Comments by "William J McCartan" (@williamjmccartan8879) on "US u0026 China Chess: How Domestic u0026 Economic Crises Are Forcing China to Change its Taiwan Policy" video.

  1. As I watch I put things in bc I'll probably forget and have to rewatch, 4 minutes in, Blinken's visit was interesting in the fact that he had no counterpart to sit down with during that's visit as the individual had been sidelined by Xi, so Blinken spoke directly with Xi, it being the world stage and China's version of Secretary of State not being available, I didn't think that was a good look for China with the leadership not having faith in it's representative. 15 minutes, of the 3 points Ken is making the last or the win/win part of it, is China's top priority so that it can continue to build its middle class by having continued investment in the Chinese economy, which it is real need of right now. Near the end the Taiwanese elections were brought up and its interesting because about a week ago, the two rival parties in Taiwan were going to be joining forces to try and build a united front to dosplace the current government through the election, but, just today, those same parties announced that they are no longer working together. It makes me wonder if Xi was trying to use his operatives in Taiwan to change the election outcome, but came up short. Thank you both very much for sharing your time and Ken and Pyotr, great summary of the summit and what might be happening behind the scenes. Peace
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