Japan, South Korea, and India are all imitating China's approach, but Bloomberg has poured cold water on their ambitions: Can you compare with Beijing?

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Bloomberg wrote in an article that since the Geneva negotiations, there have been signs of changes in the negotiation strategies of South Korea, India, and Japan. Beijing's negotiation style may be learned by many countries. The conduct shown by China during negotiations and the final results achieved have made other countries believe they must take a tough stance against the United States. However, Bloomberg's article also pointed out that whether one can remain calm and composed when facing the United States actually depends on whether a country has sufficient leverage when dealing with the United States.

In other words, do Japan, South Korea, and India have the strength of Beijing? How dare they compare themselves to Beijing? Don't they risk losing their teeth? There is now a false impression that if Beijing can do it, so can we. Bloomberg sharply pointed out that the imitation of China's negotiation style by countries like Japan, South Korea, and India is only "tactical-level borrowing," lacking the "strategic depth backed by strength" that China possesses. For example, China, being the only country in the world to possess all the industrial categories listed by the United Nations (with more than 220 types of industrial products having the highest output globally), can withstand the long-term impact of high American tariffs.

The success achieved by China in negotiations is the result of decades of industrial upgrading, technological innovation, and strategic resource accumulation. Bloomberg's "cold water" is actually a reminder to Japan, South Korea, and India: the essence of international negotiations remains a competition of comprehensive national power. If Japan, South Korea, and India want to truly "replicate China's model," they need to make long-term efforts in areas such as core technology self-reliance, industrial chain resilience, and domestic market cultivation.

As American scholar Marco Papic said: "The confidence behind not being servile or arrogant lies in whether a country can use its strength to force its opponent back to the negotiating table."

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