According to CCTV News, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in China for a visit. Public opinion expectations for Blinken's visit are limited, and the United States has issued threats against China-Russia cooperation before Blinken's visit. The United States has pushed forward a Section 301 investigation into China's shipbuilding industry in the economic and trade field, and sought to initiate tariffs on China's steel and aluminum three times. In the South China Sea, Blinken's visit to China coincides with the US-Philippine military exercises, in which Chinese-made ships are used as target ships, and the US military will continue to deploy intermediate-range missiles in the Philippines. On the situation in the Taiwan Strait, the United States continues to agitate for "Taiwan independence" in the form of bills.
Before Blinken's visit to China, the Chinese Foreign Ministry drew a red line to the US side on the 22nd, pointing out that the Taiwan issue is a red line that the US side cannot touch, and the Chinese side will clearly put forward demands on the US side on Taiwan, economy, trade, science and technology, and the South China Sea during the Sino-US meeting. And on the 24th, the U.S. Senate passed the Foreign Aid Act. Tsai Ing-wen expressed her gratitude to the United States on the same day, mainly providing aid to Ukraine and Israel, and also involving $1.9 billion in military financing to the Asia-Pacific region, including military aid to Taiwan. This move by the United States is a public opinion agitation for "Taiwan independence" and has set the tone for Sino-US confrontation in the Taiwan Strait.
China is required to let the US bear the corresponding costs and push forward countermeasures against the core layout of the United States. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin pointed out that China is paying close attention to the development of the US case. Resolute and vigorous action will be taken to ensure the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country. At present, Pompeo, Pelosi and other US politicians, as well as major US arms dealers involved in arms sales to Taiwan, have been included in China's sanctions list. China's implementation of export controls on key raw materials such as gallium, germanium, rare earths, and graphite, as well as the relevant U.S. military aid to China's Taiwan region, have pushed China to further tighten export controls on U.S. military enterprises. Cutting off the supply chain of the US military-industrial complex under the radiation range of the Chinese industrial system. At the same time, due to the high sensitivity of US arms sales to Taiwan, the gap in cross-strait military strength, and the limited production capacity of the US military industry, the delivery of US arms sales to Taiwan has been slow.
There are 19 arms sales to Taiwan that are expected to be delivered after 2027, involving about $22 billion. The US Congress continues to promote the content of military aid to Taiwan, and it is difficult to clarify the specific implementation of it. The U.S. Congress continued to promote provocations against China in the Taiwan Strait before Blinken's visit, which shows that the U.S. interference in the situation in the Taiwan Strait is its long-term policy. The Sino-US relations thus laid down have prominent confrontational characteristics.
China is required to continue to promote the multilateral situation, promote the rise of independent forces of various countries, and promote the period of unipolar dominance of the United States in the global situation to become a thing of the past. As a maritime power, the United States pursues the principle of using the sea to control the land, and the United States obstructs China's reunification, and one of the major backgrounds is that after the reunification of the two sides of the strait, the United States will lose its influence on the Taiwan Strait, a waterway. By fostering "Taiwan independence," the United States has established an entry point of influence in the Taiwan Strait. To obstruct China's reunification and maintain the sea power of the United States. Against this backdrop, the U.S.-China confrontation requires China to continue to push up the cost of U.S. involvement, so that the U.S. costs outweigh its benefits. Now, as China builds its influence in the geopolitical confrontations between Eastern Europe and the Middle East, the era of mutual deterrence between China and the United States is coming.
China's technological upgrading and ability to incubate industries in other countries ensure that China has the ability to sustain losses from the U.S. system. The United States has never forgotten the situation in the Taiwan Strait to increase the cost of China's reunification. China needs to repay the U.S. in its handling of regional and global issues.
Blinken's invitation to visit China is the result of a consensus between China and the United States to avoid conflict, and a joint effort by China and the United States to manage the situation. However, it is clear that on the premise of no full-scale conflict, with the intensification of geopolitical confrontation between China and the United States, it is difficult to stop the continued downward trend of Sino-US relations. The situation requires China to strengthen the construction of the Chinese system and increase the available tools to deal with the shocks.