Xi on Edge? Trump’s Russia-Ukraine Peace Push Reshapes the Indo-Pacific and Corneres Beijing

After Xi Jinpings phone call with Trump, the PRC's Taiwan Affairs Office immediately rushed to show its loyalty, saying it would treat X she's remarks on Taiwan as guidance for its work. The CCP has always used both the pen and the gun on Taiwan, and psychological warfare is exactly what the Taiwan Affairs Office is good at. However, Taiwan concerns the shared interests of countries around the world and especially the core interests of neighboring countries. At present, Taiwan's security issue is evolving into an international security issue. Japanese Prime Minister Sai Kaii's statement that if something happens to Taiwan, it means something has happened to Japan is precisely a reflection of this trend. The CCP finds this intolerable and Xi Jinping is losing sleep over it. What keeps she even more awake at night is Trump's push for a peace plan in Ukraine. Once the Russia Ukraine war is halted, a grand drama of Trump encircling and crushing the Communist Party will begin to play out and the CCP will find itself caught in a 10-sided ambush laid by the Western world. Don't miss the next drop. Subscribe and hit the bell. After Shiinpings phone call with Trump, the CCP's Taiwan Affairs Office immediately declared its loyalty. According to the CCP mouthpiece, Shin Waan News Agency, spokesperson Pungqingan of the Taiwan Affairs Office said at a regular press conference on November 26th that they would use Xiinpings important speech and its spirit as guidance for work related to Taiwan. The CCP's tactics toward Taiwan are always the pen plus the gun. And what the Taiwan Affairs Office excels at is the pen of psychological warfare. On November 26th, the Wall Street Journal reported that the recent hit TV drama Silent Glory Inside China reflects precisely this psychological offensive against Taiwan. The drama tells the story of Wooir, the highest ranking communist spy in Taiwan's history along with many other CCP agents. It directly stirs up nationalist sentiments, and Wooir's former residence in Fujo has even become a red tourism check-in spot. The strategic goal of this drama has only one purpose, to prepare the public mentally for a potential conflict. At the same time, state-owned theater troops are only allowed to stage war themed productions. Other genres are reportedly blocked from approval altogether. This reveals a top-own directive to steer cultural creation toward themes of national struggle. On the other side of the straight, the drama has, as expected, drawn intense attention and scrutiny. It has not become wildly popular in Taiwan, but it cannot be ignored either. Taiwanese media such as TVBS and China Times have reported on the drama and pointed out that it is an open commemoration of underground CCP members who sacrificed themselves for the party. Some reports highlighted a scene involving the slogan Taiwan must return, warning that this is cause for alarm. Taiwan is where the Republic of China found its foothold. Although the ROC lost the Chinese mainland, it has stubbornly stood firm on this island, which General MacArthur once called an unsinkable aircraft carrier. If it were to fall into the hands of the Communist Party, Communist forces could soon threaten Japan and other smaller countries, and the US strategic position in the Far East could be offset or even overwhelmed. A former Taiwanese legislator noted that the CCP's pen plus gun strategy toward Taiwan aims to shape the psychological battlefield well before any military action is taken. By portraying espionage and sacrifice as glorious and romantic, Beijing is attempting to legitimize its sovereignty claims over Taiwan and demoralize its opponents. For a long time, CCP leaders have been adept at using the pen to consolidate their rule and advance their strategic goals. Since Mao Zaong's Yenan talks on literature and art in 1942, one principle has never changed. All art must abandon art for art's sake and become part of the party's cultural army serving politics under strict control. This principle established culture as a tool that the state can directly mobilize. And this tradition continues to this day. The CCP's latest cultural campaign is a coordinated operation accompanied by some radical gun moves such as a PRC council general threatening to cut off the head of a Japanese leader as well as China sending Coast Guard vessels to disputed islands. This campaign seeks to isolate Taiwan internationally while mobilizing people on the mainland. The CCP's goal is to make Taiwan's situation psychologically unbearable, as if the only way out is to negotiate with the CCP and obediently surrender. In this context, Silent Glory is a piece of strategic propaganda. It reminds people that in great power struggles, the battle for hearts and minds is waged not only through missiles, but also through carefully crafted narratives on TV screens. Xi Jinpings anxiety. Jong Jiong, an assistant research fellow at the Taiwan Center for National Defense Strategy and Resources Research, wrote on November 26th that on November 24th, 2025, Xi Jinping unexpectedly took the initiative to call US President Trump and held a phone conversation that lasted just over an hour. Beijing then took the unusual step of immediately releasing its version of the Shei Trump conversation. However, it is noteworthy that the Chinese and American sides described the focus of the call very differently, each emphasizing its own talking points. The article argues that in order to respond to the CCP's outward expansion, Trump has adopted a three-step strategy on Taiwan straight security and is steadily building a regional security architecture centered on the United States. He is integrating America's allies and partners to collectively deter the CCP's military adventurism in the East China Sea, Taiwan Strait, and South China Sea. This has led to the internationalization of Taiwan Strait security. The Taiwan Strait is no longer just a matter between the two sides of the strait or between China and the US or between China and Japan or Japan and the US. It has become the Taiwan Strait of East Asia, the Indo-acific and indeed the entire world. Japan's recent active advocacy of the concept of a single theater in East Asia and its claim that a contingency in Taiwan could constitute a survival threatening situation justifying the exercise of collective self-defense reflect this new development in the internationalization of Taiwan straight security under the U.S.A.T. Japan security framework. The internationalization of Taiwan straight security is undoubtedly a thorn in the CCP's side. Xi Jinpings late night urgent phone call to President Trump reflects his anxiety over the new developments in the internationalization of Taiwan Strait security. However, America's push to internationalize Taiwan's security will inevitably become the greatest challenge to the CCP's one China principle without parallel. A report in the New York Times on November 26th also seemed to recognize she's anxiety, suggesting that Asia-Pacific diplomacy is at a critical juncture. As this Monday, the CCP's top leader, Xi Jinping, urgently took the initiative to call President Trump. The call was triggered by Japan's leader making the strongest statement since World War II, that if something happens to Taiwan, it means something has happened to Japan. For military planners, Taiwan's proximity to southern Japan and US bases has long been obvious, but Japan's new strategic posture is still enough to unsettle the CCP leadership. The CCP's escalating threats against Japan have had no effect. Professor Ichiro Kurogi of Canada University of International Studies points out that the more pressure the CCP exerts on Japan, the more Japan feels the need to prepare and recognizes the growing danger. The approval rating of Prime Minister Saii is rising and the Japanese public sense of crisis is strengthening. As the CCP's anxiety keeps rising, Xi Jinping finally could not hold back and forced himself to pick up the phone and talk to Trump. According to a November 26th report by Taiwan Central News Agency, Kyle Yang, director of the Northeast Asia Research Center at the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, believes that she's phone call with Trump focused on Taiwan was an attempt to communicate directly with Washington and urge the US within the diplomatic framework to restrain its allies related behavior. trying to curry favor with the US. China orders at least 10 more ships of soybeans. After the shei Trump meeting in Busousan at the end of October, the White House announced that China would purchase 12 million tons of US soybeans by the end of the year. Following she's phone call with Trump on Monday, China accelerated its purchasing pace. According to Reuters, citing two informed sources, China has bought at least 10 cargos of US soybean since Tuesday, November 25th, worth about $300 million. China's soybean purchases this time exceeded expectations. According to Trump himself, during his call with Shei, he urged Shei to speed up and increase Beijing's purchases of US goods, and Sheet basically agreed. One trader said China had bought about 12 cargos of soybeans, while another estimated the purchases at 10 to 15 cargos. Each cargo carries about 60,000 to 65,000 tons of soybeans. Reuters noted that although US soybeans are more expensive than Brazilian soybeans, China still chose US beans. According to data from the US Department of Agriculture, the Chinese state-owned enterprise Kofkco has played a leading role in these purchases, booking nearly 2 million tons of US soybeans since late October. Even so, the recent deals still fall far short of the White House's target of 12 million tons by year's end. US Treasury Secretary Bent said on November 25th that China's plan to buy US soybeans is exactly on track and cited an agreement stipulating that Beijing will purchase 87.5 million tons of US soybeans over the next three and a half years. Liewing Tees special defense budget. President Liing Te of the Republic of China, Taiwan, said on November 26th that the CCP's threat to Taiwan has intensified in recent years with Beijing seeking to use force to coers unification and swallow up Taiwan. He announced a special defense budget of 1.25 trillion new Taiwan dollars, about $40 billion US, to build systems such as a Shield of Taiwan air defense network, demonstrating his determination to protect Taiwan. Lie pointed out that Beijing's threats against Taiwan and the Indopacific region are growing more serious. Recently in Japan, in the Philippines, and around the Taiwan Strait, China has been carrying out various military provocations, gray zone maritime activities, and disinformation operations as part of a composite threat. Regarding the conflict between China and Japan sparked by Prime Minister Sai Taiichi's remarks about a Taiwan contingency, Lie told the media, "We hope China can understand that every country in the Indoacific bears responsibility for maintaining peace and stability in this region. We especially hope that China as a major country in this region can show the sense of responsibility that a major country should have. However, China has continuously threatened and attacked its neighbors. This is not the behavior of a responsible major power. Will the US and Russia form an alliance? The CCP falls into a 10-sided ambush. The trend toward the internationalization of Taiwan straight security already leaves she sleepless. But there is another development which if it truly comes to pass would not just keep him from sleeping, it would threaten the CCP's very survival. Trump's recent peace proposal for the Russia Ukraine war. On November 25th, Trump posted on social media that a peace agreement on Ukraine is very close to being reached. With participation from both Russia and Ukraine, the original 28-point peace plan drafted by the United States has been further refined, and only a few differences remain to be resolved. Trump said he had instructed his envoy Steve Witkoff to travel to Moscow to meet with Russian President Putin for consultations. At the same time, US Army Secretary Daniel P. Driscoll will meet with Ukrainian authorities in Kiev to discuss the peace plan. Ukrainian President Zalinski stated that Kiev is ready to advance the updated peace agreement backed by the United States. The Ukrainian President's office announced that Zalinski plans to meet with Trump this Thursday, November 27th, Thanksgiving, and may accept the peace deal. On November 25th, Andre Yermach, head of the Ukrainian president's office, said in an interview with Axios via video link that US and Ukrainian officials have in principle agreed on most parts of the plan, but Zilinski wants to personally negotiate with Trump on the issue of territory. Yermach said the main gap that US and Ukrainian leaders still need to bridge is territorial. The 28-point plan between the US and Russia would grant Russia additional territory beyond the areas it currently controls, which has triggered fierce opposition from Ukraine and some of its supporters. The US argument at the time was that the state of the battlefield shows Ukraine will lose those territories sooner or later. Anyway, Yermach said that aside from territorial issues, the current 19-point plan aligns with Ukraine's interests and respects its red lines. Politico reported on November 25th that regardless of the final form of the peace agreement, President Trump has only one top priority, to end the war in Ukraine. A senior White House official speaking on condition of anonymity said the ultimate goal is peace. That's the most important thing that can be achieved here, to stop the fighting, to stop the killing. That is what he most wants to see. The official added that Trump will sign any agreement that can end the war and that both sides can reach as quickly as possible. Why is Trump so eager to put a period at the end of the Russia Ukraine war? Trump's biggest hidden concern is still the CCP. He wants to draw Russia into the camp of Western countries. This is a reverse Nixon strategy. What the CCP fears most is precisely this. Once the reverse Nixon strategy begins, the internationalization of Taiwan's security will take solid shape and Russia will also exert pressure on the CCP from the north. The CCP will then fall into a 10-sided ambush. Four she meetings possible within the year. The show has only just begun. After the she hotline, US Treasury Secretary Bent told CNBC that by nature the US and the CCP are destined to be competitors. But right now the relationship is very good. Bissent said that in the coming year, President Trump and CCP leader Xi Jinping may have as many as four meetings. Trump previously revealed that he had accepted she's invitation to visit China in April next year and he has also invited Xi to come to the US for a state visit later next year. The other two potential meetings would be at next year's Apex summit hosted by China and the G20 summit hosted by the United States. From this phone call between she and Trump, it is clear that America's key concerns are the Russia Ukraine war and do esta China economic and trade relations. Fentinel touches on the physical and mental health of the American people while soybeans and other agricultural products involve the core interests of American farmers. These are all elements of make America great again. So right now Trump needs she's cooperation. After taking office for the second time, Trump has from time to time frankly stated that he has a good relationship with the dictator Xi Jinping and has extended olive branches to China on international occasions. This has led she to believe that he has an opportunity to persuade Trump to treat Taiwan as a bargaining chip in order to stabilize China relations. Trump's strong intervention in mediating the Russia Ukraine war has a very clear goal to free Russia from its entanglement with the CCP. He has been laying the groundwork for this for a long time. Some analysts note that since the collapse of the Soviet Union, reconciliation with the West has always been Russia's dream. Although Russia is on the fringe of European civilization, it is still a part of Western culture and ideology and has produced countless cultural giants and brilliant works of art. Returning to the West has long been Russia's dream. But the West, led by the United States, has always treated Russia as a crude barbarian and kept it outside the door. Trump broke with his predecessors policy of isolating and sanctioning Russia and is willing to help Russia integrate into the Western world. Trump understands that an economy only the size of GuangDong province is no real opponent of the United States, but it is a dangerous neighbor for the CCP. Russia also has no desire to see the CCP at its side become a geopolitical rival. Once the two P's, Putin and Trump, cooperate, Trump's reverse Nixon strategy of joining forces with Russia to strangle the CCP will succeed.