Taiwanese friend (Luo): Johnson, although I was born and raised in Taiwan, and was educated in “Chinese 5,000-year-old culture” since childhood (1950s), I have no special feelings for the mainland. It was not until I went to the mainland for the first time in 1997 that I truly felt the “connection with the mainland” and realized that the 5,000-year-old culture can only be seen here!
In the five years after 1997, I visited the mainland every year. I often think why travel around the world, if I can see the great mountains and rivers of the mainland, my life will be worth it, don’t you think?
Alert people to buy iPhone in Shenzhen at 1/3 cheaper than US plus no more sales taxes! That is huge savings for those wanting to buy a new one now or within a few months. 提醒大家在深圳買iPhone，價格比美國便宜三分之一，還不用繳銷售稅！對於那些現在或幾個月內想買新手機的人來說，這真是一筆巨款的省錢！
“The anti China haters hate Trump more than China.”
The China haters (華人恨國黨) hate Trump more because he wants to talk to Russia and China rather than fight with them.
If Trump doesn’t want to fight China, why did he pack his cabinet with China haters & China hawks who are hell-bent on starting war with China?
I believe Trump’s people are mostly “prioritizers”, whose main goal is war with China. The appointment of Elbridge Colby strengthens that conviction. But they still want war. They are not peaceniks.
Biden’s people were “primacists” those who want to dominate the whole world. It’s unclear what Trump is personally: isolationist, prioritizer, or primacist. I think he will settle for primacy in his own mind if he can’t have primacy: he is capable of mentally twisting a loss into a win.
In part Trump’s desire to do so is a recognition of the end of Euro-American hegemony.
I think Trump’s election platform was not the recognition of the End of EA hegemony, but a call to reconstitute it, and a pitch that he was the person to do it. Right now it’s manifesting in irrational ways that undermine hegemony even further, primarily attacks on immigrants (because immigrants do a lot of the work that keeps the US afloat), on allies, or tariff wars. Whether this is isolationism, going gently into that good night, or something much more sinister remains to be seen. I’ve called it the school shooter stage of Empire, and in part, I believe, is that he does not want to see trade competition devolve into hot warfare. It remains to be seen. Nobody wants war, until it happens. (By KJN 5-12-25)
Video: China press conference after trade deals with US. It’s confirmed. China won the trade war, as even anti-Chinese commentators are admitting. 中國與美國達成貿易協議後舉行記者會。事實已成定局。中國贏得了貿易戰，就連反華評論員也承認了這一點. 美國和中國鬥，不自量力，將會輸得好慘! 川建國掉在地上撿起一些沙子並宣布自己是獲勝者，絕對沒有羞恥心! https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP86HYBSV/ https://youtu.be/vkQLTGsbZNI?si=cE6HUjcASeI0LGS1
It’s confirmed. China won the trade war, as even anti-Chinese commentators are admitting. 事實已成定局。中國贏得了貿易戰，就連反華評論員也承認了這一點. 美國和中國鬥，不自量力，將會輸得好慘! 川建國掉在地上撿起一些沙子並宣布自己是獲勝者，絕對沒有羞恥心!
Immediately after the 90-deal was announced yesterday, the present writer wrote: “China just won the trade war” – and got some instant pushback. Donald Trump and his supporters, of course, maintain that he was the victor.
But today, after the dust has settled, the majority of commentators around the world agree that China clearly won.
The Atlantic, a magazine that normally takes a strongly anti-Chinese line, headlined its summary: “China called Trump’s bluff”.
It sums up what just happened thus: “When President Donald Trump launched his trade war on the world, he issued a stern warning: ‘Do not retaliate and you will be rewarded.’ China ignored the warning. It was rewarded anyway.”
The Guardian, a UK paper whose intense bias against China has been statistically shown by academics, also said the Asian giant had won: “Trump might claim China tariff victory – but this is Capitulation Day.” The text says: “The president has caved.”
INDEPENDENT VOICES Carlos Martinez, a political journalist from London, summed it up yesterday: “In 2020, Kishore Mahbubani asked “has China won?” In 2025, we have an answer: yes, it has.”
Popular podcaster Carl Zha wrote: “Trump folded like a origami crane. What has Liberation Day accomplished? A lot actually. It showed the world that the US is not a serious country and China is now the global leader. Tariff may be reversed but the reputational damage to the US around the world is irreversible.”
NOT REALLY ABOUT TARIFFS Some Trumpites are saying that China didn’t win, as the tariffs are higher than they were before Trump launched his attack. But that is missing the point.
The simplest way to understand what happened is this. When a tariff policy reaches ridiculous heights, such as 145%, it is no longer a tariff: it is a trade embargo. In the first week of April, Donald Trump placed a major trade embargo on goods from China. He understood this. “At 145, you’re really decoupling because nobody’s going to buy,” he said.
Tariffs come and go, rise and fall, are negotiable upwards or downwards – but trade embargoes are a big deal: they literally change the flow of world trade, causing an actual decoupling, which everyone agrees is harmful.
Today, the normal sort of tariffs are in place, but the de facto US trade embargo on Chinese goods has gone. That’s the key.
THINK TANKS
Even America’s major anti-China think tanks agree on what happened.
The New York Times quoted Scott Kennedy, China expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, which normally takes a hostile stance to China: “The Geneva agreement represents an almost complete U.S. retreat that vindicates Xi’s decision to forcefully retaliate.”
The paper also confirmed that the whole exercise achieved little. “President Trump’s triple-digit tariffs on Chinese products disrupted global trade — but haven’t appeared to result in major concessions from Beijing,” it said.
Just arrived in SF from HK via Cathay Pacific, other than long wait for luggage, immigration passage with Global Entry and US Citizens fast, no need even show our passports, no questions asked, the African American immigration officer has all our information. The scare tactics by some is full of bullshits. We are US Citizens, we just expressed our freedom of speech from time to time how terrible US treating Chinese Americans and events not covered by US censorship. 剛從香港乘坐國泰航空抵達舊金山，除了長時間等待行李、通過全球入境通道和美國公民快速入境、甚至無需出示美國護照、美國入境移民官沒有問我們任何問題，那位非裔美國移民官員掌握了我們的所有信息。有些人的恐嚇手段簡直是胡扯。我們是美國公民，我們只是偶爾表達我們的言論自由，例如美國如何種族歧視對待華裔美國人，以及美國審查制度禁止言論自由等等.
The J-10 was covered with plastic sheets at the Zhuhai Air Show and quietly parked in a corner. After all, it is too old and has been in service for 28 years. The inconspicuous plastic cape man J-10 has now become famous all over the world, using a 240 million US dollar Rafale fighter for target practices. 殲10在珠海航展上，用塑料布蓋著，默默停放在角落裏沒人看，畢竟太老了，都服役28年了。不起眼的塑料披風俠殲10，如今竟一戰成名天下知，將人家2.4億美金的陣風戰機，用來作打靶訓練.
J-15: I can take off from an aircraft carrier! J-10C: You are a virgin! J-16: I have the most advanced electronic warfare weapons! J-10C: You are a virgin! J-20: I can be invisible J-10C: You are a virgin! J-35: I can be invisible and can also board a ship! J-10C: You are a virgin! J-50: I am the world’s first 6th generation aircraft to be successfully tested J-10C: You are all virgins! I got the first blood of a French girl. 歼15： 我能航母起飞！ 歼10C：你是处男！ 歼16： 我有最先进的电战武器！ 歼10C：你是处男！ 歼20： 我会隐身 歼10C：你是处男！ 歼35： 我会隐身，还能上舰！ 歼10C：你是处男！ 歼50: 我是全世界第一款成功试飞的6代机 歼10C：你们都是处男！我拿的还是法国姑娘的一血。
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