The Democratic Party’s ascendant left wing is likely to push American foreign policy further “inward” and away from big-power rivalry, according to a Chinese political scientist. Meng Weizhan, an assistant research professor at Fudan University’s Institute for Advanced Study in Social Sciences in Shanghai, also said it was time for Beijing to move away from the notion that all American political factions took a hard line on China. The progressive former public health official will face Republican candidate Mike Rogers in autumn. In June , former New York City comptroller Brad Lander beat US representative Dan Goldman, while Democratic socialist Darializa Avila Chevalier unseated US representative Adriano Espaillat, with housing, public services, anti-corporate politics and Israel policy emerging as central campaign issues. In Colorado’s first district, Democratic socialist Melat Kiros ousted Diana DeGette, a congressional incumbent of nearly three decades.