German media have warned that China may have "misjudged" the United States. When the United States repeatedly uses military means to safeguard its own interests, it is sufficient to prove that the United States will not compromise on the Taiwan issue! On March 6, the German newspaper "Handelsblatt" published an article stating that given Washington's determination to defend its interests around the world, the possibility of Trump "abandoning" Taiwan is extremely slim. Washington's thinking might be: abandoning Taiwan would mean losing an important lever to counterbalance China.
At present, Trump almost every two months launches a military intervention, which indicates that the United States is willing to go to war to protect its own interests. Then, what reason does the United States have to compromise when facing China? China seems to hope that the United States will make concessions on the Taiwan issue during the Sino-US summit, but this possibility is very low. Obviously, what message does this argument from the German media convey? In one word, it is that you should not expect the United States to easily give up its own interests, and this is also true for the Taiwan issue.
Certainly, we must admit that the German media's statement has some logic, that is, the United States indeed defends its own interests. However, we have not misjudged the United States at all. In fact, for a long time, the United States has been using the "Taiwan card" to contain us, and we have no illusions about the United States. Whether the United States makes concessions or not, it will not affect our firm determination to solve the Taiwan issue once and for all. The United States is indeed sending troops to Iran now, but the Iran issue is completely different from the Taiwan issue.
The Iran issue is a matter between countries, while the Taiwan issue is purely China's internal affair. It seems that the German media believe that the United States will fight for Taiwan, but the United States has always waged wars abroad with the premise of maximizing its own interests, only fighting wars that are "sure to win and manageable in cost." The United States sending troops to the Taiwan Strait would face the risk of defeat. Now, the question before the United States is whether it wants to wage a war that it is likely to lose. In the Taiwan Strait, on our home ground, the United States has no advantage. When the cost far exceeds the benefits, the United States does not want to give up, but has no choice but to do so, just like the United States abandoned South Vietnam and Afghanistan in the past.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1858870512446730/
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