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According to open source information, the USS Carl Vinson, the US Navy CVN70 aircraft carrier, will once again break into the South China Sea to carry out missions from December 21, 2023. According to information released on the website of the US Navy, the US Navy CVN 70 Carl Vinson aircraft carrier strike group participated in the joint military exercises of the United States and the Philippines from January 3 to January 4. Judging by the information released by the US Navy, in addition to the CVN 70 Carl Vinson, the US Navy also has the participation of the CG59 Aegis missile cruiser USS Princeton, the DDG100 Aegis missile destroyer USS Kidd and the DDG104 Aegis missile destroyer USS Streeter.
The Philippine Navy used the USS Del Pilar, the PS16 USS Ecaraz and the LD62 dock landing ship USS Sudavao to participate in joint U.S.-Philippine exercises. Judging from the air traffic control information, the US Navy CVN70 Carl Vinson aircraft carrier is operating in the waters near Scarborough Shoal, so the joint military exercises between the United States and the Philippines are also held in the relevant waters. At the beginning of the new year 2024, the United States and the Philippines will demonstrate through joint military exercises, highlighting the United States' strategy of not allowing China to change the status quo. In 2023, the United States has been playing up the so-called "China is not allowed to change the status quo", and at the same time, it is also playing up the fact that China is not allowed to undermine the so-called rules-based international order.
At a time when the United States is actively encircling and containing China, the United States has begun to woo the Philippines in an attempt to prevent China's rise through Philippine provocations. The Philippines has a clear change in its foreign strategy in 2023, and the Philippines has begun to side with the United States, as can be seen from the Philippines allowing the US military to expand the scope of military bases in the Philippines, and now the US military has the right to use nine military bases in the Philippines. The deployment of the US military in the Philippines can already deter the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait at the same time, so that it can cooperate with the promotion of the so-called "Indo-Pacific strategy" of the United States.
According to the announcement issued by the Southern Theater on January 3, the PLA Southern Theater was located in the South China Sea from January 3 to January 4, and organized naval and air forces to carry out joint patrol missions. The Southern Theater said that the PLA will resolutely defend national sovereignty, security and maritime rights and interests, and will exercise full control over any military activities that disrupt the South China Sea and create hot spots. Judging from the information released by the Southern Theater, it is clear that they are aimed at joint military exercises between the United States and the Philippines in the South China Sea, and now the PLA dares to show its sword and respond to provocations with practical actions.
In fact, the United States is not only using the South China Sea issue to try to prevent China's rise, but also constantly using the "Taiwan card" to prevent China's development and rise. The aggressive posture adopted by the United States is aimed at maintaining its own hegemonic position, because the United States fears that China will replace the United States as the hegemon. The Philippines is only one of them, and the United States has already co-opted Japan and South Korea to provoke China in many fields, so it cannot have any illusions about the United States.