for their country so far State back news outlets and internet users characterizer as a weak vice president whose candidacy doesn’t present a major threat to the world’s number two economy still a Harris win is unlikely to make things any easier for China she’s unlikely to back down on her predecessors push to constrain Chinese power meaning ties between Beijing and Washington aren’t expected to improve