The White House decided not to leave the road to keep calm

Washington has repeatedly delayed and cut off talks with Beijing, prompting Chinese officials to start desperately on the prospect of improving bilateral relations. Accordingly, the White House did not allow President Xi Jinping, who built up the image of the country as a hard-line nationalist, a way to save face if it had to yield. corporate officials and analysts.

Chinese officials apparently reached a trade deal with US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross last year but President Donald Trump vetoed the deal. In May this year, agreement with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin was rejected by Trump. In September, as China prepares to send a senior official to the United States to negotiate concessions, Trump stammered. Turn off the plan with a new levy.

"They do not seem to want to negotiate," Wang said at a private meeting with US business in late September. He accused China of being a " to another time.

Chinese officials are late to realize the US is a real competitor - Photo: White House
The rift in bilateral exchanges reflects both countries are in the process of deep internal change. Although Mr. Trump has repeatedly pledged to change US trade policy, the Chinese authorities have been slow to recognize his implications, and have not seen that traditional channels are no longer useful. new situation.

"They're stuck," said Dennis Wilder, a former CIA strategist for China. "They did not notice the change in the American political system."

In recent months, the United States has repeatedly attacked China on many fronts, from trade to defense and military, culminating in Vice President Mike Pence's exposé of Beijing.

In that situation, China has sought out top officials like the ministers Ross and Munchin, but their voices could not shake Trump while the White House was increasingly influenced by Robert Trade. E. Lighthizer and commercial consultant Peter Navarro, whose names Beijing considers an enemy rather than a negotiating partner.

Chinese officials are
also looking to unofficial channels such as veteran politicians Henry Kissinger, Henry Kissinger, business leaders Stephen Schwarzman, or names close to the President of the United States such as Steve Wynn and Stephen K. Bannon.

"China thinks they can partially control Mr. Trump by using Henry Kissinger, Steve Schwarzman, Hank Paulson ... but China has realized they do not have as much influence with Trump as they once thought," said Max Baucus, the US ambassador to Beijing under Barack Obama.

Beijing has also held meetings between former US and Chinese government officials, a method often used when foreign relations began to turn bad. However, this was also useless under the Trump administration. The White House withdrew its officials from that meeting in August.

"The Chinese government is still in the old way. They do not realize that time and attitude have changed, and they either do not have the ability or want to take new approaches to the situation, "said an unidentified US National Security Council official. regulations.

While state-run media have pledged not to succumb to pressure from the United States, Beijing now sees that they underestimated the intensity of the anti-China tsunami in Washington. Not only Trump, but both the Democratic and business community leaders have said that the declaration of war with China is necessary. And they are determined not to allow the way to he concession easily. VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.( VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN,GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY ).AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.29/10/2018.