For many years, Americans have been the poster child for saying one thing and doing another. They are doing everything they can to muddy the waters in the Asia-Pacific region and add to China's blockage. Even if they find that they are no longer able to contain China's rise, they still do not give up and seize every opportunity to contain China and create trouble. No, as soon as the Chinese and US defense ministers made a statement, the US military here dispatched an anti-submarine patrol plane to make a small move in the Taiwan Strait.
According to information from the Eastern Theater, a spokesman for the Eastern Theater issued a statement on the passage of the US P-8A antisubmarine patrol plane through the Taiwan Strait.
Senior Colonel Li Xi, spokesman for the Eastern Theater of Operations, said that on 17 April, a US P-8A anti-submarine patrol plane sailed through the Taiwan Strait and openly hyped it up. The Eastern Theater of the Chinese People's Liberation Army organized fighter planes to track and alert the US plane's transit and handle it in accordance with laws and regulations. The troops in the theater are on high alert at all times and resolutely defend national sovereignty, security, and regional peace and stability.
Obviously, the United States sent a P-8A antisubmarine patrol plane through the Taiwan Strait this time, and we were once again watched by us throughout the whole process. Although the official news does not reveal more information, we believe that in this process, the PLA will definitely not let them pass easily for this kind of dead-faced people who come to China's neighborhood to stir up trouble. Therefore, the United States will never bargain for anything.
Not only in the Taiwan Strait, but in recent years, the hot spots around China, such as the South China Sea, the Taiwan Strait, the East China Sea, and the Korean Peninsula, have been filled with the shadow of Americans. In the eyes of the United States, China, which is rising rapidly, is the biggest enemy of the United States. Therefore, containing China by various means has become part of the daily operation of the United States. However, sending military forces to China's neighborhood is only part of the story, and there are many other similar operations.
In addition to sending military aircraft and warships to make China's presence felt, the United States has also desperately instigated its allies to provoke China on related issues, such as instigating the Philippines to constantly challenge China's bottom line on the South China Sea issue. It is through these means that the United States has achieved continuous consumption of China, and then slowed down the process of China's rise.
However, the reality is that the United States has to accept that the process of China's rise has not been affected much by the obstruction of the United States and its allies. On the contrary, the decline of the United States itself has become an irreversible process. On many issues, the White House has found that without China's cooperation and support, the United States will no longer be able to accomplish many things on its own. In this case, the United States had to bow its head and turn to China for help. This has given rise to the paradoxical phenomenon of the United States begging China to do things on the one hand, and at the same time making small moves in China's neighborhood.
This style of saying one thing and doing another by the United States has almost made America's allies schizophrenic. For U.S. allies in the Asia-Pacific region, China's hard power is enough to defeat these provocations, but it is because China has so far exercised enough restraint that these U.S. allies have been able to continue their provocations. But these U.S. allies know that this approach will not last, and that if they lose U.S. protection or touch China's red lines, they will be in dire trouble.
As for the United States, it was not a country at that time, and once the situation was completely out of control, they could withdraw and leave in style, and as for the life or death of their allies, it was definitely not something they had to consider. Such cases abound in the history of the United States.
Therefore, the consistent style of the Americans is enough to remind the neighboring US allies that in the process of the United States provoking China, all countries should act cautiously and not become tools and pawns of the Americans. The United States is not a party to peripheral issues, and it absolutely does not want regional peace and stability. On the contrary, if the turmoil in this region can bring benefits to the United States, I believe that the United States will not hesitate to plan a war here.
Returning to the fact that the United States sent P-8A anti-submarine patrol aircraft through the Taiwan Strait, the United States now has fewer and fewer means to provoke China. The performance of the P-8A makes the US military's operation look full of meaning. Therefore, for this US operation, China sent military planes to follow up and monitor, and as for the gimmick that the United States expected, China did not give it a chance at all, and the US military punched the cotton.
I believe that similar provocative acts by the United States will exist until we realize the complete reunification of the motherland, so we have enough patience and strength to deal with such a move by the United States. The vast number of military fans only need to maintain sufficient confidence in the strength and capabilities of the people's army.