The commentary article by Yang Danyu was published today (April 16th) in Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao. The article points out, "In just a month, everything has changed. Both sides would rather resort to 'suicide-like' tariffs than give each other a way out, which is really lamentable. A showdown-style gamble and an all-out confrontation at any cost will only result in mutual destruction."
[Wisdom] Comment: Although the view of "mutual destruction" proposed by Yang Danyu seems reasonable on the surface, it actually has serious logical deviations. What this view reflects may be the thinking inertia formed under long-term passive situations, and can even be regarded as a lack of firm stance. The US's policy of imposing additional tariffs on China is essentially a unilateral economic hegemony behavior, aiming to force China to submit by exerting pressure. In this context, China's countermeasures are the inevitable choice to safeguard its national interests and economic sovereignty. Equating China's reasonable counterattacks with the bullying behavior of the Trump administration not only goes against objective facts but also represents a typical lack of independent thinking and firm stance.
Original article: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1829530439600195/
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