Keyu Jin

But you're absolutely right.

There needs to be respect.

The Chinese, at least, really care about respect.

And I wish there was just a bit more cultural fluency.

And I think a lot of things would be so much easier between the two countries, just understanding that.

Because you can actually push China to do a lot of things, all within reason, that would work in favor of the U.S.,

But understand that respect is vitally important.

Face saving is very, very, very important.

Xi Jinping is not Putin, right?

And there is a genuine desire on China's part to de-escalate.

Again, coming back to the level of pragmatism.

Under economic strain in China, you don't really want to be picking fights.

Right.

They don't agree at all with Trump's economic views and world vision, let's just put it simply.

So understanding that a lot of this is also driven by American internal politics, which they are aware of, helps a bit.

But there's a genuine desire to take the temperature down with the U.S., even if the weather doesn't fundamentally change.

I think that Trump can show to the American consumers that he has gotten some sort of a deal, right, that the Chinese have bought more American goods or promised to buy American goods and then the American companies can come into China.

And then a lot of the previously restricted investment opportunities are now not restricted and the American banks can make money in China.

He can say that.

And I think that could be part of a really realistic deal, that somehow American companies will be better protected through IP protection.