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“What you say is your party’s or your candidate’s policy towards maintaining a stable relationship with China in the future is separate from the discipline of how you operationalise that in office,” Mr Rudd said. “I find that in my own dealings with presidential aspirants past and present, they all have a pretty clear idea of that difference. I think all Americans, Republican and Democrat, are mindful always to the difference between declaratory policy and operational policy.” Mr Newsom has been constant in saying there should be “no divorce” between America and China, and has advocated “de-risking” over “de-coupling”. Former...