Some Chinese commentators and media speculate that Donald Trump’s win in the US presidential poll on November 5 will open the door for conversation of China’s unification with Taiwan.
Since Trump won the election, American internet have been eager to know Beijing’s views on the Ukrainian-Russia war, a probable 60 % tax to be imposed on Chinese products and Taiwan things.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman, Mao Ning, said in a statement that the following is the official language for the three problems:
- China supports all initiatives that promote social resolution to the Ukrainian crisis and maintains neutrality.
- China does not respond to fictitious inquiries about fresh US taxes, but it wants to stress that there is neither a trade conflict winner nor a global gain.
- The Taiwan issue is China’s most pressing and delicate of all bilateral ties, and China is vehemently opposed to standard relations between the US and Taiwan.
Trump received gratitude on becoming the 47th US President on November 7 from Chinese President Xi Jinping.  ,
In the new era, Xi argued that China and the US should find the best way to get down, both domestically and internationally.
” Record teaches that China and the US get from cooperation and gain from fight”, said Xi. A firm, sound, and long-term relationship between China and the US serves the two nations ‘ common goals and fulfills the aspirations of the global community.
Absence of enthusiasm
It’s been eft to experts to see that Xi’s and Mao’s formal words, while pleasant, by no means add up to a rousing cheer.
” Compared with the last people in 2016, the Chinese party’s latest thanks to Trump have skipped the niceties”, Hua Dianlong, a Hubei-based journalist, says in an essay published on November 7.
This, Hua adds, shows that” China is not positive about the steady growth of Sino-US relationships. The formulation shift demonstrates reality.
” Before Trump won the election in 2016, China and the US had maintained a great relationship”, Hua says. But now with his re-election in 2024,” Sino-US relationships have reached a traditional low level. In the event that Trump retakes the presidency, we are pretty watchful.
He claims that a growing trade war between China and the US and continued US work to halt China appear to be unavoidable.
But, like some other critics, Hua thinks there is a probable ray of light.  , The Taiwan problem, he says, may be a subject for Beijing and Washington to use to break the deadlock as Trump has a different perspective from the Biden-Harris management.  ,  ,
Liang Xun, a Henan-based writer also looking for a beautiful place, says in an essay that the Chinese party’s congratulations to Trump may be summed up in one Foreign word – cooperation.
The US will continue to support China in the Trump 2.0 era, she says, adding that it may perhaps intensify its opposition and competition there and present several challenges and pressures on the country’s economy.
Trump may need to ask China for political assistance in order to meet its promise to end the Ukraine war, she adds. Trump may acquire a comparatively pragmatist stance on the Taiwan issue and refrain from taking drastic measures to stop the Taiwan Strait’s situation from worsening.
She claims she came to this conclusion in response to Trump’s repeated pleas for Taiwan to give “protection fees.”
” Taiwan should compensate us for protection. You know, we’re not different than an insurance company. Taiwan does n’t give us anything”, Trump told Bloomberg Businessweek in an interview in July.  ,
Trump also claimed that Taiwan had “almost 100 %” of the US chip industry. However, some device experts refuted Taiwan’s claim that it had made a lot of money to grow its chip market.
Protection charges
Last month, Trump told the Wall Street Journal that if China goes into Taiwan, the US will impose 150-to-200 % tariffs on Chinese products.  ,
Taiwan could change from being a pawn to an outcast at any time, according to Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office ( TAO ).
China may gain from Trump’s Taiwan legislation, according to some Chinese observers.  ,
Yan Mo, a Guancha.cn journalist, claims in an post that the US is levy “protection fees” on Taiwan by imposing tariffs to compel Taiwan’s chipmakers to spend more in or travel to the US.
” In the past few years, Biden had successfully lured the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co ( TSMC) to build factories in Arizona for US$ 65 billion”, Yan says. ” But for investment will not be enough to meet Trump’s hunger, what he wants is Taiwan’s full electric supply chain”.
” After Trump has sucked all the industrial power out of the island, it’ll be time for mainland China to make its move – forcing Taiwan to discuss reunification”, Yan says.  ,
He claims that Trump will refrain from increasing arms sales to Taiwan because he is aware that Beijing would launch an island-specific attack, which would cost the US significantly more. He comes to the conclusion that China might have a chance to resolve Taiwan issues in the Trump 2.0 era.  ,
Of course, not everyone agrees with Yan’s prediction.  ,  ,
Taiwan’s Premier Cho Jung-tai, for example, has stated that it would defend itself and accept more responsibility.  ,
The Asia Times has Yong Jian as a contributor. He is a Chinese journalist specializing in news of technology, the economy and politics.