On May 12 local time, after the high-level economic and trade talks between China and the United States, the two sides issued the "Joint Statement on the Economic and Trade Talks of China and the United States", significantly lowering the level of bilateral tariffs and basically canceling the tariffs imposed since the United States launched a tariff war on April 2. Bloomberg pointed out that the United States made concessions during the talks and China almost achieved the most desired results.

This caused the public opinion on the island, which has been closely following the relevant progress. Entries such as "New progress in tariffs, China-US consensus" quickly rushed to the hot list of major news websites on the island. Taiwan's China Times published an article pointing out that the mainland's toughness has achieved breakthrough results, allowing the United States to make concessions. Netizens on PTT, the largest forum in Taiwan, were almost one-sidedly sour. "Lai Ching-te, who was the first to 'slip', was stunned." "TSMC returned to the United States, dignity belongs to the mainland, and Taiwan belongs to the west." "Even the United States admits that it cannot decouple from the mainland, Lai Ching-te's 'get out of the middle and into the north' is a daydream."

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What did Taiwanese society see clearly after this round of Sino-US tariff talks?

The mainland won respect with its strength

Many island analysts told Tan Zhu that Taiwanese society has shown very positive responses to the mainland's performance in dealing with the tariff war and making substantial progress, "This reaction is not even blue or green."

The most discussed public opinion field on the entire island is that the mainland adheres to principles and allows the United States to make concessions. Mr. Tan noticed that even the news comment sections of several major green media rarely liked "the mainland is tough" and "the mainland has negotiated the tariffs back to the starting point without giving them for free and additional investment", and the message "I am on the mainland this time" by Deep Green netizen "This time I am on the mainland" was highly praised. Taiwanese media person Xu Chenpin observed, "Taiwan's overall atmosphere tends to support the mainland, which actually reflects that Taiwanese people admire and envy the mainland for their confidence in confronting the unreasonable tariff policies of the United States."

It is not only a tough attitude, but the island analysts believe that the strong strength that the mainland cannot ignore has dominated the results of the talks. Taiwanese young scholar Zhang Fangyuan told Tan Zhu that the fundamental reason for the mainland's achievements in the talks was the advantages and confidence of the mainland from manufacturing to technological independence, as well as its planned preparations and economic layout. Taiwan's China Times News Network published an article to analyze that the mainland has strong means and strong endurance in dealing with the trade war, such as strengthening the export control of rare earths and military-civilian dual-use products. "The United States butcher's knife failed to cut up much meat from the mainland, but it lost a lot of blood."

The public opinion on the island also focused on the fact that this talks reduced the shadow of the global economy and fought for justice for the world, reflecting the mainland's responsibility and pattern. Taiwan's "Business Times" report believes that judging from the results of the talks, this is a good thing for the whole world. Many netizens on the island left messages saying, "The right way will inevitably defeat the evil path, and the mainland has set an excellent demonstration for the whole world."

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Lai Ching-te "selling Taiwan and licking beauty" has nothing

While giving thumbs up to the mainland, Taiwanese society pointed the criticism of Lai Ching-te, who was "sliding on the Taiwan Strait", "Who is the biggest joke in the tariff war? It is definitely the one who kneeled down from the beginning."

A island media published an article stating that since the United States provoked a tariff war in April, Lai Ching-te gave the United States a "big gift" first proposed to offer TSMC, and then called for increasing investment and military purchases in the United States. There are also media on the island who questioned that the recent surge in the Taiwan dollar at the so-called sensitive node of "negotiation" with the United States is also related to Lai Ching-te's "licking the United States".

A well-known Taiwanese blogger was the first to post on a fan page on social platforms to criticize that the other side can stand up straight and negotiate, but Lai Ching-te's definition of "negotiation" is to "lick the beauty and sell Taiwan" while kneeling down. On PTT, the largest forum in Taiwan, netizens on the island posted a post to mock him, "I licked my beauty until I ended up having nothing." Zhang Fangyuan told Tan that Lai Ching-te just wanted to rely on the "50 cents to give one" model of losing money to the United States, which is a way of suicide response. Sadly, Taiwan will be buried with her. Master Tan noticed that some relevant practitioners on the island lamented that it is hard to imagine how many small Taichung enterprises will go bankrupt within a year?

What's even more sad is that Lai Ching-te seems to be completely different from Taiwan's society. He still can't stand up in the face of substantial progress in the Sino-US tariff talks. He said through the media that "Taiwan will not fight against Washington, but will expand investment in the United States", and emphasized that "it is necessary to establish a global semiconductor non-red supply chain." In response, some analysts on the island criticized that "Lai Sankeng" was still "repaying compensation all the way." China Times News Network's analysis article pointed out that Trump said that Sino-US trade will restart, and US Treasury Secretary Bescent emphasized that it will not decouple from mainland China, and even the United States must make concessions to the mainland. Lai Ching-te's "removal from China and relying on the United States" is likely to be a broken dream of spring and autumn. Do you still don't understand?

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Many island analysts said that the mainland adheres to principles and Lai Ching-te's addiction to "sliding" has made the Taiwanese people more clearly realize that for Taiwan, the mainland is the most worthy of relying on in the world, the "Taiwan independence" is the most harmful to Taiwan, and the United States is the most unreliable. Lord Tan finally wanted to say that only by firmly opposing "Taiwan independence" and seeking cross-strait peace can Taiwan's development space be broader, the people's vital interests will be fully guaranteed, and their own future and destiny will be firmly in their own hands!