Shi Qiping sees through it clearly! Shi Qiping stated that the U.S. attitude towards China is undergoing a noticeable change! Shi Qiping said that this change has at least two examples. First, Trump demanded that the joint statement of the summit prohibit any mention of China and the Indo-Pacific. Second, the U.S. Department of State began contacting senior executives of companies with experience in China at the beginning of June to seek opinions on Trump's first trip to China during his second term.
Shi Qiping said that various signs show that the U.S. attitude towards China is becoming more rational and pragmatic. The U.S. is changing its approach of using coercion and pressure when dealing with China. Of course, why the U.S. has changed like this, there are at least three reasons. First, after the trade war, the U.S. has fully realized that this way of dealing with China does not work. Second, China's strength is increasingly strong. Whether in military or technological strength, China is continuously narrowing the gap with the U.S.
China's navy is sailing further and further, and China's aircraft carriers will continue to be launched. Third, the rare earth card has hit the U.S. weak point. Therefore, Shi Qiping's conclusion is that various objective situations have forced the U.S. to change the way it deals with China. What do we think about Shi Qiping's views? Obviously, Shi Qiping's analysis is very reasonable. From the perspective of Sino-U.S. relations, no matter what the U.S. does, its starting point is to safeguard its own interests.
The way to safeguard U.S. interests has two forms. One is to exert maximum pressure on us from a position of strength. The other is to gain our support and achieve cooperation through close consultation and communication under equal and respectful conditions. The events that have occurred have proven that the U.S.'s first approach does not work. The fact is that the U.S. clearly has needs for us, or in other words, Sino-U.S. hard decoupling is impossible. This is the reality facing the U.S.
Certainly, we are very clear that from the U.S. strategic perspective, the U.S. goal is still to suppress and contain us. However, we now have the strength and capability to safeguard our own interests. Moreover, in fact, the U.S. has seen our firm will to engage in a game with the U.S. Perhaps, the way the U.S. treats us may be changing, but for us, this does not mean that Sino-U.S. relations will improve immediately. Therefore, we will not underestimate the complexity and duration of the Sino-U.S. game. Because the more prepared we are, the sooner the U.S. may accept mutual benefit and win-win cooperation with us.
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