Experts are generally split on whether China is happy about Joe Biden’s election victory, but several factors suggest that a Biden White House is a bad omen for Beijing — and that will only further complicate North and South Korea’s relationship in the future.

U.S.-China relations under the Obama administration are a likely prologue for Biden’s future approach to China. Obama’s China policy was often referred to as “coopetainment”: the U.S. cooperated with China on economic development and environmental issues, but also adopted a containment posture through its military alliances in