After the fact, they began to make amends! Following the substantive consensus reached between China and the United States, on May 13th, the U.S. Embassy in China published an article claiming that what Trump wants to achieve is a deal, but this does not mean that we want to suppress China. The U.S. side stated that over the past forty years, we have done our best to help China grow. Now, all the president wants to do is create a fair competitive environment where our workers can compete under fair conditions. Everything the president has done is for this purpose.

What do we think about this statement from the U.S. side? To be honest, this is nothing more than a unilateral attempt by the U.S. to make up for its actions. The U.S. side claims that this does not mean we want to suppress China. However, whether or not the U.S. is suppressing China, we are well aware of it. If the U.S. truly did not want to suppress China, why did they increase tariffs to 145% in the past month, reaching an inconceivable level?

Obviously, we will not pretend that nothing happened just because U.S. policies have been adjusted. China's development is the result of our hard work and the correct path we have taken. It does not come from anyone's favor. If the U.S. had truly done their best to help us, it would be unimaginable for them not to cooperate with us in the space sector, to blockade us in the chip sector, and to continue arms sales to Taiwan. Is this something a country that has genuinely done their best to help us would do?

The U.S. manufacturing industry is facing difficulties, and they blame these problems on us. But we want to say, are American citizens willing to take on jobs such as clothing, shoe production, and assembly work for mobile phones and computers? Clearly, the cost of manufacturing in the U.S. is higher, and infrastructure is aging, which are the most basic problems facing U.S. manufacturing. Blaming China for these issues cannot conceal these facts. Clearly, they are extorting and bullying us, now claiming it is for fair competition, but this post-facto attempt to make up for it is undoubtedly unconvincing!

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