Gordon Chang

Yeah, I think there's very little room to maneuver. And the reason is that China's predatory trade policies and its criminal acts, they're inherent in the nature of the Communist Party system. These are the things that have got us upset about China in the first place. These are the things that Beijing cannot negotiate away.

Yeah, I think there's very little room to maneuver. And the reason is that China's predatory trade policies and its criminal acts, they're inherent in the nature of the Communist Party system. These are the things that have got us upset about China in the first place. These are the things that Beijing cannot negotiate away.

The other thing here is that Xi Jinping has configured the Chinese political system so that only the most hostile answers are considered acceptable. So, the economically rational thing for Xi Jinping to do is to pick up the phone, call Trump, and sort of make a lot of concessions to get a deal.

The other thing here is that Xi Jinping has configured the Chinese political system so that only the most hostile answers are considered acceptable. So, the economically rational thing for Xi Jinping to do is to pick up the phone, call Trump, and sort of make a lot of concessions to get a deal.

The other thing here is that Xi Jinping has configured the Chinese political system so that only the most hostile answers are considered acceptable. So, the economically rational thing for Xi Jinping to do is to pick up the phone, call Trump, and sort of make a lot of concessions to get a deal.

I mean, Xi Jinping can make concessions and say, I'm never going to honor them, but that would be the rational thing to do, to get Trump to say yes to something. But C can't pick up the phone. And that's because he's boxed himself in.

I mean, Xi Jinping can make concessions and say, I'm never going to honor them, but that would be the rational thing to do, to get Trump to say yes to something. But C can't pick up the phone. And that's because he's boxed himself in.

I mean, Xi Jinping can make concessions and say, I'm never going to honor them, but that would be the rational thing to do, to get Trump to say yes to something. But C can't pick up the phone. And that's because he's boxed himself in.

Xi Jinping has declared the US to be China's enemy. They did that in May 2019 with a landmark editorial in People's Daily, which declared a, quote unquote, people's war on us. That is a phrase which has great resonance in Communist Party history. It's total war. So if you believe that you're in total war with an enemy, that you're in an existential struggle,

Xi Jinping has declared the US to be China's enemy. They did that in May 2019 with a landmark editorial in People's Daily, which declared a, quote unquote, people's war on us. That is a phrase which has great resonance in Communist Party history. It's total war. So if you believe that you're in total war with an enemy, that you're in an existential struggle,

Xi Jinping has declared the US to be China's enemy. They did that in May 2019 with a landmark editorial in People's Daily, which declared a, quote unquote, people's war on us. That is a phrase which has great resonance in Communist Party history. It's total war. So if you believe that you're in total war with an enemy, that you're in an existential struggle,

How can you make concessions to that enemy? Your position is you've got to defeat them. You've got to destroy them. You can't sort of make nice to them. You can't make big agreements with them.

How can you make concessions to that enemy? Your position is you've got to defeat them. You've got to destroy them. You can't sort of make nice to them. You can't make big agreements with them.

How can you make concessions to that enemy? Your position is you've got to defeat them. You've got to destroy them. You can't sort of make nice to them. You can't make big agreements with them.

So I think that Xi Jinping has now sort of put himself in a position where he is only going to accept something where it's clear that the United States has submitted, has gotten on its knees and begged China for an agreement. I don't see Trump doing that. And so, this is going to be very, very difficult for the Chinese regime. And we have to understand that the regime may not survive this.

So I think that Xi Jinping has now sort of put himself in a position where he is only going to accept something where it's clear that the United States has submitted, has gotten on its knees and begged China for an agreement. I don't see Trump doing that. And so, this is going to be very, very difficult for the Chinese regime. And we have to understand that the regime may not survive this.

So I think that Xi Jinping has now sort of put himself in a position where he is only going to accept something where it's clear that the United States has submitted, has gotten on its knees and begged China for an agreement. I don't see Trump doing that. And so, this is going to be very, very difficult for the Chinese regime. And we have to understand that the regime may not survive this.

I've been wrong on timing before, so I'm probably the worst person to ask that question. But I don't think that they can sustain it for too much longer. And there's a couple of reasons. Xi Jinping, because he's turned his back on consumption as being the fundamental basis of the Chinese economy, there's only one way out to rescue an increasingly grim situation, and that is to export more.

I've been wrong on timing before, so I'm probably the worst person to ask that question. But I don't think that they can sustain it for too much longer. And there's a couple of reasons. Xi Jinping, because he's turned his back on consumption as being the fundamental basis of the Chinese economy, there's only one way out to rescue an increasingly grim situation, and that is to export more.

I've been wrong on timing before, so I'm probably the worst person to ask that question. But I don't think that they can sustain it for too much longer. And there's a couple of reasons. Xi Jinping, because he's turned his back on consumption as being the fundamental basis of the Chinese economy, there's only one way out to rescue an increasingly grim situation, and that is to export more.