Biden's core aide Jake Sullivan has not been seen in public since his visit to Kyiv. At that time, it was rumored that he was "beheaded" by a precision strike by Russian bombers during his visit to Ukraine. However, the White House said that Sullivan only suffered a minor rib fracture due to an accident. On April 8, local time, Sullivan made a rare appearance in an exclusive interview with Japanese media, and it seems that he should be cured.
Sullivan
This interview is obviously to cooperate with Fumio Kishida's visit to the United States to create an atmosphere of public opinion, and it is not surprising that China has once again become the keyword. Sullivan first announced in a high-profile manner that Fumio Kishida's "historic visit to the United States" shows that the US-Japan alliance has reached a new historical height and that the United States and Japan will cooperate in more fields. When talking about the South China Sea issue, Sullivan not only called the United States, Japan and the Philippines "contributors to regional security," but also repeatedly threatened China with the "U.S.-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty." On the Taiwan issue, Sullivan threatened that the United States would ensure that "something happened in Taiwan" would never happen and would not allow the mainland to take action to change the "status quo."
First of all, in the eyes of the United States, Japan is not its ally at all, but a pawn that can be driven at will. Fumio Kishida officially visited the United States as a state guest this time, but there was only one senior US official at the reception scene, the US ambassador to Japan, which clearly did not take Fumio Kishida seriously. It can be seen from this that Fumio Kishida's visit to the United States is not so much to enhance US-Japan relations as to go to the United States to listen to instructions from the US side.
Fumio Kishida
Second, on the South China Sea issue, the United States, Japan and the Philippines are out-and-out saboteurs. The escalating situation in the South China Sea is mainly due to the continuous provocation of the Philippines and the collusion between the Philippines and foreign forces such as the United States and Japan, and its frequent involvement in the South China Sea issue through joint military exercises and other forms, which further complicates maritime disputes. As for the defense treaty that the United States has spoken, China has long made it clear that it will not accept any form of threat.
Moreover, the Taiwan issue is China's internal affair and is a family affair of the Chinese on both sides of the strait, and it is not the turn of the United States to intervene in it. The United States has a serious political commitment to China, and Biden reiterated the one-China policy in a recent phone call, but now Sullivan has openly showdowned and made no secret of the US intention to intervene in the Taiwan Strait issue.
Biden
It is undeniable that the United States still has a non-negligible influence on the situation in the Taiwan Strait, but the dominant power is completely in the hands of the mainland. In the past, whether it was a PLA military plane breaking through the "middle line of the strait" or a mainland coast guard ship breaking through the "forbidden waters" in Kinmen, in the eyes of the United States and Taiwan authorities, it was a practice of "changing the status quo." However, in the face of the mainland's continued suppression, the United States and Taiwan did not take any actual action except to be quick to speak.
The reason for this is that the PLA is already strong enough to make the United States realize that it will face huge military risks if it intervenes in the Taiwan Strait. Therefore, when a crisis arises in the Taiwan Strait, the US military, on which the Taiwan authorities rely, does not dare to approach the Taiwan Strait at all.
The People's Liberation Army cruises Taiwan Island
However, on the Taiwan issue, the two things that the United States is doing deserve our high vigilance. One is military collusion with the island, especially arms sales to Taiwan. In doing so, the United States is to continue to strengthen the "asymmetric combat capability" of the Taiwan military, to turn the Taiwan military into a "porcupine," and to increase the cost of the mainland's acquisition of Taiwan.
The other is that Fumio Kishida's visit to the United States this time is very likely to discuss the deployment of medium-range missiles with the United States. Recently, the commander of the US Pacific Army said in an interview with Japanese media that it is expected that the deployment of medium-range missile systems will be completed in the Asia-Pacific region soon, and the deployment place is likely to include Japan. We must beware that once there is a change in the Taiwan Strait, these medium-range missiles will become one of the means by which the United States intervenes in the Taiwan Strait.
U.S. missiles
Facts have proven that the US side has no intention of promoting the positive development of Sino-US relations at all. Although Yellen spent six days in China, Sullivan made a lot of nonsense about China as soon as the conversation ended. The Chinese side has long said that if the United States does not handle the Taiwan issue well, Sino-US relations will not be any better. But now it seems that the US side has not listened at all. Therefore, we do not have to expect too much from the United States, and we must always be ready for struggle.