The rapid pace of change in the international situation is somewhat unexpected. During this period, the Middle East and Eastern Europe were still going on two major wars, but at the same time, the Asia-Pacific region around China gradually had a dangerous atmosphere of war and danger.
For example, in the past period of time, Asia-Pacific countries such as Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines, led by the United States, have significantly accelerated their pace, and some military and diplomatic actions have deliberately targeted China, as well as provoked, and even unabashedly aimed at China.
Under this situation of surging undercurrents, I don't know if everyone realizes that the national strategic goals of the United States have quietly shifted. Originally, at this time, the United States should have been trapped in two conflicts, Palestine and Israel, Russia and Ukraine, and then rushed.
However, the recent hot situation in the South China Sea, as you must have seen, is very rare for the Philippines to openly confront China in the South China Sea, and frequently provoke China's bottom line at Ren'ai Jiao and Scarborough Shoal.
At the same time, in the southwest of the mainland, the northern part of Myanmar was in turmoil, and the mainland saluted first and then the army, and gradually stabilized the chaos in northern Myanmar by means Xi of military exercises and diplomatic contacts. And behind this, there seems to be interference from foreign forces, and as for who this foreign force is, I think everyone knows that it is the United States.
Of course, compared with the situation in China's southwest, the strategy of the Asia-Pacific region is more important, and the chaos caused by the United States in northern Myanmar is more like an attempt to draw the mainland's energy and pave the way for the Asia-Pacific region to stir up trouble. Therefore, the Asia-Pacific region is where the strategic focus of the United States lies, including but not limited to the Korean Peninsula, the Taiwan Strait, and the South China Sea.
It can be said that under the current situation, the United States and Russia, which have fought proxy wars in Eastern Europe for nearly two years, have turned at the same time and are coming towards China. The United States, taking the confrontation between China and the Philippines as a starting point, openly threatened China, claiming that the US military would help defend the Philippines.
On the Russian side, in the past two days, the seventh Sino-Russian joint strategic air patrol began to be staged in the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea, and Chinese and Russian bombers met in the Sea of Japan and rushed to the East China Sea together, causing a high degree of tension between Japan and South Korea. At the same time, on the same day as the Sino-Russian strategic cruise, Putin openly stated that there were attempts to undermine stability in the Asia-Pacific region.
The United States is coming to China because it regards China as its biggest rival and wants to lay out its layout around China and engage in protracted competition with China. On the one hand, under Sino-Russian relations, China and Russia have joined forces to resist US hegemony. On the other hand, the security of the Korean Peninsula is also a matter of Russia's national interests, and Putin will not sit idly by.
And Putin's worries are also justified. Today, the three major hot spots in the Asia-Pacific region are the Korean Peninsula, the South China Sea, and the Taiwan Strait. For the time being, there is no need to worry about the Taiwan Strait, because this is the final battlefield in which China and the United States will decide the outcome of the contest, and the United States will not dare to act rashly. In the South China Sea, Putin's hands are not long enough to reach, but China's long-term layout has won the support of ASEAN countries, and the Philippines alone cannot set off any storms.
In the end, only the Korean Peninsula remains, and it is also the area most likely to erupt in conflict. As a matter of fact, since the second half of this year, the situation on the peninsula has been tense, and the DPRK's frequent military moves have made the ROK and the United States very jealous, and the United States has therefore stepped up its military pressure on the Korean peninsula.
At present, the three major powers of the world, China, the United States, and Russia, have all paid part of their attention to the peninsula region, and although there is no news for the time being, once the guns go off, conflicts may break out at any time. It even seems to me that if we take a longer view, sooner or later there will be changes on the Korean Peninsula, and a major war in the future is inevitable.