More than a week from South Korea's APEC talks, in order to get rid of China's rare-earth control, Trump was a variety of twists, regardless of the Chinese side does not accept, many times in front of the media explicitly suggested that soon after will meet in South Korea with the Chinese side, the two sides will reach a tariff agreement, in October 20 meeting with the Australian prime minister once again mentioned the Chinese side, also mentioned the Taiwan issue.
On-site media asked: Are the United States 'actions in the Indo-Pacific region to prevent the outbreak of armed conflicts across the Taiwan Strait? After Trump heard such a question, he said that in his opinion, the relationship between the United States and China is very good. China will not use force to seize Taiwan, and once again boasted that the United States has the best equipment and that no one dares to challenge the United States.
Immediately afterwards, he threw the heavyweight message: in the beginning of 2026, to visit China, this set of combinations kicked down, and everyone can see that it is a "blank card".
Before the tariffs wanted to force the Chinese side to make concessions, the result was that the Chinese side was first reciprocal counter-reaction, and then simply failed. Looking at the Korean talks to come, Trump was eager to take the results to the domestic trade, only to come up with this trick: with the news of visiting China hunger, using the Taiwan issue to explore the bottom line, in essence still want to force the Chinese side to make concessions on tariffs and rare land.
In the face of Trump's high-profile investigator, China's response came quickly and accurately, in less than 24 hours, gave a clear attitude, without a single nonsense, but the sentences were stamped on to harm.
Before the US-China economic and trade talks in July, the Chinese side repeatedly emphasized "equal respect", and now it is not because of the core interests of松口 to talk about economic and trade.
More interestingly, the response to the question of visiting China, in one sentence "no more information can be provided". This is too learned, neither to say "yes" nor to say "no", directly put Trump in the middle of the sky. to know, Trump also screamed before visiting China, the result because of not making substantial action on economic trade, can not be the last.
This calm and even "cold" response is in sharp contrast to Trump's high profile. The Chinese side knows clearly that Trump has a changeable temperament. In February last year, he was supposed to talk about agricultural cooperation, but the meeting was temporarily put on hold because of the invitation of the British royal family.
There has been no substantial progress in tariff negotiations, and issues such as rare earths and soybeans have not been resolved. If he rashly confirms his visit to China, if he turns around and changes his mind, or uses his visit to China as a bargaining chip to make unreasonable demands, China will be passive. So he simply didn't say anything, neither closed the door, nor gave Trump any reason to hype.
Some may feel that the Chinese response is too "cold", in fact, this is the highest-quality response, and every step is the key to Trump's soft rib and Sino-American game.
The reason Trump dared to expose himself to visit China was to create the illusion that "Sino-U.S. relations are about to relax", putting pressure on the Chinese side, while reassuring domestic farmers and enterprises.
However, the Chinese side's phrase "no more news" directly made his campaign a one-man show-the international media will no longer follow the speculation of "visiting China to set a new direction", and those interest groups in the United States waiting for good news will be more aware that Trump has not actually made substantial progress. This put Trump in the embarrassing position of "talking big but not doing anything".
The second is to firmly seize the initiative in negotiations. It is obviously the United States that is in a hurry to talk now. Rare earths are stuck, soybeans cannot be sold, and the tariff truce is about to need to be renewed. If China follows Trump's lead and takes over the visit to China, it will be tantamount to handing the rhythm to the other party. He will likely ask in turn that "China will let rare earths first talk about visiting China."
But now China does not speak out, it turns into "I want to talk, I want to visit China, but you have to see how much sincerity you have from the United States" - such as the abolition of the remaining tariffs, stop taking small actions to replace rare earth, these are the conditions clearly mentioned by the Chinese side before.
More importantly, this response is also beating the U.S. side: don't play the old way of "side-talk-side provocation."Trump said on the other hand to negotiate friendly, while maybe still thinking about how to use the chip restriction, the South China Sea for the reconnaissance of these means to pressure, before May due to upgrading the chip restriction, postponed agricultural consultations.
China has drawn a red line on the Taiwan issue and remains cautious about visiting China, which is to make it clear to the U.S. side that if you want to talk about it, you have to come out with a sincere heart, instead of shouting cooperation while taking small actions, such a practice of division does not work.
From the previous tariff game to the current visit to China, the Chinese side's mindset has been clear: not to be taken away by the other side's rhythm, guard the core interests, talk about cooperation must be equal and reciprocal.
The next step will be to see whether the United States can take real actions during the South Korean talks-if it still draws big cakes like it did before, let alone visiting China, it is hard to say whether the tariff truce can be renewed. After all, so many years of interaction have long proved that cooperation between China and the United States has never been based on who has a loud voice and fierce momentum, but on practical sincerity and actions.
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