Dovey "Rug the fiat" Wan (hiring)
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Trump's Beijing visit rerated the Taiwan weight a lot: now Taiwan is officially a very good negotiation chip for him (his own word lol)
No US president since the Chinese Civil War has negotiated Taiwan arms sales with Beijing. When a "non-negotiable" red line becomes a line item on the table this tells you a lot abt the new geopolitical power dynamics. Welcome to the transaction era
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maybe im overthinking here ... The Taiwan talk just got very, very different. Trump's China visit (Mar 31) was locked before Operation Epic Furry.Then Khamenei dies 3 weeks prior.. timing seems to be too convenient to be accidental. This is a major trigger to tests Xi's response model before the visit to position pre-negotiation: China's entire asymmetric play was built on Iran escalation optionality. That card is now gone. Trump basically said "Your Belt and Road ally is decapitated. Now let's talk about trade/Taiwan"
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