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This is exactly why Trump’s whole “I alone can make deals” image falls apart when it meets actual geopolitics. A business-style photo-op is not the same as forcing a strategic rival to change behavior. China does not care about Trump’s branding. Beijing plays a long game. They know how to use ceremony, patience, vague promises, and symbolic respect to their advantage. The US needed concrete results: enforceable trade commitments, clearer deterrence around Taiwan, pressure on China-Russia alignment, real movement on market access, and some meaningful pushback on human rights issues. Instead, the visit seems to have produced mostly diplomatic language and nice visuals. That is why it looked weak. Not because dialogue with China is bad, but because the visit created the impression of progress without actually solving anything. China walked away looking stable and powerful. Trump walked away trying to call vague promises a win. For a self-proclaimed master negotiator, that is a pretty poor outcome.
If even 1% of this protest happened in India, CNN and BBC would run it for days. POK deserves the same global attention.
A thoughtful attempt to balance representation and population control.