After China increased its holdings of U.S. bonds for two consecutive months, U.S. officials threatened not to change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait

As we all know, the United States is in the midst of a deep debt crisis. At a critical moment, China increased its holdings of U.S. bonds by 46.7 billion. Why are we doing this? Are we going to give in to the United States? What is the United States doing when it receives the signal?

1. Continuously increased its holdings of U.S. bonds to $816.3 billion

According to a report released by the U.S. Treasury Department, China increased its holdings of U.S. bonds by $12.4 billion and $34.3 billion in November and December last year, respectively.

As of the end of last year, China held a total of $816.3 billion in U.S. bonds, remaining the second largest foreign creditor of the United States.

(China increased its holdings of U.S. bonds for 2nd consecutive month)

There are quite a few people who are very confused about this.

You must know that as the scale of U.S. debt continues to expand, the risk of U.S. debt default has further increased, and there is a possibility of collapse at any time.

In this case, why is China still increasing its holdings of US bonds?

Some people even suspect that this move is a sign of weakness and softness to the United States.

Actually, this is a complete misunderstanding.

China's increase in U.S. debt holdings is mainly driven by its own interests.

First of all, the most direct reason, of course, is that Treasury yields have soared, and it is profitable to increase holdings of US Treasuries.

It is not difficult to understand that when allocating overseas assets, we should not only pursue security and stability, but also obtain more benefits on this basis.

Second, although the tide of "de-dollarization" has spread to the whole world, the status of the dollar as a "world currency" has not changed.

In other words, international economic and trade are still inseparable from the US dollar for the time being.

The scale of the mainland's foreign trade is relatively large. At the same time, China also has a strategy to promote the development of foreign trade.

This means that China needs to maintain a certain reserve of U.S. debt.

(China's increase in US dollar holdings is based on realistic considerations)

In addition, we have entered the era of globalization.

This means that the debt crisis facing the United States will not only affect itself, but also have a high probability of global repercussions. The financial crisis of 2008 was enough to prove this.

Once the crisis erupts, China will inevitably be affected.

From this point of view, it is not surprising that China, as a responsible major country, has stepped in to stabilize the global economy.

Of course, by doing this, China really wants to give the United States a favor.

After all, both U.S. President Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen have repeatedly expressed their desire for China to help with the U.S. debt issue.

China's increase in U.S. debt holdings is undoubtedly sending a friendly signal to the United States.

However, what is disappointing is that the United States has once again made a wrong choice on the Taiwan issue in disregard of this signal.

Second, the true nature of the United States has been exposed, and it is not allowed to change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait

Recently, Sun Xiaoya, director of the "American Institute in Taiwan," openly declared that the United States opposes unilateral changes to the status quo in the Taiwan Strait. In particular, the use of force to change the status quo will never be allowed by the United States to happen.

(Sun Xiaoya, Director of the American Institute in Taiwan)

Obviously, the United States has not yet given up its attempt to "use Taiwan to contain China."

In fact, this is not the only recent U.S. layout in the Taiwan Strait.

A few days ago, 2 American special planes suddenly appeared over the island of Taiwan.

It is worth noting that these two US planes not only passed through Taiwan's Hengchun Peninsula at an ultra-low altitude, but also "touched the ground and flew back to the ground" at the island's military airfield.

Although the DPP authorities and the United States claim that this action is mainly for the purpose of scientific research, anyone with a discerning eye can see that behind the so-called scientific research there may not be no military purpose.

What's more, it's likely to be a test of China.

If we fail to take countermeasures in a timely manner, the United States may normalize this behavior and achieve the goal of disrupting the Taiwan Strait.

In addition, the US military plans to deploy 2 more aircraft carriers in the Indo-Pacific region.

Together with the three aircraft carriers that are currently available, five aircraft carriers are assembled at China's doorstep.

This means that the US military took out almost half of the aircraft carriers.

And what can make the US military so bloody is nothing else, it is the US strategy to contain China.

(The U.S. military plans to deploy half of its aircraft carriers to China's doorstep)

This is the nature of the United States, which does not care about the life or death of other countries for the sake of its own selfish interests. No matter how much beautiful things are said, it will not delay it to make a stumbling block for China.

Isn't the series of erroneous acts of the United States in the Taiwan Strait a very typical example?

However, its wishful thinking was wrong, and the United States could not stop the reunification of the two sides of the strait at all, and "using Taiwan to contain China" was even more delusional.

Third, the US conspiracy to "use Taiwan to contain China" is doomed to failure

Don't look at the United States clamoring all day long that the two sides of the strait will not be allowed to be reunified.

In fact, most of the actions of the United States against the Taiwan Strait remain at the level of deterrence.

After all, the United States has no confidence and no strength, so how can it go head-to-head with China?

Since ancient times, Taiwan has been an inalienable part of China.

This has been widely recognized by the international community.

The United States is an unknown division and is bound to face greater pressure from international public opinion.

Ukraine, Israel, aren't they ready-made examples?

Moreover, the United States is now preoccupied with itself.

Needless to say, external factors are in a dilemma for the United States on the two major battlefields of Russia, Ukraine, and Palestine and Israel.

The United States is also not at peace, with high debt, persistent inflation, proliferation of guns, and a serious refugee problem......

In addition, this year is an election year in the United States, and the fierce struggle between the two parties is becoming increasingly fierce.

Under such circumstances, the United States naturally does not dare to easily fall out with China.

(Falling out with China is not in the interests of the United States)

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if the United States dares to go head-to-head with China, it may not be able to defeat China.

Today, unlike in the past, the PLA's current strength is enough to wrestle with the US military.

Aircraft carriers, missiles, warplanes...... Everything is in the arsenal of the PLA.

Moreover, the mainland's Ministry of Defense has made it clear that Taiwan should be returned, the motherland will be reunified, and the PLA will take concrete actions to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.

This is undoubtedly a powerful warning to the United States and other foreign forces.

Under the influence of these factors, the US attempt to "use Taiwan to contain China" has absolutely no chance of success.

In fact, American politicians know this. However, for the purpose of diverting the public's attention and defrauding votes, they will not give up the "Taiwan card" for the time being.

In the face of this situation, we must heighten our vigilance to prevent the United States from disrupting the situation in the Taiwan Strait. At the same time, it is necessary to maintain sufficient determination, eliminate US interference, and resolutely advance the great cause of cross-strait reunification.