The archives of declassified foreign relations documents from the United States, China and other countries can give us some insights. I've enjoyed reading some of the documents in Wilson Center Digital Archive and even translated some of them. When one side takes notes and passes them up the chain, what do they leave in and…
China has the tolerance of a great power. If the US and its allies are not challenging China on core interests, China will politely and sincerely give them some time to come around and look forward to more cooperation in the future.
In a joint statement on the present situation across the Taiwan Straits released on Wednesday, the G7 foreign ministers and the European Union high representative for foreign affairs expressed concern over China's allegedly "threatening actions", which they said "risk unnecessary escalation", and they urged "all parties to remain calm" and "exercise restraint".