to be honest a someone who has been travelling to and working with both China and the US for more than 10 years, the vibe from China has always been that of cooperation and peace, whereas the feel that Americans have of China is of a dangerous enemy ready to attack.
it's understandable why the narrative in the US would be of a dangerous China, they are a population that is able to come together very efficiently and rise fast. the thing is though, the "danger" is just that of a very strong competitor, not that of a evil one.
imo the world can only gain from higher cooperation, we started as small tribes in the jungle, moved to cities, then states, then superstates. it's only obvious that the next evolutionary step is the "humankind state". we can get there through cooperation or confrontation, and any sane individual would choose the former.
🚨 Xi Jinping just told Trump to his face:
"China and the United States both stand to gain from cooperation and lose from confrontation. We should be partners, not rivals."
Let that sink in.
The same Xi who spent 4 years watching Biden call China "the greatest geopolitical threat of our time."
The same Xi who sat through years of sanctions, chip bans, and trade war escalation.
The same Xi who said NOTHING like this — ever — to any American president in recent memory.
Trump lands in Beijing for the first time since 2017.
Walks into the Great Hall of the People.
And Xi opens the summit by saying: partners, not rivals.
→ Not rivals. PARTNERS.
→ Not a press release. Said directly to Trump's face.
→ Not a vague diplomatic statement. A clear, deliberate opening.
The people who spent 3 years telling you Trump would start World War III with China are very quiet right now.
The people who told you confrontation was the only language Beijing understood are very quiet right now.
One meeting. One sentence. One moment that rewrites the entire narrative.
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