Yeah, you were mistaken. What you are talking about was when China loaned property in New York that Trump co-owns more than $200 million that will come due in 2022.
Or maybe it was that 2012 deal that Trump attempted with State Grid Corp. of China to invest in a real estate development complex in the central business district of Beijing that was worth up to $1 billion. That deal fell through due to State Grid being investigated by China for using public land for the project.
Or perhaps what you were thinking about was that 2008 deal with the Chinese Evergrande Group to develop an office complex that also never came to fruition.
Or maybe you were thinking about Trump's attempt to establish for more than a decade trademark registrations in China to provide “construction-information,” essentially another term for real estate agent services, in that country, only to be met with a series of unsuccessful rulings and appeals. Since 2005, Trump has
applied for at least 130 trademarks in China, all of which—until recently—were met with zero success.
Shortly before taking office in Dec. 2016, Trump held a phone conversation with Taiwan's President about his personal businesses expanding into that country. This was an international policy taboo in relation to China, who refuses to recognize Taiwan as an independent country and warns other governments of publicly doing the same.
Shortly after that interaction with Taiwan, China issued one trademark application approval to Trump, and just a few days after that, Trump publicly
reversed his previous position and endorsed the “
one China” policy.
In March 2017, China
granted preliminary approval for 38 additional Trump trademarks, applications for which had been submitted in April 2016. This was not while Trump was campaigning for the Presidency. This was while Trump was holding the office of U.S. President.
Should I go on? This ain't even half of it....