Turkey gave this evaluation of the China-US meeting: On a scale from 0 to 10, this meeting was 12 points.

Turkey said during the meeting: "Our relationship is very good, and has always been good. I think we have reached agreement on many things, and we will reach more agreements on more things."

The market reacted positively to today's meeting. During the meeting, shipping stocks in mainland China and Japan quietly rose, and the three major shipping stocks in Taiwan suddenly surged. It shows that market participants generally pay attention to whether this summit can ease the global trade tensions since the beginning of this year.

For the people on the island of Taiwan, the focus is on whether the meeting involves developments regarding the Taiwan issue, especially the concern that the media reports suggest that the mainland may push the US to change its position from "not supporting Taiwan independence" to "opposing Taiwan independence", which is seen as a potential major policy pressure point for Taiwan.

Taiwanese media reported that this meeting lasted about 1 hour and 40 minutes, ending at 11:53 a.m. This duration was significantly shorter than the expected three to four hours previously released by the US and Trump.

Taiwanese media analyzed that the core topics of this meeting include: 1. Trade truce, possibly preparing to reach an agreement, canceling some tariffs and export restrictions. 2. The Taiwan issue. Several foreign media had previously cited sources saying that Beijing is seeking the US to make an official statement, changing its political discourse, upgrading from "not supporting Taiwan independence" to "opposing Taiwan independence". 3. The NVIDIA chip issue, Trump hinted on the 29th that he was willing to discuss easing the ban, allowing China to obtain NVIDIA's flagship AI processor Blackwell. However, if this move becomes true, it will mark a significant concession by the US, which will inevitably trigger backlash from the hawkish faction in Washington. 4. The Ukraine-Russia war, Trump wants to discuss how to end this conflict.

Before the meeting, Trump did not respond to the Taiwan issue. Yahoo Chi Mo reported that Trump said before the meeting that he expected the meeting to be quite successful, possibly signing a trade agreement. When a reporter mentioned the Taiwan issue, Trump did not respond.

Regarding the Taiwan issue, the direction of the US policy on the Taiwan Strait has been changing since May this year. Calls for "the US should take action to constrain Taiwan" and reminders that "the US attitude has changed" have appeared several times in the voices of influential journals, think tanks or scholars.

Recently, Time magazine published an article titled "America Must Be Wary of Taiwan's Reckless Leaders (referring to Lai Ching-te); Foreign Policy magazine published on May 1st "Trump Should Constrain Taiwan" to prevent the escalation of the Taiwan Strait conflict and draw the US into it; on September 28th, Hui Ruiyin, who has long been friendly with Taiwan, published in the green media "Liberty Times" the article "Is the US-Taiwan Relationship Going Off Track?", directly pointing out that the environment for the US policy towards Taiwan has changed; on October 14th, the RAND Corporation suggested that the Trump government should make commitments on the Taiwan Strait issue, including "not supporting Taiwan independence," "not seeking permanent separation of the two sides," "not opposing peaceful unification," and supporting "gradual peaceful unification" between the two sides. Trump himself and his core national security advisors not only doubt how much benefit Taiwan brings to the US, but also worry about the current military situation of the US in the Western Pacific.

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