Several events closely related to China unfolded this weekend: at the 20th Shangri-La Dialogue, Chinese and American officials exchanged words on security issues; The US warship passed through the Taiwan Strait and pulled the younger brother to render our ship "high-speed cross-cutting forced the US ship to divert"; Another thing is that the Shenzhou 15 astronaut crew landed smoothly and returned safely. These things are very interesting when strung together, including "the jackal is coming with a shotgun" and "maintaining strategic concentration and running your own business well."
Let's take a look at the timeline of a few events:
On the evening of June 2, the 20th Shangri-La Dialogue opened at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore, and during the dinner, the Chinese and US defense ministers shook hands politely. But this courtesy interaction is just an appetizer.
On the morning of June 3, U.S. Defense Secretary Austin once again mentioned the topic of exchanges between the Chinese and US militaries in his keynote speech at the first plenary session of the conference, and once again tried to dump China's "unwillingness to participate more seriously in a better crisis management mechanism between our two militaries."
Taiwan media reported Austin's relevant speech on the 3rd, and Austin declared that a conflict in the Taiwan Strait would be devastating, but the conflict is not inevitable, and the United States is determined to maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, and called on Beijing to conduct military dialogue with Washington.
If you talk about your exchanges at the incense meeting or public opinion to create momentum, the scene that happened in the Taiwan Strait on the 3rd is more gunpowder. On these two occasions of "one text and one force", there is one thing in common - the party that provokes trouble is the United States.
Taiwan's defense department confirmed on the evening of 3 July that a US destroyer and a Canadian frigate sailed through the Taiwan Strait from south to north on the same day.
The U.S. Navy's Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Zhong Yun (DDG 93) and Royal Canadian Navy frigate (FFH 336) also issued a press release saying in a press release saying that the U.S. Navy's Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Zhongyun (DDG 93) and Royal Canadian Navy frigate (FFH 336) sailed through the Taiwan Strait on the same day, demonstrating "the commitment of the United States and its allies to a free and open Indo-Pacific."
Although netizens jokingly called the passage of the US ship through the Taiwan Strait "once a month", the timing of this voyage cannot be described as inaccurate, and it is obviously prepared to come with a frigate of a partner country that cannot fight the Taiwan Strait issue.
The Canadian media reporters who followed the Canadian ship to interview were here to assist the US ship to "touch porcelain" in the Taiwan Strait, which is equivalent to the US ship to carry out the "touch porcelain" operation, and the Canadian ship and the Canadian media reporters accompanying the ship used the so-called close-up witness perspective to find a reasonable excuse for the US ship's "porcelain" operation, and put the big hat of provocation and destruction of "freedom of navigation" on the head of the Chinese ship.
Sure enough, on the 4th, Taiwan media and Western media continued to stir up the topic of sailing through the Taiwan Strait.
The article on Canada's Global News network was titled "When the United States and Canada were on a joint mission in the Taiwan Strait, Chinese warship almost collided with a US destroyer."
Canadian media claimed that when the US destroyer and the Canadian frigate passed through the Taiwan Strait from south to north on June 3, a Chinese warship directly cut into the channel from the front of the US destroyer "Zhong Yun", possibly trying to force the US ship to change course, less than 150 yards (about 137 meters) at the closest approach between the two ships.
Canadian media said Colonel Paul Mountford, captain of the Canadian frigate HMCS Montreal, who participated in the voyage, said the PLA warship's maneuvering was "extremely unprofessional."
The article on the U.S. Naval Institute website was titled "Chinese Warship Harasses U.S. Destroyer Transiting Taiwan Strait."
The media on the island also followed the hype.
China Times News Network quoted Canadian media reports on the 4th that before entering the Taiwan Strait, the US destroyer "Zhong Yun" and the Canadian frigate "Montreal" have been sailing together in the South China Sea for nearly a week. The Canadian "Global News" reporter who followed the interview on the Canadian ship has repeatedly seen the PLA warship following behind for monitoring, but the PLA warship has not made dangerous maneuvers on the Canadian warship, and the two PLA warships tracking and monitoring have been keeping a distance of about 1,000 yards (about 914 meters) from the "Montreal". Montfort believes that this distance is safe.
Lao Liu believes that there is no need to refute the discussion released by the Western media about whether the so-called interception method of our warships is professional, because this is the context in which the West wants us to jump into. A response from the Chinese defense minister on the 4th hit the Americans in the face very powerfully.
Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu answered the question of "Chinese military planes and warships intercepting US military planes and expelling US warships" at the Shangri-La Dialogue on the 4th: "Why do all the questions mentioned in the question occur near China's airspace and territorial waters, but not in the airspace and territorial waters of other countries?" This is because Chinese warplanes and warships never carry out navigation hegemony in other countries! ”
Li Shangfu said: The best way is for countries to manage their warships and planes well.
It can be seen that senior US defense officials, Western media, and warships of the United States and allied countries have used the two "stages" of the Taiwan Strait and the Xianghui to perform a "big drama" that seems completely logical and self-consistent, but is actually full of loopholes, with the aim of promoting its own "integrated deterrence" strategy, undermining the security environment in China and its surrounding areas, and influencing China's development plan.
Whether it is in the Xianghui meeting, the "battlefield" of controversy with foreign personnel, or in the Taiwan Strait, the "battlefield" of dispersal and counter-expulsion with Western warships, the Chinese side has performed very well, showing its due attitude and strength, while maintaining its own rhythm and control, and grasping the sense of proportion of "reasonable, favorable and restrained" very well.
One thing that makes Lao Liu even happier is that the West's attacks on the two fronts of "one text and one weapon" this weekend will only stop at the level of their own words. The incense meeting and the Americans exchanged words and swords, and the US and Canadian warships came to make trouble in the Taiwan Strait, which will not affect us at all to do our own things according to the established rhythm. The successful return of the Shenfifteen astronaut crew on the morning of the 4th is a very good example.
When Lao Liu saw the part of the scene of China's manned space project returning to the ground from the Shen 5 to the Shen 15 astronaut crew, he realized more deeply that the best way to continuously punch those countries with ulterior motives in the face is to "maintain strategic concentration and do their own things well", only in this way can Chinese have more confidence in responding to provocations, responding to controversies, and striving for greater development space by more "professional and resolute" means on occasions such as the Xianghui and the Taiwan Strait.
Finally, cheer ourselves on with a group of Chinese astronauts returning to Earth from space!