Learn about the latest domestic and international current affairs and learn authentic current political expressions in English, follow global times' daily bilingual editorials.
China must stay firm for negotiations
Amid an impasse between the two countries, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday called Chinese President Xi Jinping. The leaders agreed to meet next week during the G20 summit in the Japanese city of Osaka, bringing signs of a potential movement in the logjam. China, upon request, held a telephone conversation with the US. This is rich information.
In the context of a serious stalemate between China and the United States, President Trump took the initiative to call last night Beijing time and agreed that the leaders of China and the United States would meet next week on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, thus loosening the serious stalemate between the two countries. We called the US side "on request", which contained a wealth of information.
Negotiation outcomes are not often obtained through talks, but through fights. If desiring a good negotiation result, China must persist and not fear.
The pattern and outcome of negotiations are often not negotiated, but are based on fighting. If China wants to achieve a good negotiation result, it must not be afraid of war and dare to persist.
China's fearless attitude of over a month will not be in vain. It has sent a clear signal to Washington: China can never be daunted. If the US imposes unfair conditions on China, it must be prepared for a protracted trade war and bear the consequential losses together with China.
China's position and performance without fear of war for more than a month are correct and appropriate, and it has sent a clear signal to Washington: China is indissoluble, and if the United States imposes unfair conditions on China, it must be prepared to meet a protracted trade war and bear corresponding losses with China.
In the past month, there have been broader objections in American society against an escalating trade war. The negative impact on the US economy caused by the trade war is becoming more and more evident and US elections are approaching. While pressuring China, the US is experiencing pressure too. The key lies in willpower. The principle that the fearless side will win has begun to dominate the China-US game.
In the past month or so, the rational voice of the US society against the continuation of the trade war has risen sharply, and the signs of the negative impact of the trade war on the US economy have become more and more obvious, and the footsteps of the US election have come and gone, creating pressure on China at the same time, the pressure on the US government itself has risen simultaneously. China and the United States need to fight more and more in the next step, and the law of narrow roads meeting the brave ones wins gradually begins to dominate the game between China and the United States.
The trade war will not smash either of the two countries, but it will make trouble. US difficulties are self-imposed, while China's are a hurdle for the country's further development that cannot be bypassed. We should be prepared with abundant moral resources.
A trade war will not break up either side, but it will create difficulties. The difficulties of the United States are self-inflicted, the result of arrogance. China's difficulties are a hurdle that cannot be bypassed on the country's way forward, and our macro psychology has strong moral resources.
The US should answer a fundamental question: Why did it launch the trade war in the first place? What benefits will it bring to the American people?
The more the United States fights, the more it has to answer a fundamental question: Why is it fighting this trade war, and what benefits does it bring to the people?
As the war grinds on, China has had increasingly clear and sufficient reasons to fight: China is fighting for the country's sovereignty, for further development and for the better life of the Chinese people.
The clearer and fuller the strategic reasons for China's fight: we are fighting for the sovereign integrity and equal dignity of the country, and defending the right of China to continue to develop and the people have the opportunity to live better and better in the future.
China-US negotiations will have twists and turns. Negotiation and war coexisted through the second half of the Korean War (1950-53), and the arduous battles on Sangkumryung, known as Jane Russell Hill in the US, provided strong support for negotiations.
It is foreseeable that the future negotiations between China and the United States will not be smooth sailing, and the last half of the Korean War was spent talking and fighting at the same time, and the arduous Battle of Shangganling was a strong support for the negotiations in the later stages of the war.
As trade between China and the US is highly likely to continue, the two countries may eventually reach an agreement. But China will not be impatient or afraid of setbacks.
In terms of probability, China and the United States will always continue to do business, so they should eventually be able to reach an agreement. But there is no ripe fruit, we are not in a hurry to pick, the process is tortuous, we are not afraid to bear. This will of China must be unwavering.
The fierce confrontation of the last month will exert wider influence. The US is aware that China cannot be threatened or bullied easily, which will make Washington refrain from challenging Beijing's interests.
The fierce confrontation of the past month or so will also have a wider impact. The United States knows that China is not easy to intimidate and bully, which will have a restraining effect on its impulses to challenge China's interests.
China is tough not only in its attitude. The past month has further verifiedChina's great strength and its ability to support national will. Facing aggressive US pressure, China has remained in good order.
China is not just tough in attitude, its strength and ability to support the will of the country have been further verified in the past month or so. Under the overwhelming pressure of the United States, China has achieved overall orderliness.
China is highly united politically and its economy runs smoothly. The exchange rate of China's renminbi experienced a small decline. Most other countries' exchange rates would plunge 50 percent or more if they had to deal with US sanctions. The renminbi has not risen beyond 7 against the US dollar as some had expected. This proves that China has enough stamina to start a strategic game with the US.
China is highly united politically and its economy is running smoothly. One of the signs is the performance of the renminbi exchange rate, which has fallen, but the decline has been limited. Compared with the situation that the currency exchange rate fell by 50% or more in a short period of time when other countries were sanctioned by the United States, the yuan did not break through 7 as quickly as some people predicted, which proves that we are a country with sufficient staying power to carry out strategic games against the United States.
China has the strong leadership and political core of the Communist Party of China, which guarantees the country a strategic focus at a critical juncture. Cowardice would trigger capitulationism, force China to accept US conditions and enable the US to act arbitrarily against China. But with a strong collective will, China has not backed down. The US government and society have seen this.
China has the party's strong leadership and political core, which ensures our strategic determination at a critical juncture. A small number of people are inevitably cowardly, or even frightened, and capitulationism can easily spread, which will cause the country to accept the conditions of endless troubles in the process of retreating and hand over the power to act arbitrarily against us to the United States. However, China has not fallen into that situation, and our collective will is strong and lasting. The U.S. government has seen this, and the whole of the United States has seen this.
We should do our own things well and unite like a fortress. Persist in our stance and victory will be our only destination.
Do our own things well, unite as one, we do not change, the other party will change. We march forward consistently, and victory is our only other shore.
This article is an editorial of the Global Network and the Global Times English website, and the Chinese part has been deleted.