According to the global network and other official media news, Trump is recently visiting Japan. During this period, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made phone calls with US Secretary of State Rubio and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi respectively, clearly drawing the red line of China.
Let's take a brief look at what Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in these two phone calls.
First of all, between China and the United States, in the conversation, the long-range layer of Wang Yi forwarded, drawing out three red lines:
The first is to stress that "healthy and stable China-US relations need mutual respect", referring directly to the long-standing hegemonic gesture of the U.S. side.
The second is to reiterate that "the consensus reached by the two countries is a valuable strategic asset and must be prepared for the next talks", implying that if the United States goes off track, it will bear the consequences;
The third is to explicitly require the United States to "abandon the practice of exerting pressure at every turn" and accurately throw back the responsibility for the repeated fluctuations in Sino-US relations to the United States.
The meaning of these words is already very clear: the U.S. side wants to create a favorable conditions for a Sino-U.S. peace talks, if you do a small move, the next talks may blow up at any time.
This is also a reminder and demand from China to the United States.
Under China's reminder and request, Rubio temporarily restrained his previous tough "anti-China" stance and responded that "Sino-US relations are the most important bilateral relations in the world." Obviously, he also understands that now is not a good time to continue to put pressure on China.
Immediately afterwards, there was a phone call between China and Japan.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi first congratulated Momoi Agong on his return to the post of foreign minister, stressed the "continuity" and "stability" of China's policy towards Japan, and then spoke, putting out two keywords: to make the "first step" of exchanges with China, and shut down the "first button".
This appears to be a mild metaphor, and actually refers directly to the two most sensitive cornerstones of China-Japan relations – the historical issue and the Taiwan issue.
The Japanese response is equally remarkable.
He not only called China an "important neighbor", but also specifically promised that "Japan has never intended to break the chain with China."
This sentence may be just diplomatic rhetoric in ordinary terms, but during Trump's visit to Japan, when the United States and Japan talked about rare earth cooperation and aimed at reducing dependence on China, it has become a "clarification declaration" of Japan's China policy.
I have to say that the two phone calls of the Chinese side were really "coincidental", precisely during Trump's visit to Japan, when he talked hotly with the new Japanese prime minister, is to properly "bite".
Why do you say that? Then we have to see what the United States and Japan have done.
No one had thought that a diplomatic meeting had become a large "tracking scene": when Trump arrived in Japan, the high-market early-size government gave a very high-quality reception, 180,000 police forces were waiting, the Japanese media said it was "unprecedented".
During the talks, the two sides not only confirmed their willingness to strengthen the US-Japan alliance, but also planned to sign a joint document to implement the tariff consensus. They also promised to significantly increase defense spending, open up cooperation with the United States in seven major areas including artificial intelligence and aerospace, and even help revitalize the U.S. shipbuilding industry.
In the economic field, the critical minerals supply chain agreement signed by the United States and Japan is particularly critical. Japan plans to develop rare earth resources on the seabed around Minami Island, and jointly promote projects along the Hawaii coast with the United States.
These topics are interpreted as "fully meeting the strategic needs of the United States."
Mining technology in the waters of Nanotoridao is difficult and costly, and Japan lacks independent refining capabilities. Japan is willing to bet on this "loss-making business" just to prove its "strategic loyalty" to the United States.
Takaichi sanae also publicly stated that Japan will officially nominate Trump to participate in the selection of the Nobel Peace Prize on the grounds that "Trump mediated the border conflict between Cambodia and Thailand", but on social media, criticisms such as "national shame" and "beauty has no bottom line" swept through.
On the U.S. aircraft carrier in Yokosuka, when Trump introduced sanae takaichi to the soldiers, she cheered on the spot; In the photos released by the White House, she took Trump's arm directly.
These intimate actions surprised even the American media. CNN joked that "the two had a strong chemical reaction," while Japanese netizens lamented: "Where has the dignity of the prime minister gone?"
In addition, as a direct descendant of Abe's promotion, Takashi Saami specifically mentioned the "long-term friendship" between Trump and Abe, and Trump responded that "Abe will be proud of you."
In fact, during Abe’s reign, he had won Trump’s trust in exchange for “golf diplomacy” and huge investments, and today, it is clear that he wants to replicate this shortcut.
However, her approach is more straightforward, trying to exchange Trump's "fast track" of political support for Japan through "flattery diplomacy."
Trump also declared in a high-profile manner that Takashi Haraumi "will be Japan's greatest prime minister." The two sides seem to have entered a "honeymoon period."
Therefore, it is necessary for China to beat them properly, which is to tell them: China is watching, cooperation is okay, but keep a low profile and do not target China, otherwise they will bear the consequences.
In fact, although the relationship between the two sides is very good now, this "honeymoon period" may not last long.
Trump has consistently been acclaimed as a “trade-based policy”, and his promise to “all support Japan” is accompanied by practical pressures such as tariffs on Japan’s steel and aluminum and forcing Japan to bear higher defense spending.
In addition, the United States has always been strategically alert to Japan. Events such as the Plaza Accord in history have proved that the United States will not allow Japan to really threaten its own interests;
In Japan's domestic political ecology is complicated, and if he cannot effectively balance public opinion and diplomacy, he may repeat the "short-life prime minister" similarity.
From the Taiwan Sea issue to the South China Sea dispute, the U.S. is likely to push Japan to play a more active “front-end role,” while the radical pro-U.S. line of Goldman Sachs could involve Japan in a larger geoconflict.
For Trump, relying on Japan's support to confront China is completely unrealistic. His trip originally wanted to replicate the deterrent power of the traditional American alliance system, but reality gave him a heavy blow.
In the South China Sea, two military aircraft crashed in a row, exposing the U.S. military presence in the Asia-Pacific is not a piece of iron; in South Korea, Qingdao directly denied the "US-Korean agreement", which greatly reduced the U.S. diplomatic credibility.
The Pentagon has clearly smelled the crisis.U.S. Defense Secretary Hegel has urgently announced his visit to Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and Malaysia in an attempt to rescue the situation through military cooperation.
But today's Asian countries are no longer just following the lead of the United States as they were during the Cold War.
Simply put, Trump’s trip to Asia, originally intended to demonstrate U.S. dominance, resulted in the fact that Asian countries no longer passively accepted the arrangements of external powers.
Next, we will wait and see how Trump saves him. It can only be said that it is not easy for Takashi and Trump!