U.S. President's Call with China's Leader Was Initiated by the U.S. Side, Drawing Attention to America's Stance

This is really unusual! The phone call between the leaders of China and the United States was initiated by Trump! On November 25, our Foreign Ministry spokesperson stated that the leaders of China and the United States maintain regular communication. From what I understand, this call was initiated by the U.S., and the atmosphere of the call was positive, friendly, and constructive. Frankly speaking, this detail disclosed by our Foreign Ministry spokesperson is very unusual.

Why do I say so? In fact, at the time of the Sino-U.S. call, there was a view in the outside world that the call was initiated by us. The outside world believes that we did so for two reasons. First, we are about to take strong action, so we want to give a warning to the United States. Second, we intend to use the U.S. channel to exert pressure on Takahashi Asako. However, now it's the U.S. who initiates the call, which indicates that the U.S. itself is clearly unable to sit still regarding the current situation.

Considering that Trump was the first to lose his composure, it is highly likely that this means we are about to take significant actions against Japan, and the U.S. has seen the trend is not going well, so it has come out to "mediate." Considering that after the call with us, Trump quickly called Takahashi Asako, the meaning of "mediation" is quite obvious. Perhaps Trump's intention is that both China and Japan give the U.S. a face and ease the tense situation.

Of course, from our perspective, the Taiwan issue is our internal affair, and we certainly have no intention of letting a third country intervene in the Sino-Japanese dispute. If the U.S. feels that the situation is serious, the correct position of the U.S. should be to abide by the One-China Principle and remind Japan not to provoke trouble, rather than support Japan. It is clear that if Takahashi Asako does not retract her offensive remarks, the matter will not end here. We are not selling the U.S. face, unless the U.S. can provide us with a satisfactory response from Japan.

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