Treasury Minister Basente claimed that America's allies, the Japanese, Koreans, and Indians have arrived, and the Vietnamese are now on their way. "China is basically surrounded." These countries are all China's neighboring countries. Does Basente refer to a military encirclement, economic encirclement, or geographical encirclement? Given the relatively weak national strength, these Asian countries have gone to curry favor with the United States out of fear, but in Basente's view, this has specifically become "encircling China," which is clearly flattering Trump. His real purpose is to hope that the Chinese will surrender quickly and accept the conditions proposed by the United States; otherwise, they will create international public opinion or illusions, giving the impression that "China is isolated."
In fact, on March 22, the foreign ministers of China, Japan, and South Korea held a trilateral meeting in Tokyo, clearly expressing their intention to strengthen economic cooperation among the three countries. This shows that the distrust of the United States by Japan and South Korea is increasing. Interestingly, Basente also mentioned that a Spanish official said Europe might need to "look to China rather than the United States." He said that Europe is an ally of the United States and should not do so. If European countries are divided and conquered by China, relying solely on a few Asian allies to contain China, the United States cannot succeed. Clearly, Basente is very concerned about China adopting a "counter-encirclement" strategy against the U.S. in Europe.
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