When Hillary Clinton resigned as U.S. secretary of state in 2013, Beijing wasn’t sorry to see her go. In her four years in office, the former first lady and senator had gained a reputation in China as a source of hostility in an administration that had otherwise tried to be accommodating.
In particular, Clinton rankled Beijing by rallying China’s neighbors against its maneuvers in the South China Sea. Shortly after she was succeeded by John Kerry, China’s state-controlled Global Times wrote that “for the Chinese people, the hard line of former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been unforgettable.”
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Source: European Voice
