Saagar Enjeti

That's like very 1990s coded.

But these days, effectively what it means is they'll say things like, well, you need to have mutual respect in spheres of influence.

Well, what does that mean?

It's like, well, spheres of influence includes the whole South China Sea, right?

And so that means an acceptance of the Nine-Dash Line or South Korea and Japan.

They're in the same way when we'll say things about the Donro Doctrine or something like that.

They have their own policy, right?

So you just have to read between the lines.

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I actually thought the most unambiguous red lines came from the Chinese embassy.

Let's put A3 up here on the screen.

This was released ahead of Trump's visit from the Chinese embassy here in the United States, and they put out this graphic.

The four red lines in China-U.S.

relations, they must not be a challenge.

Number one, the Taiwan question.

Now, remember, when they say the Taiwan question, what they mean is that their reunification is the policy, the actual one China policy.