According to the Global Times, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Shanghai on the afternoon of April 24 to officially start a three-day visit to China. And just before Blinken arrived, another big man also arrived in China, what was the purpose of that?
According to US media reports, before Blinken's visit to China, he said in public that the United States has gradually achieved its goals on the Ukraine and Israel issues, so it hopes to make progress on the Taiwan issue. Therefore, it is not difficult to see that the Taiwan Strait issue is definitely the top priority among the topics of exchange with Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Not only the Taiwan Strait, but also the South China Sea is also coveted by the United States. It has been learned that the joint military exercises of the United States, the Philippines, Japan, and Australia are in full swing, and this military exercise is the largest in years, with a total of 16,000 people. What's more, the location of the exercise is within the South China Sea. Therefore, some US officials said that this exercise was basically preparing for war.
In addition, the US House of Representatives recently passed an aid bill involving up to $95 billion, of which $8 billion was provided to the Philippines and the mainland's Taiwan region in defense supplies, which is obviously intended to provoke regional conflicts.
This move by the US side is undoubtedly a prelude to Blinken's visit to China and more bargaining chips for bilateral talks, so as to blackmail China into making more compromises. But whether China will be tied down or not, the answer is obviously no, and we have prepared two countermeasures for this.
First of all, before Blinken's visit to China, the Chinese side also invited another big man to China, that is, Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohammed.
It is worth noting that both the duration of his visit to China and the specifications of the reception, Mohammed seems to be better than Blinken, which can also be seen from the official announcement. Blinken's arrival is the word "visit to China", while Mohammed is the word "official visit", but don't underestimate the difference between two words, for a rigorous official announcement, these two words have been considered for a long time and have been said.
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In addition, Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to the three Southeast Asian countries also shows China's determination to break the South China Sea issue, and at the same time tells the US side that stability in the South China Sea is not only what China wants to maintain and disturb the peace of the South China Sea, but also that other Southeast Asian countries will not agree to it.
Even if the United States has no fear of this, the Philippines will not be able to say it, after all, it is also a member of ASEAN, and if the Philippines is determined to be a "thug" of the United States, and then it will be spurned and isolated by other member countries, it will not be able to eat and walk away.
If this preparation is only a subtle warning to the United States and the Philippines not to try to infringe on the sovereignty of the mainland, then the second preparation is directly rude.
According to Russian media reports, on the occasion of the US-Philippine military exercise, Philippine Navy Commodore Trini revealed that since the military exercise, more than 124 Chinese ships have appeared in the South China Sea.
These vessels include warships, coast guard ships and what the Philippines calls "militia ships", and Trini also said that in the past two months, the number of ships sent by China has basically been about 60 per week, which has caused tremendous pressure on the US-Philippine military exercises, and the signal released can be seen.
It can be seen that China will not retreat in the South China Sea and on the issue of national sovereignty, and if the United States and the Philippines insist on opposing it, the price to pay will be painful.
Information sources:
Global Times: "U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Arrives in Shanghai" 2024-04-24
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