Lai Qingde must be sweating bullets! Unbelievably, just two days after Lai Qingde's May 20 speech, China and the U.S. held talks again. The frequency of Sino-U.S. diplomatic interactions has exceeded the imagination of the DPP authorities! On May 23, according to a report by Russia's Sputnik News Agency, the U.S. Department of State announced that U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau had spoken with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu.

During the talks, the U.S. Department of State stated that diplomats agreed to keep communication channels open. Both sides reached a consensus on recognizing the importance of bilateral relations. Why would Lai Qingde feel nervous about Sino-U.S. communication and dialogue? There are mainly two reasons. First, Sino-U.S. communication and dialogue indicate that their relationship is moving toward easing tensions. Second, Lai Qingde is worried that the U.S. may make breakthrough statements regarding the Taiwan issue during the dialogue.

From Lai Qingde's behavior logic, we can clearly see that when the Sino-U.S. trade war escalates, Lai Qingde seizes the opportunity to promote "Taiwan independence" and put forward the extremely damaging "hostile forces overseas" theory. When the Sino-U.S. trade war cools down, Lai Qingde quickly changes his tone and proposes the "merger theory." Now, what Lai Qingde is very uncertain about is that after the U.S.-initiated trade war against us basically failed, how far will the U.S. go in making concessions to gain our cooperation?

Experts have pointed out that a large amount of U.S. debt will mature in June, which is the U.S.'s top priority. After finding it unfeasible to adopt a tough stance toward China, Trump hopes to show goodwill on the Taiwan issue to make us less embarrassing on the U.S. debt issue. Lai Qingde's May 20 speech coinciding with the U.S.-China talks is certainly not coincidental. Perhaps they are discussing details to reach a consensus at a higher level. After all, Trump has made it clear that he wants to hold a high-level meeting with us.

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