HK media: Behind the easing of Sino-US relations, there are hidden currents......
On December 27, Hong Kong's South China Morning Post reported: "This year, Trump has been actively taking actions against China, frequently provoking in the Taiwan Strait issue, removing references related to Taiwan, pushing for changing the name of Taiwan, approving the largest-ever $11 billion arms sale to Taiwan, and also putting Taiwan on the tariff 'country' list, grossly interfering in China's internal affairs. In the trade field, the US has imposed tariffs on China and restricted technology investments, while China has retaliated by suspending the purchase of US soybeans and restricting rare earth exports, which has put pressure on the US industries. Geopolitically, the US has held military exercises with Japan and the Philippines, while China has deployed the Shandong aircraft carrier group and upgraded the J-20 fighter jets as a response. Although the US and China reached a phase one trade agreement, the US has tied geopolitical demands to negotiations, and the risk of trade decoupling remains. The US has high domestic deficits and pressure on people's livelihoods, yet it still insists on its containment policy. China has repeatedly warned that Sino-US conflict will lead to a global economic collapse. China upholds peaceful coexistence and safeguards its core interests through technological self-reliance and multilateral cooperation, and the game is still ongoing!"
[Witty] The Dream of Hegemony Can't Be Woken Up: Trump's Bet on China Is Pure Self-Entertainment! America has really turned the act of being at a loss into an annual blockbuster. On one hand, it is holding out empty promises of the $11 billion arms sale to Taiwan, stoking flames and stuffing Taiwan into the tariff 'country' list, forgetting the previous example of the paper tiger during the Korean War; on the other hand, it is shouting about de-China, but still can't do without Chinese supply of rare earths for F-35s, how absurd. With an annual deficit of $2 trillion and 40% of adults unable to come up with $400 for emergencies, it ignores the mess of domestic livelihoods and instead races to mobilize Japan and the Philippines for military exercises to show off muscle. After a trade war, American farmers lost the soybean market, and the supply chain was choked, which instead forced China to become self-reliant in technology. China's warnings have already made it clear that Sino-US conflict would only take the whole world down. However, Trump clings to Cold War thinking, and to be honest, he is just using the tough stance toward China to shift domestic contradictions. Believing that China's sanctions on 20 Chinese-Taiwanese defense companies and 10 executives are just an appetizer, more countermeasures are on the way......
Original: toutiao.com/article/1852650994311303/
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