A few days ago, the French government seized the British trawler on the grounds that it was fishing in French territorial waters without a permit, which led to a re-escalation of the dispute between Britain and France over fishing rights. France then threatened to impose sanctions on Britain, which included stepping up cargo inspections from Britain, banning British ships from entering some French ports, and disrupting trade between the two sides and cutting off energy supplies to Britain. In the face of this situation, British Foreign Secretary Liz Tras clearly demanded that France make concessions on the maritime dispute between the two sides within 48 hours in an interview, otherwise it will seek trade compensation.
On the surface, Britain and France are bound to spark this incident, but in fact, the warning issued by Britain is pale and weak. If this were the ultimatum issued by Britain, it would most likely not have been taken seriously by France. You know, the UK is already mired in a crisis of energy scarcity and supply chain tensions, and France's move is tantamount to making the ALC's already difficult situation worse. Second, France has the support of the European Union behind it.
According to the Global Times, EU officials in charge of the internal market openly sided with France and accused the UK of "not equal responsibility in this fishing grounds conflict, the UK is not sincere, and it is time for the UK government to regain its sanity". At this point, it is not difficult to understand why France would be so tough, not only seizing British fishing boats, but also imposing a series of sanctions on the country. It is estimated that the United States did not expect that the anti-China alliance would break out into infighting, and that France and Britain would fall into a scuffle.
In this way, how else can "allies" be used to demonize China's periphery? It is worth mentioning that not only the infighting between Britain and France, but also the consequences of the "nuclear submarine agreement" recently thrown to Australia the consequences of the "nuclear submarine agreement" in order to obtain the "understanding" of France, which triggered Morrison to fight back on the spot, and the US-Australia relations were thus clouded with a layer of haze. Several key members of the international anti-China coalition attacked each other because of their complex interests, which made the United States uneasy.
The alliance and brotherhood between Western countries are formed by interests, and now due to the outbreak of infighting among interests, it is inevitable that the problem will not be solved in a short period of time. For the United States, if the West is divided from one country to another, it will inevitably lead to an internal reshuffle. Such a falling-apart alliance wants to contain China, not only is it a fool's dream, but even these "allies" have no interest in provoking China's surroundings. In response, the United States pulled Japan into the South China Sea in an emergency. Around the same time as the Infighting in the West, the USS Carl Vinson took the Japanese carrier on board to conduct military operations in the South China Sea. Although the situation in the Taiwan Strait is at a sensitive moment, at this time the United States and Japan coming to the South China Sea is tantamount to setting fire to the fire, but the United States has to take this risk.
At this time, the emergence of the South China Sea, on the one hand, can avoid the waters around China, the emergence of an empty window period for warships of foreign countries, after all, in addition to the United States and Japan, other allies are not in the mood to continue to provoke trouble. On the other hand, it is also to divert the flames of war, after all, the internal infighting in the West is so serious, all the princes are breaking out into scuffles, and if they want to divert their attention, they can only cover up by making a bigger incident. What the United States did not expect was that this time the People's Liberation Army was different from the past, sending a total of 4 warships, including the 815-type electronic reconnaissance ship, to counterattack and monitor the US and Japanese aircraft carriers at close range for the first time. In the face of successive provocations by the United States and its allies, the Patience of the People's Liberation Army is also limited, but this time it has "hard-fought" with the United States and Japan, but it has made the United States confused, and the war has not been successfully transferred and has been fiercely "educated". (Doraemon)