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Under the mediation of the Soviet side, the United States and China began to negotiate on the Taiwan Strait issue, although the negotiations between the two sides did not appear to be friendly at first, at least full of gunpowder. Like Kissinger before him, President Mario did not make an official diplomatic visit to the State Council, but let Anthony Lake, as a national adviser, take the lead in contacting the Chinese ambassador to the United States, Li Daoyu, and the two sides finalized the date of the secret visit.

Then Anthony Lake began to visit Beijing first to lay the groundwork for the next trilateral talks, and at the same time wanted to know where the bottom line of the Chinese and Soviet sides was, so as to prepare a bargaining chip for the next negotiations.

The situation is still developing in the direction that Yanayev expected, Mario did not listen to his original advice, and insisted on not withdrawing from Taiwan's waters until the political turmoil in the Taiwan region is not stable, which greatly stimulated the nerves of the Chinese side and also allowed the Soviet Union to see the shameless and wonderful side of the American government.

"Well, now the United States is going to bring humiliation upon itself again." Yanayev was not shocked at all when he heard the news, because the United States did not realize that Taiwan is more important to China than Cuba is to the United States, and that China will not compromise with others on this issue, this is their war, and it has nothing to do with anyone else.

Yanayev walked to the window and looked out the window through bulletproof glass, Moscow had entered June, the warmest season, and Red Square was calmer than ever. But Yanayev, accustomed to being at the center of the political maelstrom, sees the so-called calm as a prelude to a major crisis.

"The next thing the United States will encounter is the most troublesome trilateral talks, because China has always been soft and the Taiwan issue."

Therefore, the attitude of the Chinese side obviously exceeded the expectations of Anthony's advisers, and Li Daoyu basically vetoed the proposal of the US side to maintain the status quo, and strongly accused the US Pacific Seventh Fleet of interfering in China's internal affairs, and the US side must withdraw from this turmoil, otherwise the Chinese side will definitely not hold trilateral talks.

"This is China's bottom line, we will never adopt the so-called compromise in exchange for peace, Anthony Advisor, please tell President Mario, our conditions will not change, the US Pacific Fleet will withdraw from the waters of Taiwan first, and then come to discuss with us the so-called peaceful solution, otherwise everything is a face-to-face meeting."

In the face of China's aggressive posture, the United States has no choice but to speed up negotiations with Taiwan. He even directly threatened that if Masao Iwasato dared to raise the slogan of independence again, then the United States would send the CIA to Taiwan. Compared with the previous threats of economic blockade and intimidation by force, this time the United States has adopted the most direct and crude method to coerce Taiwan's supreme leader.

The coercion of the United States is not unilateral, and at the same time, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore have begun to alienate the Taiwanese government intentionally or unintentionally, and the capital of Iwasato Masao's independence lies in Taiwan's economy and external support.

Under the threat of the United States, the trembling Taiwan leader agreed to the US demand, reaffirmed the one-China principle and agreed with the principle of the '92 Consensus in public, and at the same time actively promoted the second Wang-Koo talks, hoping that cross-strait relations would move toward normalization again.

Taiwan's compromise was forced out by the United States with a knife on its neck, and after completing this series of small actions, Uncle Sam gracefully turned his head and began to hold trilateral talks with the Chinese and Soviet sides. The decision on the future direction of Taiwan's situation is not in the hands of Masao Iwasato, but in the game between China and the United States.

The conditions put forward by the Chinese side are that the US Pacific Fleet withdraw from Taiwan, the Taiwan issue is an internal issue of the Chinese side, the United States has no jurisdiction over it, and at the same time, the Chinese side has the right to make any disposition of Taiwan.

The United States, on the other hand, said that after the Pacific Fleet leaves Taiwan, Taiwan must maintain the status quo and that China cannot arbitrarily use force to reunify Taiwan because of the Taiwan issue.

Although they say that they will no longer interfere in the Taiwan issue, in fact, the Americans who do not give up hope to maintain the current status quo of neither independence nor reunification, after all, the high-level political level and the attitude of disagreement between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait can ensure that the United States can use the island chain to block the rising red dragon.

This was a contest between China and the United States, and the Soviet Union was only used as a bargaining chip to exert pressure, but it could not play a decisive role in this contest. Be that as it may, on the Taiwan issue. Privately, the Chinese side and the Soviet Union still reached a unanimous consensus on advancing and retreating together.

Foreign Minister Shevardnadze, US Secretary of State Warren and Chinese Foreign Ministry Special Officer Qian Qichen first held exploratory talks in Beijing.

This is almost a negotiation that will determine the direction of the situation in the Asia-Pacific region.

"The Chinese side can maintain the current status quo, but the precondition is that the US fleet withdraws from our national waters, otherwise the Chinese side will definitely not agree to any plan." From the very beginning, the Chinese side showed a strong aura, as if Warren felt that he was back in the era of negotiations with the Soviet Union.

"But we have to make sure that there will be no large-scale military conflict in Taiwan, which will have a very bad impact on peace in the Asia-Pacific region, and Washington does not want to see that happen." Warren's tone is very tough, and since he has lost this crisis and conflict, he hopes to save face at least elsewhere.

However, Qian Qichen, the representative of the Chinese side, immediately replied, "Will there be a conflict in Taiwan, when will it be your turn to take care of the Americans?" This is our own problem, not your business. It is better to pay more attention to the situation in your country, China's problems, the Chinese solve them themselves, and there is no need for outsiders to intervene. ”

Only Shevardnadze did not say a word, although the United States and the Chinese side quarreled so fiercely, but an agreement had been reached on the general issue, but there were some small details that always felt that it was necessary to save face. To put it bluntly, now both countries are fighting for their own national face.

But in any case, everything will end after this meeting, and no matter how-for-tat between China and the United States is now, they will eventually choose to shake hands and make peace.

This is the complexity of the political game between the great powers, and the frogs in Taiwan will never understand this truth.

"Ahem." Shevardnadze coughed and said to Qian Qichen and Volyn, "I think you two should listen to the opinion of the Soviet Union now?" (To be continued.) )