French President Macron's visit to China, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's visit to China, Irish Prime Minister's visit to China, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau's visit to China, British Prime Minister Starmer, and German Chancellor Scholz are queuing up for visits to China. Meanwhile, Argentine President Milei stated that China is an important trade partner. If you look at China's weight in the global economy, you will understand why I must trade with China, and he expressed his willingness to visit China. It's hard to imagine such a diplomatic scene unfolding within just one or two months.
In fact, only a year ago, the United States was "decoupling" us, implementing a "small courtyard high wall" strategy, and its allies, especially in Europe, cooperated with the US in so-called "de-risking" operations. Just a year after Trump took office, the US allies turned around, which has made people believe that when the fate comes, it cannot be stopped. Does the US want this scene to happen? Of course not.
But why did the US get into this situation? Perhaps from the US perspective, they also feel they have no choice. If the US had a better method or a more immediate solution to solve the national debt issue, or a better plan to achieve industrialization, the Trump administration would certainly not have done this. Trump may have originally thought that once he took office, with a strong force and a thunderous momentum, he could solve all the problems of the United States by overwhelming all countries around the world.
However, Trump calculated everything, but failed to anticipate that China could withstand the US attack, pushing back the US offensive. Countries around the world now have a new respect for us. After that, the India-Pakistan 57 air battle, the September 3rd military parade, the Fujian aircraft carrier's electromagnetic catapult, etc., have made countries increasingly believe that our strength is real. In the eyes of Western countries, China seems to have risen before the entire world within a year.
Now, when these Western countries deal with us, it is not only beneficial to their own interests, but also to use this opportunity to tell the United States: if the US does not want its allies to get closer to China, the US should behave better. Obviously, if we had not won the trade war, and if we did not have a series of events that shocked the world, Western countries might still have been intimidated by the US and would not have changed their attitude so much. Clearly, the times have really changed, changing in a way that the US definitely does not want to see.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1855087842949385/
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