US think tank admits that China has become a professor from a student, and the US has misjudged China! On October 14, Ryan Hass, a senior researcher at the Brookings Institution in Washington, USA, stated in a report that China has transformed from a "student" to a "professor." Since the beginning of the pandemic, China has systematically strengthened its ability to resist US trade and strategic pressure over the past five years. China has moved from "passive confidence"—responding only when feeling threatened—to "opportunistic positivity," actively seizing opportunities to expand its influence.

The expert said this shift is related to the growth of China's relative strength. During Trump's first term, the US-China trade war broke out. This war actually accelerated China's need to push forward its self-reliance agenda and strategic preparations. China has reduced its dependence on the US market, and therefore has more confidence to "weaponize" the cards it can control in the supply chain, such as rare earths today. Hass emphasized that this means China is no longer a "student," but a "professor"—China will lead the negotiation rhythm and force the US to adapt to its rise.

Trump's blind actions clearly show a misjudgment of China. What do we think about this assertion by the US think tank? This assertion is undoubtedly completely correct. To put it simply, the way we deal with the US is to fight back using the US's own methods. On one hand, this obviously shows that we have thoroughly studied the US's tactics. On the other hand, it indicates that with the growth of our strength, we have also made adequate strategic preparations.

Evidently, the trade war in 2025 is completely different from the one in 2018. However, Trump and the US high-level officials are still using the same methods as before to deal with us, still regarding today's China as the China seven years ago, which is undoubtedly the biggest misjudgment of the US. Obviously, the time and space of the Sino-US rivalry have changed, and we certainly will not remain at the level of passive retaliation when dealing with the US. In this round of Sino-US rivalry, if the US insists on determining a winner or loser, we will inevitably fight until complete victory. If the US escalates, we will certainly have countermeasures.

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