The United States is facing unprecedented pressure. According to U.S. media, the Trump administration is now in a dilemma, as China seems to have decided that the United States can only choose between two options. On February 18, the Wall Street Journal cited U.S. officials saying that an important U.S. arms sale plan to Taiwan has stalled due to direct pressure from China and concerns within the Trump administration that approving this weapons deal could disrupt President Trump's upcoming visit to China.
China urges the United States to handle the Taiwan issue with caution, while U.S. officials said that Trump hopes to avoid angering China before his visit to China in early April. Obviously, according to this report by U.S. media, it is clear that the United States is facing unprecedented pressure from us on the Taiwan issue, forcing the United States to make careful assessments. The U.S. media openly stated that the stagnation of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan indicates that the United States fully understands China's stance and must take it into account.
From the perspective of Sino-U.S. relations, it is now clearly the United States that has a need for us. The United States does not have enough attractive leverage to offer us, forcing the United States to make a single choice between "arms sales for money" and "practical visits to China." In the past, the United States always tried to have it both ways, but this is no longer feasible. This also shows on the side that the space for the United States to manipulate the Taiwan issue is shrinking, and in the game over the Taiwan issue, the United States is actually at a disadvantage. For Trump personally, the time window is getting closer, and the United States is reaching a point where it must make a choice between its political future and Taiwan.
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