Xi Jinping Willing to 'Deal' with Trump, but Bottom Line and Focus Is…
As Trump returns, Xi Jinping plans to exploit Taiwan, isolate the US, and suppress the Falun Gong to shift global power dynamics in China's favor.
A sudden change in the location of Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony has inadvertently saved the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from facing a dramatic and unprecedented scene. The CCP's Vice President Han Zheng and Taiwan's Legislative Yuan Speaker Han Kuo-yu would have appeared at the same venue. This situation was seen by some as a "Two China" challenge that Trump posed for the CCP.
So, what will be the CCP's bottom-line strategy for dealing with Trump 2.0? And what will be the possible changes in United States-China relations over the next four years?
Xi Jinping's Strategy for Trump 2.0
According to sources within the CCP, Xi Jinping has already formulated a strategy to deal with Trump's return and the bottom line of his willingness to make a deal with Trump.
At a meeting of the CCP's Politburo in December 2024, Xi gave a speech titled "Overcoming the Challenges of the Trump Tornado with Great Struggle." In this speech, Xi pointed out that Trump has two major strategic weaknesses.
America-First Policy as a Liability
Xi described Trump's policies as selfish and damaging to other nations, predicting backlash from allies alienated by the US's unilateralism.
2. Short-Term Ambitions vs. Long-Term Reality
With only four years to execute his ambitious plans, Xi predicted Trump's administration would be hasty, creating opportunities for China to exploit.
Based on these two judgments, Xi called on the entire party to promote what he calls a spirit of "proactive struggle." He wants to seize the opportunity presented by major shifts in the international geopolitical landscape to break apart and dissolve the existing political, military, and economic alliances centered around America. This would put the US in an unprecedented state of isolation not seen since the end of World War II.
This speech has now been communicated to the county and regiment-level officials of the CCP to form a so-called strategic consensus across the entire party.
