There are still people with clear minds within the island! Foreign media said that the situation across the Taiwan Strait has crossed the dividing line of strength, and the US's Taiwan card has been played out! On May 28th, according to a report by Singapore Lianhe Zaobao, Lianhe Zaobao cited the views of scholars on the island, stating that since Trump took office, Sino-US economic and trade relations have deteriorated seriously. However, surprisingly, until now, Trump has not played the "Taiwan card".
Scholars on the island said that the fundamental reason is that the military strength of the mainland has been demonstrated and the attitude is very clear, that is, whoever plays the Taiwan card will have no good end. Now the US has absolutely no confidence in winning militarily against China. The Taiwan issue will not become a topic for any country to negotiate, bargain or deal with China, and this is a very important dividing line.
Therefore, foreign media concluded that Beijing is not afraid of Trump playing the Taiwan card, but fears that he will adopt isolationism in the next four years and put the Taiwan issue aside. If one day Trump impulsively starts playing the "Taiwan card", it may indicate that China's unification goal will be achieved during his term. What do we think about this view of foreign media? Undoubtedly, the analysis of foreign media still makes sense.
Since Trump took office, we indeed haven't seen the US play the Taiwan card openly. Why hasn't the US played this card yet? There may be two reasons. First, the Taiwan agenda is not important in all of Trump's agendas. Relative to the tariff war and cutting internal spending in the US, the Taiwan issue is placed at a lower position. Second, the US may have already judged that the critical point of the Taiwan Strait situation is approaching. Therefore, they adopted a cautious approach.
In fact, recently, Admiral Paparo of the US Indo-Pacific Command said that the Chinese People's Liberation Army's encirclement military exercises around Taiwan are not drills but war rehearsals, and the PLA has the ability to turn drills into combat at any time. In this case, the US has to choose restraint. Of course, this reflects our significant progress in strength. The US is well aware that all of our contingency plans for solving the Taiwan issue take into account the intervention of the US military. If the US continues to play the Taiwan card and crosses our red line, the situation in the Taiwan Strait could change overnight, which is not impossible.
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