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[@Lingling_Wei](/creator/twitter/Lingling_Wei)
"While Trump is waging a trade war Xi is fighting a Cold War. His goal is strategic stalematean enduring equilibrium where US pressure becomes manageable&China buys time to catch up. Its a strategy rooted in understanding of what the Soviets got wrong"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Lingling_Wei/status/1941468942016352755) [@Lingling_Wei](/creator/x/Lingling_Wei) 2025-07-05T12:07Z 111.8K followers, 289.8K engagements


"Beijings new rare-earth regime isnt merely tit-for-tat. It carries a message to the US: China is using its own strength against them putting into practice the old Chinese axiom or learn the tools of barbarians to control barbarians"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Lingling_Wei/status/1978082356561932425) [@Lingling_Wei](/creator/x/Lingling_Wei) 2025-10-14T12:55Z 111.8K followers, 83K engagements


"Escalate to de-escalate ahead of Trump/Xi meeting in Korea in two weeks. #USCHINA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Lingling_Wei/status/1979310455249342761) [@Lingling_Wei](/creator/x/Lingling_Wei) 2025-10-17T22:16Z 111.8K followers, 33.3K engagements


"Beijings latest rare-earth action is part of a pattern of China responding to what it perceives as feeble actions from Washington with disproportionately strong moves. With @AmrithRamkumar In todays @WSJ front page 👇"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Lingling_Wei/status/1976629397487796641) [@Lingling_Wei](/creator/x/Lingling_Wei) 2025-10-10T12:42Z 111.8K followers, 488.4K engagements


"Both China and US have vacillated between tough talk and de-escalation in recent days but the rhetoric took a harder turn Tue. In the latest standoff Beijing believes it has found USs Achilles heel: Trumps fixation on the market. W/@GavinBade"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Lingling_Wei/status/1978266066871615780) [@Lingling_Wei](/creator/x/Lingling_Wei) 2025-10-15T01:05Z 111.8K followers, 115.9K engagements


"By singling out Li Chenggang Bessent put Beijing on the spot while leaving the door open for Xi and his top negotiator He Lifeng to come to the table. So far He Lifeng hasn't yet engaged directly with Bessent"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Lingling_Wei/status/1978474102147932197) [@Lingling_Wei](/creator/x/Lingling_Wei) 2025-10-15T14:52Z 111.8K followers, 220K engagements


"Many in Washington have been pushing for a pivot away fm broad tariffs toward more surgical economic weaponschokepoints targeting sectors like software. A de-escalation on tariffs is a move toward what they believe is a smarter more targeted economic war"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Lingling_Wei/status/1980648797060677849) [@Lingling_Wei](/creator/x/Lingling_Wei) 2025-10-21T14:54Z 111.8K followers, 21.8K engagements


"Beijing is staying the course. For the next five years focus will continue to be on technology and industry and implementing policies to support manufacturing. As for supply and demand imbalances consumption people's livelihood income distribution etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Lingling_Wei/status/1981358941381837170) [@Lingling_Wei](/creator/x/Lingling_Wei) 2025-10-23T13:55Z 111.8K followers, 59K engagements


"Xi's power in one stat: Nearly 1/6 of the CCP Central Committee was absent from this week's plenum many purged. It's the lowest attendance in decades reflecting a party where the only person who matters is Xi. @ByChunHan via @WSJ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Lingling_Wei/status/1981387920989737185) [@Lingling_Wei](/creator/x/Lingling_Wei) 2025-10-23T15:51Z 111.8K followers, 128.2K engagements


"Its locked in. After weeks of anticipation Trump is set to meet Xi in South Korea next Thursday. All eyes will be on this high-stakes meeting as they work to tackle trade tensions and a whole lot of issues. via @wsj"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Lingling_Wei/status/1981434517723500690) [@Lingling_Wei](/creator/x/Lingling_Wei) 2025-10-23T18:56Z 111.8K followers, 16K engagements


"China's new Trump playbook: Punch hard with real leverage (rare earths) while conceding on "spiritual opium" like TikTok. The risk This heavy-handed strategy could backfire provoking the very China hawks Beijing wants to sidestep. via @WSJ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Lingling_Wei/status/1981537465157538079) [@Lingling_Wei](/creator/x/Lingling_Wei) 2025-10-24T01:45Z 111.8K followers, 296.4K engagements


"Incredibly grateful for reader feedback. From China: A kind note saying my articles use "Chinese people's language to express the substantive essence" of issues. From the US: "I'd very much like to read all of your articles if possible." This is why I write. Thank you 🙏"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Lingling_Wei/status/1982180022761742571) [@Lingling_Wei](/creator/x/Lingling_Wei) 2025-10-25T20:18Z 111.8K followers, 9041 engagements