(4000 words, one more to come)

The news of the talks between China and the United States cannot be concealed from those who have a good heart.

Before the Republic sent Foreign Minister Li to visit the United States, the Foreign Ministry and the State Department Information Office held a press conference to explain Minister Li's plan to visit the United States, and the main purpose was to meet with Secretary of State Condoleezza Friedrich at the invitation of the US State Department. Ms. Rice discussed the Continental Army's military exercises in the Taiwan Strait.

Everyone can also understand that the so-called plan of Minister Li's visit to the United States by Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China this time is not so much a process in which the mainland is preparing to reach a compromise with the United States on the Taiwan Strait issue, but rather a process in which the United States, after finding that it has no troops in its hands and no way to exert pressure on the Republic from a military point of view, has no choice but to start from a diplomatic point of view and compromise with the Republic in a less humiliating way...... Who said that foreigners don't pay attention to face, but only pay attention to practical benefits? In many cases, foreigners actually attach great importance to the issue of face.

Outside the gate of the US State Department, reporters from all over the world were crowded, and assistants held long microphone poles and thick pickup sticks; One by one, the cameras stood behind the cameras, and the cameras were pointed at the gate; Names of major TV and radio stations. Celebrities and hosts chattered endlessly into the camera lenses and held microphones, spitting their views and prospects for the Sino-US talks to the audience and listeners in front of the television and radio stations......

"Hello viewers, I'm Erin from ABC TV, and I'm doing a live broadcast to the audience outside the State Department building. Miss Rice's meeting has lasted two hours and twenty minutes, and until now, the State Department staff has been talking to Minister Lee and Condoleezza. Ms. Rice's meeting was highly confidential, but in half an hour, according to the schedule given by the staff, the meeting between the two sides will be temporarily concluded, at which point we will interview both sides of the meeting and provide information to Minister Lee and Condoleezza on the following issues. Ms. Rice asked questions......"

"Hello viewers, I'm the host of Sky TV......"

"Hello everyone, I'm an old acquaintance of everyone, a ...... of CNN TV"

"Hello everyone, this is TNT TV ......"

“…… BBC ......"

Although the State Department has prepared a rest room for the reporters and hosts of these major media, for these reporters who are anxious to get angry, the gods and horses who do not rest are all floating clouds, and being able to get first-hand news materials is what they attach the most importance to...... It's related to your own bonuses and future promotions, and now it's a god to suffer a little sin?

Twenty minutes later, Condoleezza. Rice and Minister Lee walked slowly side by side and walked out of the building.

The reporters who had been waiting in front of the gate rushed up, and countless microphones and pickup sticks seemed to poke into the mouths of Rice and Minister Li, and the flashing lights kept flickering, even the time-tested Minister Li and Rice felt that the lights were dazzling for a while, and at least hundreds of reporters asked questions at the same time, stopping in the ears of Rice and Minister Li, like tens of thousands of ducks croaking at the same time......

Although the expressions of the two remained unchanged, they still smiled gently, but they had scolded these reporters eight hundred times in their hearts: These beasts, don't you know that Lao Tzu's eyes are about to be blinded by you

The two looked at each other: who came first?

Minister Li smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to Rice and made a gesture of "you please first", "Lady first, you come first." ”

Rice took the lead in taking a step forward and said with a smile at a group of reporters and the microphone that was almost poked into his mouth, "Thank you for your concern, China and the United States are very satisfied with this morning's talks, and have reached agreement on some issues, and both China and the United States firmly believe that after a period of mutual understanding, we will eventually be able to reach an agreement on the Taiwan Strait issue." ”

Rice's remarks are basically tantamount to nonsense without any nutrition, what does it mean that "the two sides have reached an agreement on some issues"? The reporters present were already very familiar with this kind of official cliché, so when they heard Rice's words at this moment, they were naturally not very satisfied, and as soon as they turned their heads, many reporters pointed the microphone at Minister Li, who had just taken office and seemed to be a "rookie". …,

It just so happened that at this time, Rice also finished speaking...... During the morning talks, he was being led by the nose by others, and Rice naturally had no idea of in-depth exchanges with these reporters.

"Yes, the meeting with Ms. Rice in the past few days was very pleasant, and we have reached agreement on some views on the Taiwan Strait issue of mutual concern, and we are full of optimism about the prospects of this meeting, and we believe that the talks will certainly achieve results that are satisfactory to both China and the United States." The reporters miscalculated to get some heavyweight news from the mouth of Minister Li, a "rookie", and Minister Li's answer was not leaky.

Before becoming the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister Li was the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, and had served as ambassadors to the United States and several European countries.

But the reporters were not satisfied with Minister Li's answer: Rice is fooling, you are also fooling us, this is not good, if you can't get some real material out of your mouth, what will happen to today's news?

Irene, a reporter and host of ABC TV, asked Minister Li in a loud voice, "Dear Minister Li, can you tell us more about the consensus you reached during this morning's meeting?" ”

"Of course," Minister Li replied with a smile, "On the Taiwan Strait issue, China and the United States agree that peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait region are related to the development of the world economy and are closely related to the relations between China and the United States. ”

, I don't mean that Taiwan has a bearing on the core interests of your two countries, and who doesn't know that you attach great importance to the Taiwan issue? I don't need you to say that, we know it. A group of reporters couldn't help but look at each other, and greeted Minister Li several times in their hearts: You say something weighty, don't use these official clichés to fool us, you will die?

The girls obviously forgot one thing, why should Minister Li take care of the emotions of their reporters? What will happen to these reporters after they get this news, everyone has been dealing with each other for so many years, who still doesn't understand? The phrase "fireproof, anti-theft, and anti-journalist" is not only applicable in the republic.

"Mr. Minister, may I ask ......?"

It's just a pity that after holding such a short press conference, Rice and Minister Li were both a little tired, and neither of them was willing to say more, after seeing Minister Li's signal, Rice nodded slightly, signaling the staff to come forward and separate the reporters from Minister Li.

The staff of the State Council, who are experienced in dealing with this situation, immediately quickly intervened between Minister Li and the reporters, and politely said to the reporters, "Sorry, ladies and gentlemen, Madam Secretary of State and Honorable Minister Li will continue to consult on issues of concern to you in the afternoon. ”

When the staff said this, these reporters immediately knew that this short press conference was over, and that they were professional news reporters, unlike those entertainment reporters and paparazzi...... Reporters know that if they really offend Secretary Rice and Secretary Li because of their inappropriate behavior, they put themselves on the blacklist, and they will no longer be able to get the news they want from them in the future, then it is really not worth it, and maybe their bosses will be angry with themselves because of it...... still reluctantly made way for Rice and Minister Li.

Looking at Rice and Minister Li who were in the car, the reporters did not disperse immediately, but gathered together to discuss, CNN TV reporter Linda asked the famous ABC TV host Erin, "Erin, what do you think of their talk this time?" ”

Although CNN and ABC are rivals, Erin and Linda are good friends, and they often exchange news with each other.

"Surely nothing has been achieved," the ABC TV host Erin said quite confidently, "Just look at what they just said, the two of them didn't say anything practical at all, they were all official words, empty words and clichés," Speaking of this, Erin had a dangerous look of disdain on her face, "We are all engaged in news, who doesn't know that they said so, it must be that they quarreled in the morning, and there was no actual progress at all?" ”…,

"It must be so," Linda nodded approvingly, "Actually, I quite hope they can actually fight." ”

If there is a real fight between China and the United States, it will be big news for journalists, and everyone will double their bonuses and wages this month, and who doesn't want to see such a thing as an increase in income? As for the ethics of reporters and the like, when do they really care about this?

"But...... It's too difficult, it's simply impossible," Erin punctured the biggest problem in this Sino-US meeting, "For China, Taiwan is the key to them breaking through the US blockade, and only by breaking through the blockade of the first island chain of the United States, can the Chinese Navy really become a seawater navy galloping across the ocean, and the geopolitical influence of the United States on China will also be greatly weakened. ”

"But for the United States, Taiwan is the most critical node of the first line of defense for the United States to contain and control China, and similarly, once China occupies Taiwan, the United States' ability to control China will drop to a very dangerous level, which is the last thing that the United States, which has always regarded China as a partner and competitor, or even more competitors than partners, is the core interest of the United States in the future."

"One wants to desperately break through the blockade, and the other desperately wants to block them, which in itself is an irreconcilable contradiction."

"Maybe China and the United States will decide Taiwan's ownership through a small-scale high-tech military conflict." Linda sighed, worried about the war between China and the United States.

China and the United States are both one of the world's major powers, once there is a war between China and the United States, the impact on the world will never be as short as the Gulf War and the Kosovo War in that year, it must be a protracted process of equal strength, especially since both countries are nuclear states, both sides have the ability to destroy each other's nuclear weapons, once both sides of the war are beaten out of fire, as for the Chinese's original commitment that "under no circumstances will be the first to use nuclear weapons", Can you believe it?

No one puts their personal safety in the light of whether others will keep their promises.

"Yes, now China, they have a set of economic development, balanced development model, so that their economy is far more dynamic than the former Soviet Union, with strong economic strength to support, once the fight really starts, who knows if China and the United States will evolve into the United States and the Soviet Union bipolar hegemony?" Erin's eyes were full of worry.

If the current China is as decadent and difficult at home and abroad as the Qing Dynasty at the end of the 19th century, they naturally don't need to worry, but now the vitality of this China has made many people feel frightened, and the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council needless to say, the most important thing is that they have nuclear bombers, ballistic missile nuclear submarines, and intercontinental ballistic missiles, which are a three-in-one nuclear strike force, although they cannot be compared with the three-in-one strategic nuclear strike force possessed by the United States, but in the eyes of the common people, What if the United States possesses nuclear weapons that can destroy the planet hundreds of times? The effect is actually the same as the nuclear weapons that Chinese possess that can destroy the earth once...... It is enough for a person to die once, and there is no chance to die dozens or hundreds of times.

"I hope they won't really fight," Linda's idea may represent the thinking of most Americans, and also the idea of capital, which has a strong instinct to seek profit and avoid disadvantage, "Since we can't fight Chinese, and Taiwan is originally theirs, if it really can't be done, then give Taiwan Chinese...... Maybe we can get something else from the Chinese on the condition of supporting China to take back Taiwan. ”

"That's a good idea," Erin's eyes lit up, "Linda, I have an idea, I think we can probably use this idea as the core to make a program with the theme of Taiwan's future belonging." ”……，