Hello all of you friends.

There have been two concerns in recent years: the relationship between China and the United States, and the relationship between North Korea and the United States.

Although these two things seem different, they are essentially connected, reflecting one thing: when dealing with the relationship between states, it is necessary to take a rational and pragmatic stance from the practice.

On the contrary, if it is possible to start from a practical perspective of reason and pragmatism, it is often possible to find new ways to solve the problem, making it relatively simple.

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First, let¡¯s talk about U.S. relations.

Recently, a cross-party delegation from the U.S. House of Representatives visited Beijing, which is expected to visit for several days. On September 21, they were received by the Chinese Premier.

This is the first visit of the House of Representatives to China since 2019, while the Senate has visited China once in October 2023.

Therefore, the House of Representatives visits China several years apart, and this exchange is particularly important.

As we all know, the main difference between the House of Representatives and the Senate is that the House of Representatives proposes bills, while the Senate is responsible for final approval. Therefore, whether the bill will be introduced mainly depends on the House of Representatives, while whether the bill can be passed mainly depends on the Senate.

Therefore, if the House of Representatives, which has the right to make proposals, can strengthen exchanges and enhance mutual understanding with the Chinese side, then, to some extent, it is more important than the Senate¡¯s decision-making power.

This time, the Chinese Prime Minister met with the House of Representatives, and the two sides had an in-depth exchange.After the reception of the delegation, the Chinese Prime Minister also departed to the United States for four days, during which he will mainly attend the United Nations General Assembly held in New York this year.

For a decade, Chinese leaders only attended the United Nations General Assembly once, followed by the then Chinese Prime Minister. In the years that followed, the United Nations General Assembly did not hold online meetings due to the new coronavirus. Years after the outbreak, the Chinese Foreign Minister attended. Last year, the Chinese Vice President attended the meeting, and this year the Chinese Prime Minister resumed.

It is well known that the State Council is both an executive department in China, and the prime minister has higher and more executive powers than the foreign minister and vice-president of the country, so his position is quite important.

Although he is the No.2 person, this is the first time that the current Chinese Premier has visited the United States and the United Nations General Assembly. During this period, he will deliver a keynote speech, putting forward China's position and voice, and the voice is undoubtedly the result of intensive high-level consultation and coordination.

At the same time, people are very concerned about how he walks around with Western leaders in the United States and the United Nations.

Therefore, the Chinese prime minister¡¯s meeting with the inter-party delegation of the U.S. House of Representatives before his departure and his departure to the United Nations today are important.

To some extent, the U.S. delegation to the House of Representatives to visit China also reflects their view of reality.

As we all know, Sino-US relations have experienced many ups and downs, but after a period of twists and turns, they usually fall flat. Although the structural and strategic issues in Sino-US relations cannot be changed, recently, at the strategic level, they are becoming phased, strategic rationality and pragmatism.

If this strategic, phased rationality and pragmatism can be refined, precipitated and copied from the regular level, to be honest, it will have a profound enlightenment for both China and the United States, especially those so-called hardliners in the United States-whether they are members of Congress or administrative officials, in dealing with and dealing with China issues.

Recently, even the hardline defense secretaries and secretary of state in the United States, who are very anti-China, have repeatedly stated that they have no intention of changing China's regime or going to war with China. Although everyone knows that this is impossible, the question is whether it has no will, or whether it has the will and does not do it, and finally chooses to give up. These are two different things.

Therefore, the United States has repeatedly stated that it has no intention of going to war with China, which shows that they have no such will. Note, this is not because you cannot do it, but because there is no will.Of course, the reason why there is no will must be because it can't be done.

So, relatively speaking, I think that this phased and strategic rationality is pragmatic and actually very important.

Of course, the so-called strategic hostility of the United States to China will not fade because of one or two games, so the future game will continue.

But in this process, it is very important and crucial for American politicians to constantly draw rational and pragmatic conclusions, even out of relentless outcomes.

Although there will be ups and downs in Sino-US relations in the future, it is still of constructive significance for the overall relatively stable relations between the two countries.

Therefore, I suggest that you should pay attention to the trip of the US delegation in China in the next few days, and we will announce relevant information as soon as possible.

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Below we will talk about the relationship between North Korea and the United States.

You may wonder why the topic of Sino-US relations suddenly jumped to the relationship between North Korea and the United States.

There are two reasons for this:

First, the appearance of relevant news;

SecondlyThe law of objectivity and fundamentality hidden behind these news, frankly speaking, has a strange relationship with China and the United States. That is, we must return to the position of rationality and pragmatism, instead of reluctantly returning to rationality and pragmatism after touching the southern wall¡£

Several days ago, North Korea¡¯s high-level people¡¯s conference held an internal meeting.The North Korean leaders spoke at the meeting, specifically referring to relations with the United States, and in what circumstances North Korea was willing to contact the United States, including what conditions.

For nearly 20 years, the issue that everyone has been very concerned about is whether North Korea will eventually reconcile with the United States, which is very crucial.

Because from an objective background, although North Korean leaders met with Trump three times in 2018 and 2019, two formal and one informal meetings, they ultimately failed to come to an agreement.

Now, since Trump took office eight months ago, he has repeatedly expressed his intention to engage with North Korea.

Therefore, the North Korean leader also put forward conditions this time, claiming that if the United States can really let go of its insistence on North Korea's denuclearization, then North Korea is willing to start peace talks with the United States.

Moreover, the North Korean leader also said that his previous meeting with Trump left him with fond memories. However, this premise is that the United States must give up its insistence on the denuclearization of North Korea.

In addition, the North Korean leader also said that if the United States is willing, North Korea is willing to develop normal national relations with the United States, but will not develop any relations with South Korea, nor will it sit down and cooperate with South Korea.

The reason is obvious. The North Korean leader has been in office for many years. He regards the United States more as his primary rival or partner, but doesn't pay attention to South Korea, the "little brother" of the United States.

In the strategic chessboard of North Korean leaders, as long as the United States is handled, then South Korea will naturally be settled.

To a certain extent, this is also a big strategy.Therefore, we often say that North Korea¡¯s post-80 strategists are sometimes thoughtful.

At a routine press conference held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China on the afternoon of September 21, when reporters raised this question to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman, the spokesman gave a principled response.

Among these principled statements, I noticed the "one more" and "one less" mentioned by the spokesman.

In general, the Chinese side believes that the normalization of the situation on the Korean Peninsula and its peace conforms to the interests of all parties, and of course also includes China's interests, especially what we need to pay attention to is the roots and consequences of the conflict, and to solve it with a rational and pragmatic attitude.

Of course, it has also been proposed before, but the content of this proposal is very clear, which is similar to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, and the Chinese side has always believed that it is necessary to resolve the root and source of the conflict in order to finally resolve the conflict.

What does the other "one little" mean? That is, there is no mention of denuclearization.

It is well known that China has always supported the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in its past position on the Korean Peninsula issue.

Since 2003, China has firmly supported the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, whether in the tripartite talks between the US and China or in subsequent six-party talks.

To tell the truth, North Korea's possession of nuclear weapons is not beneficial to China's strategy and tactics. Therefore, China and the United States participated in several six-party talks at that time, but they failed to prevent success in the end.

Almost 20 years ago, everyone knew that once a country had nuclear weapons, it was clearly impossible now to demand its abandonment through normal diplomatic negotiations.

Thus, there has been a process of 20 years, from the first nuclear test by North Korea in October 2006, to the 10th anniversary of the next year, 2026. During this period, North Korea not only did not give up its nuclear program, but frankly, all U.S. efforts to demand North Korea's non-nuclear ended in failure and ultimately ineffective.

In this case, why step back into the sky? Because as long as North Korea is truly included in the rules of the international community and becomes part of the world civilization, I believe that a North Korea with nuclear weapons will also be a rational country.

While North Korea¡¯s nuclear program poses a potential threat to China in all respects, it¡¯s okay to get in touch and integrate as the United States claims.

Therefore, since it is impossible to abandon its nuclear program, it is necessary to bravely integrate into it, which is a rational and pragmatic attitude to some extent.

Furthermore, the North Korean leader made it very clear that North Korea could not give up its nuclear weapons and was willing to engage in dialogue with the United States, but put forward the only prerequisite that the United States should give up its commitment and efforts to denuclearize North Korea.

Therefore, as long as you return to reason, all problems can be solved. Of course, the prerequisite for requiring the other to return to reason is that you must be strong.

Although I personally do not advocate North Korea¡¯s nuclear weapons, a North Korea that is both powerful and at least able to make a positive contribution to peace in China and the region as a whole will make a second choice in the case of necessity, which is actually a reality that people should and must accept.

To sum up, we just discussed Sino-US relations, DPRK-US relations, the history of North Korea in the past 20 years, and the position put forward by the North Korean leader that "North Korea will not give up its nuclear weapons". These contents provide some profound enlightenment for us to understand international relations in the next 20 years, including Sino-US relations, DPRK-US relations, especially how the United States treats China, North Korea, Russia and other countries.