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Chairman Xi is not going to be happy. For those that dont understand Mandarin, versions with english subtitles are below in the twitter links. English subtitles

They have already been negotiating. South korean news outlet reported that a chinese delegation went to the us treasury dept. The CCP has demanded the photo of the meeting be removed lol.

Yes and no IMO. The older generations went thru an extremely tough time and have always been taught to 吃苦 (chī kǔ) - eat bitterness or suffer. The younger generation is definitely not as resilient to adversity and you can see this in their youth unemployment numbers and "lying flat" movement...

Vietnam already agreed to buy US military defences packages as well as F16s. You would think that given the ideologies of vietnam and china being communist and being close neighbours they would buy from china. There is a reason why prior to Xi's visit to vietnam, cambodia and malaysia it was...

I dont think businesses trust the CCP but are lured by low costs and that is the primary driver. Toyotas deal was announed well before any tariffs were levied back in 2024

I think they were in financial trouble and there were bankruptcy talks. Dont think they have filed for bankruptcy yet.

Unless Xi falls to his internal enemies first. Zhang Youxia and the Shanghai clique don't seem to be happy right now with Xi's leadership or the state of the Chinese economy (long before the U.S. elections.) We will see. Xi did a lot of political maneuvering and may be insulated.

Looks like South Korea has confirmed that a Chinese delegation was sent to Washington to meet with the U.S. Treasury Department. China demanded photos be deleted lol. Maybe its hard to trust Trump but you definitely don't want to trust the CCP...

Also, isn't the Toyota investment old news? I thought they made this announcement back in Nov. Unfortunately, I don't see much success for these investments as domestic loyalty to Chinese brands are intense. With state subsidies continuing to pour into domestic auto makers, they will not be...

Id argue that they are both peaking powers. But the decline in china is far worse than they let on.

Several reports about Xi losing his sphere of influence within the PLA with some of his loyalists purged. Most notable are the rocket force generals purged last year, Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu. Recently, He Weidong, Miao Hua and Lin Xiangyang were purged. Lin was in charge of the PLAs Eastern...

I'm not sure if these 3 countries are reuniting. There is definitely some hedging going on. The fact remains that China is undergoing the largest military buildup since WWII. They aren't doing this just in case. They are preparing to disrupt the first island chain with the invasion of...

"If you had to choose between slightly more expensive cheap Chinese crap now or a war with China in the next ten years that spills American blood, what would you choose?"

This kinda shows why a decoupling from China is necessary and reshoring to other countries is needed. If there was a large scale conflict in the far east, the U.S. is completely vulnerable.