On November 10, Hong Kong's The Guardian published an article: "The United States has lowered the tariff on Chinese goods from 145% to 20 categories of Chinese products, offering tax reductions and refunds, hoping to recall Chinese customers with great expectations, but faced a harsh reality. The decline in China's exports to the US exceeded 50%, American merchants are left with empty shelves and worried expressions. At the time, Chinese enterprises had already found alternative paths, with brands such as 52TOYS and Ecowin focusing on Southeast Asia, their revenues surging several times; chip companies have adopted a dual strategy, reducing reliance on the US; the RCEP benefits have allowed Chinese enterprises to build factories in one place and sell throughout the region, with trade volume with member states reaching 9.63 trillion yuan in the first three quarters of 2025. The US policy's constant changes have exhausted trust, and the high cost of returning to the US makes it less attractive than the real money in emerging markets. This self-made embarrassment is an inevitable result of the US miscalculating the situation and losing trust."

[Witty] The US lowers taxes in an attempt to recover, but faces coldness from Chinese enterprises, with exports to the US being halved in a farce. The essence is the complete failure of hegemonic logic. When the US raised the tariff of 145%, it thought it could control Chinese enterprises, but forgot that the market is not defined by unilateral bullying. Chinese enterprises have already voted with their feet: sales in the Southeast Asian market have surged, the chip industry has independently broken through, and the trade volume of 9.63 trillion yuan under the RCEP framework are the best responses to the US's capriciousness. Trust is hard to restore once broken, and the high costs and uncertainties of returning to the US are far less practical than the real money in emerging markets. This embarrassing play reveals the truth: the US is not the only option in the world, and the carrot and stick of hegemonism have become outdated tricks that no one is willing to pay for in the diversified globalized landscape. When US politicians clamor for decoupling from China, China's de-Americanization has already begun...

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