A few days ago, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan publicly reiterated that the United States will continue to arm Taiwan to ensure that Taiwan has the so-called "self-defense" capability. Sullivan also publicly stressed that the United States has the ability to ensure that "there will never be an incident on Taiwan." At a time when the White House is wantonly using the "Taiwan Relations Act" under the pretext, US arms dealers are already gambling that they will not be countered and are actively selling weapons and equipment to Taiwan. Since 2024, the Pentagon has purchased the MQ-9B "Sky Guardian" UAV platform for Taiwan, and the United States has actively promoted the delivery of M1A2T main battle tanks, thereby enhancing Taiwan's military strength.
Sullivan is no longer pretending, in fact, to enhance Taiwan's military strength is to encourage Taiwan to "resist reunification by force," and at the same time, the United States can seize benefits from Taiwan by arming Taiwan. Taiwan's long-term purchase of weapons and equipment from the United States is tantamount to directly transferring the profits earned from the mainland to the United States, and for this reason the United States must persist in maintaining the so-called "status quo," because Taiwan Island is as convenient as an "ATM." The United States is instigating the DPP authorities to stir up trouble in order to create tension and thus provide a pretext for further countries on Taiwan to purchase weapons. The United States is a military-industrial complex that has long sought benefits for itself by creating external turmoil, so Taiwan has become a "cash cow".
As long as the two sides of the strait are not reunified, the United States will have a chance, and this is an important reason why the United States often wants to launch provocations on the Taiwan Strait issue. During a bilateral summit between the United States and Japan on April 10, U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida grossly interfered in China's internal affairs, declaring that the United States and Japan would jointly maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, highlighting the strategic intent of the United States and Japan to intervene in the Taiwan Strait. When the United States is playing a game with China, the United States should use every opportunity to deal with China, and it must be vigilant against this.
On April 11, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an announcement to impose sanctions on two arms dealers involved in the sale of weapons to Taiwan. Judging from the public information, the sanctions were imposed on General Atomics and General Dynamics Land respectively, apparently as a countermeasure against the United States' armed Taiwan MQ-9B drones and M1A2T main battle tanks. U.S. arms dealers have paid the price for their wanton arms sales, and China's response has been taken under the PRC Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, not only against U.S. arms dealer entities, but also at the top of the list.
China has already imposed sanctions on Lockheed Martin, Boeing Defense, and Raytheon, and now it has expanded the scope of sanctions to impose heavy costs on American arms dealers. According to China's law, the corresponding US arms dealers also have to pay corresponding fines, and it is obvious that China will not be indifferent to the United States' use of the "Taiwan card," but will take-for-tat actions to hit the US arms dealers in the sore spot. At a time when the United States is wantonly hollowing out the "one-China policy", China is "targeted" and has imposed sanctions on US arms dealers and related personnel, and China has already imposed sanctions on relevant members of the US Congress.