Repeatedly provoking China's bottom line, the Taiwan authorities secretly met in the US, but the issue of tariffs was not discussed. Meanwhile, US media released a message stating that national reunification will take place in October this year. What exactly are Trump and the Taiwan authorities plotting?

Zhaoxi Wu

Recently, the White House confirmed that the Taiwan authorities had called the US late at night on April 5th, requesting tariff negotiations with the US side. At the same time, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities sent a delegation to the US secretly. It is reported that the delegation was led by Zhaoxi Wu. Informants revealed that Zhaoxi Wu and his team have arrived in the US and held secret talks with the Trump administration through "special channels".

According to reports by the Financial Times, this is the first time since January 20th that Trump has returned to the White House that this platform has been activated. Additionally, the report stated that the US and the Taiwan authorities have been using this "special channel" for many years, but it was only recently exposed.

In response to this move by the Trump administration, the Chinese Foreign Ministry made serious representations to the US side. In the Sino-US joint communiqué, the US clearly promised not to engage in any official interactions with Taiwan. However, the "special channel" and "secret talks" obviously violate this commitment. The Chinese side warned the US side not to interfere in Taiwan affairs.

Trump

As for the Taiwan authorities, the mainland also has a word of advice: following the US blindly will lead nowhere good. With the US tariff stick looming, the Taiwan authorities not only refrain from retaliating but also eagerly offer benefits to Trump. They not only increase investment in the US but also purchase large quantities of American products, vividly demonstrating "abject submission", but this will not make Trump go easy on them.

It is worth noting that while the Taiwan delegation was holding secret talks with the US side, US media dropped another shocking piece of news, claiming that the PLA would "use force to unify Taiwan" within six months, much earlier than the previously expected 2027. Both the US and Russia cited assessments by intelligence personnel, believing that the real outbreak of the Taiwan Strait War is most likely to occur in October 2025.

According to the US side, their speculation is based on evidence. On one hand, the six-month timeframe aligns with meteorological conditions. The Taiwan defense department has determined April and October each year as the most likely periods for the PLA to act. These two months have calm seas, suitable tides, meeting the requirements for landing operations.

Qingde Lai

On the other hand, the choice of this year's October is driven by domestic and international factors. The escalation of the US-China tariff war will certainly have a certain impact on China's economy. In the perception of the US side, this impact will be fatal. Therefore, the PLA chose this time to "unify by force" to "divert contradictions".

However, evidently, the US side's claims are pure nonsense. Under the tense situation of the US-China trade war, the US has violated its commitments and held secret talks with the Taiwan authorities. At the same time, US media have used the Taiwan issue to stir up tensions in the Taiwan Strait, aiming to divert domestic contradictions.

While the outside world assumed that the trip of the Taiwan authorities was mainly to discuss tariff issues with the US side, reports by Taiwan media revealed the conspiracy of the Taiwan authorities.

Taiwan United Daily News reported that understanding and coordinating equal tariff policies is not the main purpose of Wu Zhaoxi's visit. Moreover, the date of the talks was already determined before the announcement of the equal tariff policy. Then, what exactly was discussed in the so-called "US-Taiwan secret talks"? Or, during economic turmoil, it is not China but the US that intends to "stir up trouble".

US-Japan joint military exercise

The US is currently continuously implementing its Pacific forward deployment strategy, strengthening military cooperation with Japan and the Philippines, and deploying intermediate-range missiles in northern Philippine islands and southern Japanese islands. The US military bases scattered across the first island chain are only hundreds of kilometers away from both ends of Taiwan. It is obvious that the US has its eyes on Taiwan.

The US's ill intentions are clear to China, and the ambitions of the Taiwan authorities are well understood by the mainland. At this moment, the US deliberately releases such information to create panic among both sides of the strait. Does the US really believe that this will stop China from confronting the US head-on? This is overly naive of the US.

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