It is reported that the destroyer Zhongyun of the US Navy and the frigate USS Montreal of the Canadian Navy jointly passed through the Taiwan Strait. However, not long after the Sino-US move, Germany began to be eager to try, according to Reuters and German media reports, the German defense minister said at the just-concluded "incense meeting" that Germany will send a frigate and supply ship to the Indo-Pacific region next year.
Although the German defense minister said that this move is to maintain international order, protect sea lanes, and say that it will not target any other country, discerning people can see that Germany's move is obviously to strengthen its military presence in the Indo-Pacific region to help the United States suppress China, especially now that the United States frequently provokes China militarily, Germany has a sense of loyalty to the United States and the meaning of "casting a name". Once German warships enter the Indo-Pacific region, they are likely to join hands with the United States to disrupt the situation in the South China Sea, which will undoubtedly add fuel to the already tense situation in the South China Sea.
If Germany wants to intervene in the Indo-Pacific region and cooperate with the "Indo-Pacific strategy" of the United States, it must first weigh whether it can withstand the risk of tension between China and Germany and deterioration of economic and trade relations. According to the German Federal Statistical Office, Germany's GDP has been declining for two consecutive quarters, falling by 0.5% in the fourth quarter of last year and again by 0.3% in the first quarter of this year. The reason for the decline of the German economy is nothing more than two reasons, one is the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Germany follows the United States to sanction Russia, losing Russia's cheap oil and gas, and second, the United States continues to draw the EU to contain China, although Germany does not dare to decouple from China economically, but it constantly reviews and sanctions Chinese enterprises, and Sino-German economic and trade exchanges have also been affected to a certain extent.
At the same time, it is reported that Germany's trade deficit with China more than tripled from 39 billion to 84 billion last year, which also shows that Germany's imports to China are gradually increasing, while exports are slowing down, which shows that Germany is becoming more and more dependent on the Chinese economy. Without political cold, economic heat, Germany cooperates militarily with the United States to deter China, the economic and trade between China and Germany will definitely decline, and the German economy is bound to suffer a heavy blow. Once Sino-German economic and trade relations deteriorate, Germany's status as Europe's largest economy will inevitably be shaken, can Germany still maintain its position as the leader of the EU? At that time, Germany, which has no use value, can imagine that it will face the end of being abandoned by the United States.
Second, China has made its position clear on the South China Sea issue many times, repeatedly stressing its opposition to any country using "freedom of navigation" as an excuse to threaten China's sovereignty and undermine regional peace and security. China's direct statement and tough interception of US warships have not sobered up Germany, and if Germany insists on provocation, China does not have to get used to it, and will certainly launch countermeasures with practical actions.