Sino-US relations may have bottomed out, but the United States has not given up its military encirclement of China and is still preparing for a possible showdown. Just recently, in the name of a US-Philippine military exercise, the United States deployed for the first time an intermediate-range ballistic missile system codenamed "Typhon" on Luzon. In this regard, Wu Qian, spokesman for China's Ministry of National Defense, said that the US move "seriously threatens" regional national security and "seriously undermines" regional peace and stability, and China "firmly opposes it" and will "resolutely counteract". It can be seen from Senior Colonel Wu Qian's remarks that the United States' deployment of an intermediate-range missile system on Luzon Island in the Philippines poses a great threat to China.
On the one hand, the "Typhon" system is capable of launching the "Tomahawk" tactical missile with a range of 1,800 km, and can also launch the "Dark Eagle" hypersonic missile, which can hit farther and faster, while Luzon is only 600 kilometers away from the coast of the mainland and 400 kilometers from Taiwan. To put it mildly, Washington's move is almost equivalent to putting a pistol on our heads.
On the other hand, the United States has made no secret that this move is aimed at China, and its attitude is extremely arrogant. For example, the US military website "War Zone" has nakedly stated that the deployment of an intermediate-range missile system in Luzon has sent a "strong signal" to China, and the US "Navy News" has even emphasized that the system can "hit various bases along China's coast and in the South China Sea." Considering that on the same day that the United States deployed the "Typhon" system, the Philippine president said that "on the day of the Philippine casualties, when the US military intervenes," Washington's move is undoubtedly preparing for a "showdown."
According to a report by the Xinhua News Agency on 16 April, He Weidong, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, met in Beijing with Rojo, the leader of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces department. He Weidong made it clear that China "resolutely opposes interference in Cuba's internal affairs by external forces" and is willing to share China's successful experience in modernization with Cuba, "support Cuba's military construction and development", and "work together to build a China-Cuba community with a shared future." Rojo said that Cuba will, as always, consolidate and strengthen the "special friendly relations" between the two parties and the two countries.
It is no coincidence that the leader of the Cuban armed forces visited China at a time when the White House was approaching China to deploy intermediate-range missiles. First, Rojo's visit to China coincided with the arrival of the US medium-range missile system in Luzon, and it seems that the interaction between China and Cuba was "not so fast", but it should be pointed out that as early as 7 April, the United States used a C-17 strategic transport plane to fly 12,000 kilometers to transport the "Typhon" system from the mainland to the Philippines. Therefore, China has ample time to interact with the Cuban side on this matter, and Rojo's visit to China can be arranged on the same day as the official deployment of the US intermediate-range missile system.
Second, China's move is a "euphemistic warning" to the United States, that is, the United States can deploy intermediate-range missiles in close proximity to China, and China can "use the other way and give back to the other" and deploy intermediate-range missiles around the United States. During Rojo's visit to China, He Weidong, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, made it clear that he would "support the construction and development of the Cuban army" and build a "China-Cuba community with a shared future" with Cuba, while Cuban leader Rojo also stressed that China and Cuba have a "special friendly relationship". Although China and Cuba do not mention the medium-range system, in connection with the "coincidence" of the visit, it is impossible for the United States not to think of China or the deployment of medium-range missiles in Cuba.
Finally, the reason why it is said that the meeting between the Chinese and Cuban leaders on the same day as the deployment of the US intermediate-range missile system is a countermeasure and is also because of the nature of the "Cuban Missile Crisis." What caused the Cuban Missile Crisis? It was because the United States insisted on deploying intermediate-range missiles in Italy and Turkey, and in countermeasures, the Soviet Union decided to deploy missiles in Cuba, and it also deployed "intermediate-range missiles." Isn't the meeting between the leaders of China and Cuba at this time a warning to the United States?
Of course, it should be pointed out that for a country like the United States, which "stresses strength and is unreasonable", warning alone is not enough, and only when China's medium-range missiles appear in Cuba will Washington take China's warning seriously, which is the legendary "no tears if you don't see a coffin."