Within the savage context of what he can do in China, their president Xi has been a remarkably strong, wise "leader" (especially when viewed from the context of previous "leaders" in his position). The PRC is an oligarchy so not even Xi has free reign to do whatever he wants. He must to some degree be a pragmatist administrating as best he can over 90% chaos that is Chinese power.
That being said the PRC is still really more of an enemy of the USA than simply an adversary/competitor. Xiden and the 'Crats have always been brown-nosers to vicious tyrants. 'Crat politics has always been driven by cold-blooded opportunism, which makes the PRC an irresistibly attractive benefactor.
Slick Willie Clinton also had a fetish for "doing business" with tyrants, especially the ever-ready ChiComs. Sucking *ss to dictators is not just Xiden's problem, it's the 'Crats chronic problem. But don't get me going on some of the worst RINOs - McConnell, Ryan et al "getting their beaks wet" in and being handed their very own little buckets to dip into the infamous Chinese Money River.
