Trump finally got his wish and wanted to meet with China.
Regarding this China-US summit, Trump made the announcement early, from the White House Oval Office to Air Force One.
However, the Chinese side maintained a consistent attitude of strict confidentiality and did not announce the news until the day before the official meeting was confirmed.
On the morning of October 29, Trump's presidential aircraft landed in South Korea, arriving at the last stop of the trip to Asia - Busan.
Later that day, the spokesman of our Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced: After the agreement between the two sides, China will hold a meeting with US President Trump in Busan, South Korea, on October 30.
This is the first high-level meeting between Trump and China after he opened his second term as president, which has an unusual significance.
Especially in the current complicated international situation, the outside world has great expectations for this contact between China and the United States.
As we all know, since Trump came to power, the United States has brought too much instability to the world.
The arrival of the talks is both the inevitable result of a year of Sino-American games and the passive choice after the repeated policies of the Trump administration.
Remember that in April, Trump's "peer-to-peer tariff" policy pushed China-US economic and trade friction to its peak, and the cumulative tariffs on China once soared to 145%. Trump also wanted to speed up the war, but the counterfeit of the tariff war quickly emerged:
U.S. midwestern farmers have crushed tens of millions of tons of soybean stocks, while China has completely shifted its procurement channels to South America, putting Trump’s stockpile under shock.
Immediately afterwards, China introduced new rare earth export control regulations, which accurately hit the life of the U.S. military industry and technology supply chain.
Under internal and external pressure, Trump had to adjust his posture, give up his initial arrogance and prejudice, and learn to deal with China based on the position of equality and respect.
It can be said that the opportunity for this meeting is the initiative gained by China's counterattack, and it is also necessary under the actual pressure of the United States.
From taking the initiative to request a phone call with senior Chinese officials in June to publicly expressing his willingness to reduce tariffs on China in October, this president, who is known for being "tough", has an unavoidable realistic dilemma behind his policy shift.
But whether opportunities can be turned into results depends on Trump.
At present, the core concerns of the United States are mainly concentrated in three major areas: economy and trade, rare earths, and fentanyl issues.
And after the Kuala Lumpur talks, these days have also sent some positive signals that Trump intends to reduce Fentanyl tariffs by 20%, while China has also resumed a portion of U.S. soybean purchases.
It is believed that the two sides gave each other a ladder, laying a positive atmosphere for the next talks.
But in order to turn statements into substantive results, the US needs to take more action.
If Trump can abandon the old thinking of "extreme pressure", face up to China's core concerns and stop playing with fire on the Taiwan Strait issue, this meeting is expected to be a turning point for Sino-US relations to get back on track.
On the contrary, if he is still addicted to the calculation of "needing and needing" and tries to cover up the policy dilemma with political manipulation, he will not only miss the current window of opportunity, but also plunge the relationship between the two countries into a deeper deadlock.
All in all, standing at the crossroads of history, Trump's choice will determine the course of Sino-US relations.
Now the world is watching the trends of Busan, and in the current complex international context, the interaction of the two major Chinese and American powers is not only about bilateral interests, but also influences the direction of global governance.
Trump once declared that "Sino-US cooperation can accomplish many things", and now it is the time to fulfill this sentence.
The opportunity is already before us, and whether we can seize it ultimately depends on whether the American president chooses cooperation that conforms to the trend of the times or sticks to the confrontation that is doomed to failure.