"China will own the United States if this election is lost by Donald Trump," Trump, referring to himself in the third person, said earlier this month . "If I don't win the election, China will own the United States. Though Biden only mentioned China once in his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention last week, he has repeatedly denounced Trump for being weak on China. Polling shows the coronavirus is the top issue in the US election , superseding all else -- and some in Beijing may hope it drowns out Pompeo and Trump's attempts to make China a major topic. Beijing would rather not be a topic in this conversation at all, but Pompeo's speech shows that he and other Republicans are keen to make it a major election issue.

Source: CNN August 26, 2020 03:45 UTC