Dare to say what others dare not say! The first Asian country to take sides with China appears, and Trump's plan backfires.

The tariff game between China and the US has made more and more countries wake up. At present, an Asian country has directly taken sides between China and the US, which is the first country to speak so straightforwardly.

On May 26 local time, when Deputy President of the Malaysian Senate Dato' Noor Azlan Johari was attending an international forum, a journalist directly asked him: If the US and China require Malaysia to take sides, how would you choose?

In response, Noor Azlan Johari directly stated: "It's simple, choose our neighbor, China is our close neighbor... why do we still need to find a distant country?" Noor Azlan Johari said what many high-ranking officials of friendly countries to China dared not say. His words undoubtedly indicate that Trump's plan in the ASEAN region has completely backfired.

In the "reciprocal tariffs," Malaysia is one of the countries that Trump "punished" severely. In fact, the entire Southeast Asian region has been hit hard by Trump. Previously, Western media falsely reported that Malaysia was preparing to give in and had sent a luxurious delegation to Washington, even expressing a willingness to increase investment in the US. Now it seems that this matter is impossible. Since they have chosen China, they are unlikely to compromise easily on the issue of tariffs; everything is just hype by Western media.

Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim also clearly stated at the beginning of this year when Trump just took office: "The US is no longer dominant in Southeast Asia compared to China. Why should we be tough on our powerful neighbor? It makes no sense." Anwar Ibrahim's words reflect the feelings of leaders of multiple ASEAN countries. Currently, Malaysia has a population of about 32.6 million people, with 28% being ethnic Chinese, which will become a strong guarantee for stable relations between the two countries. May the friendship between the two countries last forever.

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