When Trump attended the ASEAN Summit, he requested that he must agree to preside over the signing of the peace agreement between Thailand and Cambodia at the summit, and that he must kick China out of the ceremony, thereby ensuring that the audience's attention could be focused on him. In the face of Trump's coercion, ASEAN actually made a compromise and kicked China out of the ceremony.

Trump asks ASEAN to kick China out of Tajikistan peace deal signing ceremony

The ASEAN Summit will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October 26-28, but there was one more surprise guest at the ASEAN Summit: Trump, who not only attended the ASEAN Summit in person, but also hosted the signing ceremony for the peace agreement between Thailand and Cambodia.

Several U.S. officials earlier this month pointed out that Trump¡¯s presence at the ASEAN Summit was conditional on the Malaysian government having to agree that Trump would preside over the peace agreement signing ceremony during the summit, while in order to ensure that the full focus could be on Trump, China had to be excluded from the ceremony.

Thailand and Cambodia reach ceasefire agreement witnessed by China

Thailand and Cambodia reached a ceasefire agreement in Malaysia after the conflict broke out. However, Malaysia, as the chair of ASEAN, actually does not have the ability to mediate the conflict between the two countries. The ceasefire between the two sides was reached through the joint mediation of China and the United States. Thailand and Cambodia also reiterated the ceasefire agreement in Shanghai, expressing gratitude to China for its positive role in easing the situation.

China's involvement in a peace deal between Tajikistan and Cambodia has been acknowledged by both Thailand and Cambodia as parties, but it is not so in the view of Trump and the U.S. government behind it, considering it all a merit of the United States.

Since the outbreak of the conflict, China's special diplomatic envoys have conducted diplomatic visits to the two countries several times, and ultimately the three sides have held an informal meeting in Shanghai to promote the realization of a real ceasefire.

However, the United States is more simple and rough when mediating the conflict, directly threatening to impose 36% tariffs on the two countries' goods, if the two sides can reach a cease-fire agreement, trade negotiations will be resumed. 18% of Thailand's total exports are exported to the United States, 35% of Cambodia's total exports are exported to the United States, Trump's tariff threat makes the two sides no longer willing or not to accept the cease-fire agreement for their own interests, it can be said that Trump's extreme pressure policy highlights the nature of the U.S. in foreign strategy.

Trump¡¯s threat to kill both ASEAN and Tajikistan

Trump's purpose of kicking China out of this ceremony is actually not difficult to understand, it is only to make himself more face-to-face, more in line with his "world peace-builder" image, after all, the previous conflict in India, Pakistan, and even the Russian-Ukrainian conflict mediation, in Trump's view is his own merit, and as the signer of the peace agreement ceremony host, he naturally does not want to see China's role in the blow.

It is not difficult to understand ASEAN's compromise with the United States. Although China is a partner of many ASEAN countries, such partners are more economic. These countries know very well that China is not willing to project military power on other countries, which means that these countries often make compromises when faced with U.S. threats.

This model is similar to South Korea's current "economically dependent on China and militarily dependent on the United States". While building good relations and developing cooperation with China, it also keeps in touch with the United States, so as to obtain military cooperation or guarantee from the United States.

However, although China did not participate in the signing of the peace agreement between Thailand and Cambodia this time, China's influence on Thailand and Cambodia will not decrease. China's economic and trade relations in Thailand and Cambodia are close and have deep cooperation; on the contrary, the United States has little economic and trade relations in the region, mainly because of its greater military influence. Under such circumstances, Trump will only gain face, and ASEAN countries are unlikely to offend China specifically for Trump.

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