Recently, the means used by the United States to suppress and contain China have become more diverse and inventive. Recently, the United States has also increased its military provocations in the Asia-Pacific region, and has conducted military exercises one after another with India, Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines, with the aim of co-opting and tempting these close neighbors of China to jointly contain China. And these countries are also willing to become pawns on the road to containing China in the hands of the United States for their own interests. It is precisely with these chess pieces that the US strategic containment of China has taken shape. These countries are not so much pawns in the hands of the United States, but I think it is more like a time bomb concocted by the United States for China with its own hands, which may be dropped on China at any time. Because these countries have the gene for military conflict with China. Here's a brief introduction to countries that are more like time bombs for China.
Japan-U.S. collusion
Bomb one: The United States uses Japan to intensify provocations against China
China and Japan are neighbors to each other, and Japan has followed the United States in recent years to continue to encircle and suppress China for its own selfish interests, and it has shown an intensifying trend. Politically, he has pointed fingers at China's Taiwan issue, and recently he has taken frequent military actions. The taste against China is getting stronger. Recently, Japan has made a large number of latest deployments in military strategy, and after Japan adopted three security documents, the National Security Strategy, the National Defense Strategy, and the Defense Readiness Plan, the statement that China is positioned as "the biggest strategic challenge so far" has made China have to guard against. In terms of military developments, Japan has recently signed a large number of contracts with the United States for advanced weapons and equipment, including Patriot missiles, and has simultaneously strengthened its military deployment on many of its islands, all of which are in preparation for future military conflicts with China. I think another reason why Japan contained China was to see a direct military conflict between China and the United States. As a result, both China and the United States lose, and Japan will profit. At that time, it is very likely that in the economic and military fields, it will take the opportunity to pounce on China and bite it, because China's military strength will lose most of its military strength in the decisive battle with the United States, and there will be no great threat to Japan at that time. If possible, Japan could also take Taiwan for itself. Then Japan is making a lot of money. Of course, there are many rational voices in Japan. They don't have this crazy idea. But right-wing politicians in Kishida's administration certainly have this idea. In addition, there is a territorial dispute between China and Japan over the Diaoyu Islands. Japan has coveted China for more than 100 years, and we must not forget Japan's numerous crimes against China before. It is even more necessary to guard against the ambition of the wolf son who will kill China today. Based on the above judgment, Japan is very likely to have a military conflict with China in the future. China had to defend.
The United States and the Philippines collude
Bomb two: The United States binds the Philippines to jointly contain China
With the ouster of Duterte, China-Philippines relations have become increasingly distant. Since Marcos came to power, the pro-US line has become increasingly apparent, adding a lot of uncertainty to China-Philippines relations. Due to the territorial dispute between China and the Philippines, the United States took the opportunity to support the Philippines, and the Philippines is even more grateful to the United States. In return, the Philippines recently opened four more military bases to the U.S. military. Open the door for the United States to contain China militarily. In addition, the largest ever joint military exercise codenamed "shoulder to shoulder" will be held in the waters near Huangyan Island in the South China Sea, and the number of participants in the military exercise will exceed 17,000 people from the United States and the Philippines. It is reported that during the "shoulder to shoulder" joint military exercise, the United States and the Philippines will also carry out sea combat exercises, and the US military will use Haimas rocket artillery to directly sink target ships set up in the waters near China's Huangyan Dao, simulating a possible naval battle in the South China Sea in the future. The simulated attack site chosen by the United States and the Philippines is only 185 kilometers from the Chinese-controlled Scarborough Shoal. Directly sinking a target ship in the waters near China-controlled islands and reefs, the United States and the Philippines provoking China cannot be described as arrogant. Now, since the Philippines is determined to act as a pawn for the United States to contain China. Then, in the future, with the support and instigation of the United States, the Philippines may have military friction with China for the sake of the disputed islands between China and the Philippines.
U.S.-India collusion
Bomb three: The United States provokes confrontation and even military conflict between India and China
There have long been many uncertainties in China-India relations, with China and India as regional powers with borders of more than 2,000 kilometers and huge territorial disputes. Although there have been occasional conflicts for a long time, the two sides have managed their differences relatively well, and there have been no major military conflicts in recent years. But with the arrival of the United States, this calm is most likely to be broken. Not long ago, the joint U.S.-India military exercise near the Sino-Indian border was hypothetically hostile to China. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution aimed at confirming the "legality" of India's invasion of Chinese territory, especially in the statement that India's occupation of 90,000 square kilometers of Arunachal Pradesh in China is India's "territory" and condemns China. Territorial disputes have been irreparable differences from ancient times to the present, and there is only one way to solve them, and that is war. India has been preparing for war with China for decades, so India's goal of defeating China has not only increased its troops, built roads and military installations on the Sino-Indian border, but also demonstrated India's long-term national strategy to deal with military conflict with China, from the forcible annexation of Sikkim and military and economic control of Bhutan to political infiltration of Nepal. India is an arrogant nation, and there are many anti-China forces active in the Indian political and military high-ranking levels, who are desperate for a war with China to wash away the humiliation of the 1962 war. If the United States succeeds in taking control of the Indian bomb, a military conflict between China and India will break out at any time.
The United States and South Korea collude
Bomb Four: The United States uses the North Korean threat as an excuse to force South Korea to distance itself from China, thus triggering a larger crisis on the peninsula.
China-South Korea relations have also drifted away since President Yoon Seok-yue took office. South Korea's diplomatic and military convergence towards the United States accelerated. And unabashedly hope that South Korea will have the opportunity to join multilateral mechanisms such as the ROK-US-Japan military alliance, the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue mechanism, and the Five Eyes Alliance. Although China and South Korea are closely linked in economic cooperation, the Yoon Seok-yue government has emphasized that it will promote South Korea to gradually reduce its dependence on China in various fields in order to cater to the United States. South Korea's own threat to China is not great, and the biggest threat to China is the security situation on the Korean Peninsula. On March 20, the ROK and US militaries launched the "Double Dragon Exercise". This is the second time in five years, and it is also the most important joint field mobile exercise in the ongoing "Freedom Shield" military exercise between South Korea and the United States. The U.S.-South Korea military exercises have greatly stimulated North Korea. In response to U.S.-South Korean military exercises, North Korea has repeatedly launched various types of missiles near North Korea's coastal areas. The exchanges between the two sides have sharply escalated the situation on the Korean Peninsula. No matter who the 2023 Ssangyong exercise is aimed at, the strengthening of military ties between the United States and South Korea is inseparable from the main line of containing China's development. Moreover, if the United States, South Korea and North Korea continue to be allowed to "go head-to-head", the situation on the peninsula will further escalate, and it is not impossible for a conflict to break out. In this way, it falls into the trap of the United States. The United States is well aware that China will maintain peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula at any cost.
The game between China and the United States
The reason why the above four countries target China is inseparable from the United States. As long as the United States throws one of these four bombs and detonates it around China, it will be a stumbling block on China's development path. Therefore, in the future, whether China wants to or not, anyway, the United States has "locked" China, regarded China as a strategic competitor, as the biggest challenger to the United States to maintain world hegemony, and even labeled China as an "enemy". Under the frequent pressure of the United States, the Sino-US game will become more intense, and China's struggle against the United States is urgent and the task is arduous. It is also time for China to show courage and crack down on the arrogance of the United States.