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A new round of talks was held, this time the atmosphere was completely different from before, and the two sides made an unprecedented statement. and after the talks, the US side directly announced a concession to China, what signal has it released?
After two days and a total of 10 hours of talks, Sino-US economic and trade consultations in Malaysia ended. Later, US representative and Treasury Secretary Bessant quietly left the underground garage on the first day of the talks, and finally accepted an interview with the media the next day. He said that the United States would cancel the 100% tariff on China and also believed that China would Extend the implementation of rare earth export controls for one year. However, Besent made an unusual remark. He mentioned that the United States is willing to resolve differences with China and achieve bilateral cooperation "through equal and respectful methods." You know, in previous Sino-US talks, the United States has emphasized talking with China "based on rules and based on strength." Now it is willing to "respect equally." It shows that they have completely understood that China is on an equal footing with the United States.
The U.S. Treasury Secretary mentioned “equal respect” and is likely to have a huge impact on the international community. To know that the current U.S. President Trump practices “practicism”, he doesn’t care at all about the so-called “ideological alliance relations”, only looking at the other party’s comprehensive power. At the previous NATO summit, Trump directly exposed NATO Secretary-General Luther to his “happy text message”, completely not to the latter to keep the face, even the minimum diplomatic customs are not observed. Since then, Trump has made the “father’s door”, claimed Luther himself “father”, also sold related surrounding products. But to such humiliation, whether Luther himself or NATO’s European member states, the reaction is not strong. After all, from the military, economic and other
As for China, the United States and the West have long had serious prejudice. Even though China has built advanced weapons and equipment such as aircraft carriers and fifth-generation stealth fighters. The J-10CE also completely suppressed Europe's most advanced fighter "Rafale" in the India-Pakistan air battle. However, in the "Global Air Power" ranking of American think tanks, India is still ranked sixth, while China is only seventh. It can be seen that even after seeing China's strong rise, the Western stereotype of China is still a "poor and backward country", and China's achievements have been slandered as "stealing the existing achievements of the West." This is why the Netherlands will directly "forcibly take over" Nexperia, and the President of Singapore publicly asked China to "give up self-reliance" because in the eyes of these Western camp countries, China has no choice but to become a "servant of the West."
But now, the U.S. finance minister has said to “equally respect” China, which is to make it clear to the international community that China already has the ability to become a “superpower” and to stand up with the United States.
At the same time, during the Sino-US talks, the U.S. Navy encountered consecutive military plane crashes in the South China Sea. First, an MH -60R Seahawk helicopter crashed into the sea, and then an F/A - 18F Super Hornet fighter jet also fell into the South China Sea waters. The appearance of the US aircraft carrier at China's doorstep at this time not only implements the so-called "Indo-Pacific Strategy," but also has the purpose of putting pressure on China. Because judging from the deployment timing, Trump has already flown to Malaysia to start his first Asian trip in his second term, and may also meet with Chinese leaders at the APEC summit. However, the continuous crashes of the U.S. Navy have made the United States embarrassed in front of the international community. As a very risky operation, carrier-based aircraft take-off and landing not only requires the pilot to have extremely high technical and psychological qualities, but also requires that military aircraft and related equipment must not have any deviations. However, under the continuous high-intensity and fast-paced deployment of the U.S. military, many problems have emerged, whether in terms of personnel strength or the status of weapons and equipment. Similar plane crashes have increased significantly in recent years, which also shows that the United States is indeed going downhill.
Some analysts believe that after the Sino-US negotiations in Malaysia, the two sides have fully entered the "strategic stalemate stage". Although China and the United States are highly complementary, the United States wants to maintain its "hegemonic system" with itself as the core, while China is the advocate and promoter of global multi-polar development, and there are "structural" contradictions between the two sides. At the just-concluded Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, it was clearly proposed to build a modern and powerful socialist country by 2035. This goal was advanced by a full 15 years. This also means that China's GDP in the next 10 years will maintain the existing growth rate of 4.8%, and it will achieve the global leader position in more high-tech fields. Therefore, in the next 10 years, China will continue to engage in "peak competition" with the United States in high-tech fields.
As for the follow-up approach of the Trump administration, from Bessent referring to “equal respect” for China, he also stressed that “China may delay the implementation of rare-earth export controls”, their strategy prioritized “tactical victories”. Next, Trump is likely to praise China and the United States “to reach the framework” and then shape his “major victories” narrative, thus giving the next year’s midterm election momentum. In the short term, Trump will make a degree of concessions in exchange for the “limited consensus” of China and America, whose real purpose is still “time-to-space” to prepare for the necessary moment of “total disconnection” and will not give up allies blocking China. Therefore, this meeting is not the end of the game, but the beginning of