Lü said it seems the US decision-making circle has now been divided into three parts - the force led by Blinken that wants to gain more power by making more trouble for China-US ties; the pragmatic force headed by professional economic officials like Yellen; and those who care more about the climate issue and need cooperation from China. "President Joe Biden is too weak to keep them all under control and sometimes even gets hijacked by the hardliners."
Yuan noted that as Blinken wants to cooperate, compete and confront with China when needed, "then we should let him know that there is no way the US could get cooperation from China if they cross China's redline on the Taiwan question, and the competition and confrontation will make the US feel more pain."
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