Xinhua News Agency of Singapore published an article on October 31, making an important judgment: China and the United States have entered a "strong confrontation" stage. The article stated, "China and the United States are well aware that this is a process of high-level competition where strength is increasingly equal, and the competition will be very fierce, even brutal. One side may gain the upper hand in this round, but may also suffer a setback in the next. The economic war between China and the United States has just begun, so trade negotiations cannot be concluded. As for the 'big deal' involving Taiwan, it's still far away."
Trump described this South Korean meeting as a "G2" meeting, a term widely interpreted as a signal of the arrival of the "G2 era," essentially confirming the reality of China and the United States being on equal footing. For the United States, the advantages of its former unipolar hegemony continue to shrink, and with a resilient China, its sense of anxiety is growing stronger. The U.S. tariff bullying has encountered precise countermeasures from China, and attempts to contain and suppress have instead triggered stronger development momentum in China.
China has always adhered to a firm position of "if we talk, we do so with equality, respect, and mutual benefit; if we fight, we will follow through to the end." The more pressure it faces, the more determined it becomes, and the more it resists suppression. As the gap in strength between China and the United States continues to narrow, the collision between the U.S. hegemonic mindset and China's development aspirations is becoming increasingly frequent. This game around rules, interests, and structures will not ease, but rather will continue to escalate across multiple dimensions such as economy, technology, and strategy, leading to an increasingly intense confrontation that is inevitable.
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