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More than two months after the outbreak of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the situation has not eased in the slightest, but has intensified. Even the Red Sea has become a dangerous zone, and merchant ships from the United States and other Israeli backers have become targets for Houthi attacks. Although the United States pulled a so-called "escort alliance", the result was that the thunder was heavy and the rain was small, and the Middle Eastern countries ignored it, and China clearly did not participate.
The younger brothers of the United States either pretended to be dead or only sent "observers", and only Britain and France conscientiously sent a small boat over to "strengthen the momentum".
It is in sharp contrast to the situation in which the United States responded to Iraq in the past.
In this case, major shipping companies have chosen to take a detour to the Cape of Good Hope instead of the Suez Canal. COSCO and other companies also verbally notified on the 18th that they would no longer undertake cargo undertakings on the Red Sea route.
Interestingly, on the 18th, a cargo ship under the name of COSCO sailed through the Red Sea, and the name of that cargo ship was called "Galaxy" (Galaxy).
The Yinhe incident is listed as one of the four major humiliations along with the 1996 Taiwan Strait crisis, the bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's embassy, and the plane collision incident in the South China Sea.
The United States has been tracking and reconnoitring China's economic and military developments by illegal means, fearing that China will do something for the United States, especially worried that China and Iran will unite together.
So, in 1993, the Galaxy came into the sight of the Americans.
The Yinhe is a ship of the Central Plains Guangzhou Ocean Shipping Company. In 1992, it was transferred from the Asia-Europe route to the Persian Gulf route, between Tianjin Xingang and the Persian Gulf.
On July 7, 1993, after setting sail from Tianjin, according to the original plan, it went to Dubai via Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Jakarta, and then went to Dammam Port and Kuwait in Saudi Arabia after unloading.
However, when the ship was on its way from Jakarta to Dubai Harbour, an accident occurred - a US military helicopter stopped over the Milky Way.
At this time, the Galaxy was on its way to Oman Port, only a day's flight from Dubai, in the open sea, and it was not clear what the helicopter was trying to do.
A short time later, the Dubai Ports agent sent a telegram to the captain of the Galaxy, saying that the UAE government did not agree to the Milky Way's loading and unloading in port.
At the same time, three American warships, numbered "61", "75", and "96", also appeared near the Milky Way.
In the sky were US military helicopters and reconnaissance planes, surrounded by US warships, highlighting a bad comer.
It turned out that the FBI of the United States did not know where to get the gossip that there were "hidden prohibited chemical weapons materials such as thiodiglycol and thionyl chloride" on the Milky Way, and that Clinton proposed that a warship be used to intercept it outside the mouth of the Persian Gulf and forcibly board the ship for inspection, just like the incident of intercepting a Cuban transport missile ship in the Caribbean Sea in the 60s of the 20 th century. Clinton was quick to agree.
At that time, we did not have our own global positioning system and relied heavily on the GPS of the United States, and as soon as the United States shut down, the Galaxy could only float at sea and could not move.
Under the hype of the United States, the whole world knows that the Galaxy is a "plague ship carrying dangerous chemicals".
At this time, the Soviet Union was gone, and the United States was in its most powerful period since the founding of the country, and no one could say anything even if there was no evidence to point the finger at the deer and ask for boarding and inspection.
The stakes are very high, and the Chinese side has conducted a thorough investigation of the agents and tally companies of the relevant ports and the cargo owners in Tianjin, Shanghai, and the relevant ports through which the Yinhe passes, and has found no trace of the so-called "hazardous chemicals" at all. However, when China informed the United States of the investigation and pointed out many fallacies in American intelligence, the Americans were completely unmoved, insisting that there was thiodiethylene glycol and thionyl chloride on the Milky Way.
On August 26, Saudi Arabia allowed the Galaxy to enter the port of Dammam, which is guarded by Saudi Arabia and the United States.
Now in this situation, if the Americans do not check it, the Galaxy will be detained here forever. The mainland, which was in "taoguang and obscurity," could not fall out with the United States, so it had no choice but to agree to the unreasonable request of the United States to board the ship for inspection.
On 28 August, inspection teams from China, Saudi Arabia and the United States boarded the Milky Way, which was also the first time that American soldiers boarded a ship flying the five-star red flag.
Over the next three days, the Americans inspected 782 containers on board and found only playing cards, stationery, and small hardware. The chemical containers are also filled with colorful dyes and the pesticide methamidophos. There are simply no "dangerous chemicals" as Americans call them.
Today, 30 years have passed since the Yinhe incident, and China is no longer the China of 30 years ago, with a rapid increase in naval strength and its own global navigation system.
Today's United States is no longer the United States of the past, the United States once responded to every call, and hit whoever it wanted, but now, its own merchant ships were beaten by the Houthis and did not dare to protect them, and they wanted to form a convoy of escorts, but because of the public outrage because of their support for the genocide Israel, few people responded.
In this case, the Galaxy on the Red Sea is very eye-catching.
On the 18th, a user named Sal Mecogliano, on the social media "X" (formerly Twitter), posted a tweet saying:
"While only Maersk (Denmark), CMA CGM (France), MSC (Switzerland) and Hapag-Lloyd (Germany) have announced a diversion (no longer passing through the Red Sea), other shipping lines have also begun to plan to postpone transshipment cycles, such as Japan's ONE (a joint venture of Japan's three major shipping companies) and South Korea's HMM (South Korea's Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., Ltd.), whose obvious cargo ships are waiting.
But the most interesting thing is the cargo ship Yinhe, which bears the regional flag of Hong Kong, China, under the name of COSCO. ”
Even some Chinese don't know about the Yinhe incident, and it is unlikely that the foreigner knew the history of 30 years ago, saying "interesting," probably referring to the fact that Chinese cargo ships can sail in the Red Sea without being attacked by the Houthis.
The reason for this is naturally because China has always stood on the side of justice in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, has good relations with Arab countries, and naturally will not be attacked.
However, the most interesting thing about this incident is actually the name that this foreigner inadvertently mentioned: "Galaxy". This galaxy is naturally not the same galaxy 30 years ago, but it is the successor of the ship's name, and now it is of great historical significance to cross the Red Sea without hindrance when the United States is pulling its crotch and even the Houthis do not dare to offend.
At that time, the 45th escort group of the Chinese Navy was stationed in the port of Djibouti, Africa. If something happens to the Galaxy, the escort group will rush to support as soon as possible, and the Americans will not be able to move their minds as they did 30 years ago, and the incident on the Galaxy will never happen again!