Since April, the international trend can be described as a sudden change, and on April 16, at this juncture, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin finally made a video call with Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun, achieving the first substantive dialogue between Chinese and U.S. defense ministers since August 2022.
Prior to this, Austin had shouted to China on more than one occasion, hoping to start a dialogue with the Chinese side, but because Sino-US relations have recently fallen into tension, the United States has now begun to be anxious after seeing the substantive communication and exchanges between the defense ministers of China and Cuba.
However, the United States changed its attitude only because on the 15th, the Chinese representative greeted Rojo, a friend from the Caribbean and member of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party and director of the Political Department of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, and this meeting not only symbolizes the deepening of military exchanges between China and Cuba, but also testifies to the friendship between the two socialist countries.
During the talks between the Chinese representatives and Rojo, they discussed the process of future cooperation between the Chinese and Cuban militaries, which will promote the two sides to achieve more practical results in the military field, and China promised to do everything in its power to help Cuba and support the construction and development of the Cuban army, but the friendly talks between China and Cuba frightened the United States a lot.
In the international community, Cuba is definitely the first person to oppose the United States, and under the nose of the United States, this "wonderful" Cuban flower blooms arrogantly, often burning the ass of the United States and setting it on fire.
Once upon a time, the Caribbean Sea, where Cuba is located, has always been regarded as the "backyard" of the United States, allowing the United States to act recklessly and take what it wants, but the Cuban people are not willing to succumb to the oppression and exploitation of the United States like the countries surrounding the United States.
In this thrilling historical drama for the Cuban people, they knew that if they wanted to free themselves from the shackles of the United States, they would have to pay the price of blood, but fortunately, Cuba finally succeeded in breaking away from the clutches of the United States and became a clear stream in Latin America and even the world.
In 1962, Cuba established close relations with the Soviet Union, a sworn enemy of the United States, and was ready to accept the deployment of missiles on its territory, allowing the United States and the Soviet Union to almost ignite an armed conflict.
The small country, once considered a bag by the Americans, has now become the vanguard of a violent anti-American war, and the United States has been hostile to Cuba ever since, imposing economic sanctions on it for half a century.
The Cuban Missile Crisis once again gave the world a taste of the haze of the Cold War, and although it was surviving, the aftermath left behind is still lingering in the hearts of Americans.
Now, in this era of change, the United States never expected that the Soviet Union would face the Americans with a new challenge -- the rise of China, and what made them even more uneasy was that China's relations with Cuba were also heating up day by day, which could not help but remind them of that tense history.
At this critical moment, Austin dialed the phone, US President Joe Biden's voice was heard, and Treasury Secretary Yellen also embarked on a visit to China, all of which were solving a problem, that is, to prevent China's influence on the world pattern from continuing to grow, so as to take off the hat of American hegemony.
Since April, a big chess game has been played between China and the United States, in which the two sides have come and gone, and US President Joe Biden has taken the lead in testing the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait in an attempt to provoke the bottom line of China's core interests.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is trying to disrupt the market with the rhetoric of "overcapacity", but in the face of such a complex situation, China will not give an inch, stick to its own position, China's high-quality production capacity is not only the driving force of its own development, but also the engine of global economic growth, the United States and other countries can not stop the development of China's new energy.
In this regard, Yellen also misunderstood the normal trade exchanges between China and Russia as siding with Russia, and China once again made it clear that China will never interfere in the Russian-Ukrainian war, but the door to cooperation has never been closed, and the economic and trade exchanges between China and Russia cannot be controlled by the United States.
The United States still does not expect the mainland to sacrifice itself in order to cater to its interests, and in the same international affairs, we are also willing to carry out normal exchanges and cooperation with other countries, but after the end of the two rounds of games between China and the United States, the United States is not good, China's attitude is cold, and the United States, which has not gained any benefits, can only frantically brush up its presence in the Asia-Pacific region and try to attract our attention.
After the summit between the United States, Japan and the Philippines, the world's attention was focused on the Asia-Pacific region, with US President Joe Biden announcing in a high-profile manner that he would provide all-round protection, including nuclear weapons, in Japan and planned to deploy intermediate-range missiles in the Philippines.
This series of actions may seem ordinary, but in fact it conceals the conspiracy of the United States to build an Asian NATO, and the United States is taking advantage of the geographical advantages of Japan and the Philippines in an attempt to closely link the situation in the South China Sea with the situation in the Taiwan Strait, so as to achieve strategic containment of China.
However, the lessons of history tell us that during the Cold War, the Soviet Union deployed missiles in Cuba and caused turmoil in the world, and now the United States is repeating its old trick of deploying medium-range missiles in the Philippines in an attempt to repeat history.
Against this backdrop, it is necessary for the Chinese government to remind the US side in due course that this move is tantamount to playing with fire and self-immolation, and that this provocation of China's national sovereignty will not only exacerbate regional tensions, but may also lead to unpredictable consequences, and that the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea issues are China's internal affairs that brook no foreign interference.
If Japan and the Philippines dare to take advantage of the prestige of the United States and take a step beyond the thunderstorm, we will resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
As for the fact that the United States called after the fact, it was because it saw that China's hardline attitude was a little weak-hearted and wanted to test the tone, and the Chinese side also made it clear to the United States this time that the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea are areas of China's core interests, and we resolutely oppose any interference by external forces.
It is hoped that the United States will understand China's determination, stop vainly trying to meddle in China's sovereignty issue and cause more trouble, and safeguard the friendly relations between China and the United States.
Main sources: 1. The original article was published on the New Strait Main Line on April 17, 2024 on "The defense ministers of China and the United States spoke on the phone for the first time in two years!
2. The original article was published on China Military Network on April 15, 2024 on "He Weidong met with the director of the Political Department of the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba".
3. The original article was published on Huanqiu.com on April 10, 2024 on "International Observation|The Black Hand Reaching Out to the Asia-Pacific Region - The Harm of Doxxing the US-led NATO to Accelerate Eastward Expansion into the Asia-Pacific Region".
4. This article was originally published on No. 3 Global Eye on April 12, 2024 on "In front of Fumio Kishida, Biden promised to protect Japan with nuclear weapons and prevent China from changing the status quo".
5. The original article was published on China Military Network on April 15, 2024 on "He Weidong met with the director of the Political Department of the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba".