The United States has simply implemented the hypocritical character of "one thing in front and one thing behind the back" to the extreme. As soon as US Secretary of Commerce Raimondo finished his visit to China on the front foot, the Biden administration escalated its intervention in China's Taiwan region on the back foot. According to the global network, the United States plans to allocate $80 million from the "Foreign Military Financing" (FMF) project to provide military supplies to Taiwan. The White House said it would strengthen "self-defense capabilities in the Taiwan region" and "U.S. deterrence posture" to protect the United States and its "allies" from so-called "aggressive China threats."
US Secretary of Commerce Raimondo, who has just concluded his visit to China
It should be pointed out that the so-called "security environment" that Washington wants to strive for may refer to "the hegemonic position of the United States in the Asia-Pacific region." Recently, the Biden administration's small actions to arm Taiwan have become more frequent, resulting in high winds and waves in the Taiwan Strait, and an uneasy atmosphere continues to ferment in East Asia. It is particularly noteworthy that the US "foreign military financing" mechanism is applicable to sovereign states, that is, the United States provides military assistance to sovereign states. In the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the White House and the Pentagon implemented military aid to Ukraine through this channel. Now, for the first time, the US government has proposed an arms sales plan of this nature to the Taiwan region, although the scale will be much smaller than the aid to Ukraine, but the potential political implications can be described as extremely bad.
The United States provides military aid to Ukraine under the "foreign military financing" mechanism
To put it bluntly, the United States wants to challenge the "one-China" principle with such small moves, which seriously violates the basic norms governing international relations and is also a naked provocation to international law. However, it is clear that he has done "unseeable things", but the Americans are not willing to admit it. Biden administration officials explained that this does not represent a change in the attitude of the United States to the "one China" principle, and the relevant provisions of the "foreign military financing" mechanism also include assistance to "international organizations". In other words, in the plan to provide military aid to the Taiwan region brewed by the White House, the "direct signatory" of relevant materials or funds may not be the Taiwan authorities, but the so-called "international organization on the island." With "international organizations" as "setters", "military financing" is "logical" ...
Members of the Biden administration
Listen, what a lowly childish idea and explanation this is. The dignified "only superpower in the world" does not hesitate to play this kind of unworthy cleverness. It is no wonder that many people are saying that in today's Western camp countries, it is difficult to give birth to politicians in the political sense, and most of the politicians in the political arena of many countries are just some short-sighted, pediatric politicians, and only chasing short-term political dividends...
The "Patriot" system that the United States sold to Taiwan before
In response, China's Ministry of National Defense responded forcefully, saying that "the Chinese People's Liberation Army will, as always, take all necessary measures to resolutely counter it." As we all know, the United States is only using Taiwan as a tool to confront China, and its actions will only harm the security and well-being of compatriots on the island, and this time is no exception. Although the United States has not yet specified or will provide assistance to the Taiwan region, the options available may include most of the United States' conventional weapons and safeguard equipment, as well as training services for personnel.
The United States is destroying its diplomatic gains
It is not difficult to find that in recent months, the two world-class powers of China and the United States have held many high-level meetings, trying to reach consensus in some areas and even try to rebuild mutual trust. However, the Biden administration's backtracking is likely to lead to the efforts of US Commerce Secretary Raimondo and Treasury Secretary Yellen and others being completely wasted. The White House's self-contradictory China policy is not so much to make trouble for China, but rather to lay mines for itself and destroy the results of its own efforts. The more this trick is played, who is more harmful, presumably everyone has the answer in their hearts.