What's your response?

Well, I mean, if you go back to the founding of China in 1949, quite frankly, there were so many different languages.

In fact, villages that were five miles apart would not speak the same language.

They had to use a trade language in between them.

China created simplified Chinese.

From their perspective, it was absolutely necessary to have a single form of communication.

Otherwise, you wouldn't have people, they wouldn't be able to travel, they'd be stuck in their villages and things like this.

Einar, who is that supposed to apply to? And what kinds of actions do you think we're going to see from China as far as what they take and who they apply it towards?

What does the timing of Wang's visit tell us about Beijing and its priorities, and what's China hoping to achieve?

Well, the next scheduled meeting was actually for the APEC in November.

This meeting that he's going to now was only announced on the 18th of this month.

So it might be in reaction to what the U.S. has been doing in terms of pulling back the statements by Donald Trump about how he's so friendly.

with young Kim.

And also, you know, as he said, he's going to, he's already pulled back on the number and the substance of these military joint ventures.

So, you know, both sides have an interest in stabilizing the relationship.

What does the establishment and deepening of these mechanisms tell us about the current level of China-Indonesia Strategic Trust?

And some have even called him a US-backed proxy, right?

Well, it's obviously very close.

I mean, he's the one who's been pushing for all these bases and missiles and things like that.

He's clearly in the US camp.

In 2020, he has been listed by China as somebody who is anti-Chinese.

So there's no basis for him to go forward and say that, yeah, he wants to work with China.

He's clearly on the opposite side, and he clearly believes that the U.S. is going to determine the outcome of the Philippines election.

What does that mean for China-Philippine ties? And more importantly, what does it mean for ordinary Filipinos?