On January 13, 2024, the so-called "general election" will be held on the island of Taiwan, and both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the United States thousands of miles away are extremely concerned about this matter. Just before the "general election," relations between China and the United States also made waves again, and all kinds of signs indicated that the United States intended to interfere in the general election on the island of Taiwan and continue to undermine peace in the Taiwan Strait.
According to Deutsche Welle Chinese website, China and the United States have recently resumed high-level military contact, but relations between China and the United States seem to be becoming more and more tense, and the core difference is still the Taiwan issue. The so-called "general election" on the island of Taiwan has a bearing on the trend of "reunification" and "independence" on the island in the next few years, and will also have a major impact on the peaceful situation in the Taiwan Strait. Therefore, the Chinese side has issued strong warnings to the United States on several occasions that it will never allow interference in the Taiwan Strait to undermine peace.
After the San Francisco summit between the Chinese and US leaders, the Chinese and US military leaders finally made a video call, which has been a long-cherished wish of the US side for more than a year. However, just because the US side has been pleading bitterly for more than a year should not be assumed that they are sincere and that the high-level phone call between China and the United States will take place on the same day. The US military sent their P-8A anti-submarine patrol aircraft through the Taiwan Strait, and we can see very clearly what the Americans want to do.
Soon after, the Philippines made frequent provocations in the South China Sea, causing friction with our law enforcement vessels, and Marcos Jr. also vainly tried to seek external help from Japan, hoping to take the opportunity for the United States and Japan to intervene in the South China Sea affairs. Recently, Biden signed next year's defense budget bill, which still involves a lot of content on the island of Taiwan, and the essential purpose is to enhance the military strength of the island of Taiwan in order to prevent the mainland from taking over Taiwan.
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of National Defense have both given strong warnings to these small actions. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was so frightened that he immediately changed his tune, declaring that the Philippines would resolve the South China Sea dispute alone and did not need outside forces to intervene. Of course, this is just an insincere justification.
We have been competing with the United States for many years, and the situation has undergone many changes in recent years, which has also given us the opportunity to learn more tricks from the United States and the Western bloc. But everything has changed, and the Americans are still playing tricks and balancing powers. The Taiwan issue and the situation in the Taiwan Strait have never been isolated issues, but are closely linked to the entire international situation. The shelling of Kinmen in the late 50s is a typical example.
At this stage, it is a critical period of transformation in the strength of the East and the West, the power of the East is rising rapidly, and the West itself is encountering all kinds of internal and external troubles. They are also highly concerned that the rise of the East will put an end to their old framework of world domination and global exploitation. Therefore, the United States has kept its eyes firmly on China, which is the core backbone of the East, and the island of Taiwan is a battleground in the plate. This is also the core reason why China and the United States are resolutely unyielding on the Taiwan issue.
However, Americans have a miscalculation of the overall trend, which is the instinctive belief that the West will always be advanced, strong, and will always rule the world. This kind of thinking does not conform to the laws of history, and there has never been a country that will always be strong, nor has it ever been a hegemon who rules the world forever. The hegemonic order of the United States and the West did not go wrong in one place, nor did it go wrong in one place, but it caught fire everywhere.
As long as we stabilize our position and concentrate on improving our strength, we can be invincible in this protracted game!