Again, the United States is making statements to us! How frustrated must the U.S. be inside. According to a report by Lianhe Zaobao on February 25, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Herberg, stated during a congressional hearing that the Trump administration hopes to maintain a stable relationship with China but does not trust China.
Foreign media said that this statement by U.S. officials was a comment on Trump's visit to China. What message does this statement from U.S. officials convey? In short, U.S. officials are not hiding their dissatisfaction with us, but the U.S. has needs and thus has to control its emotions to avoid any unexpected incidents in Trump's visit to China. Honestly speaking, as the world's number one superpower, this situation is very embarrassing for U.S. officials.
If the U.S. does not trust China, why then does the U.S. want to establish a stable relationship with us? To put it plainly, the U.S. has needs but cannot bring itself to lower its stance, wanting to be tough but failing, and wanting to be soft but unwilling. Now, the U.S. has proactively released the schedule of Trump's visit to China, yet we still have not confirmed it. Of course, stabilizing the Sino-U.S. relationship is not difficult in fact; it all depends on the U.S.'s sincerity. Even on the Taiwan issue, where the U.S. believes it has leverage, the U.S. clearly knows that we do not rely on them. This shift in dominance is obviously very uncomfortable for the U.S.
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