In order to curb China's rise, the United States first pressured China to "save energy and reduce emissions", forcing China to "change the track", but did not succeed, but helped China in the field of new energy "successful rush", now the United States is "dumbfounded", busy sending Mrs. Yellen to visit China, and want China to "de-capacity" in the field of new energy, China does not agree, in desperation, the United States has to sacrifice military means. According to a report by Huanqiu.com on May 9, the US-led "Rim of the Pacific" military exercise will be held in July, and the United States has summoned "all allies" to participate in the exercise, and it is expected that as many as 26 countries will participate in the military exercise.
It should be pointed out that the "Rim of the Pacific" military exercise, which is held every two years, is a multinational joint maritime exercise led by the United States, and the content of the military exercise usually involves anti-submarine, anti-missile, amphibious landing, and other subjects, and has a strong actual combat nature, and its purpose is to improve the maritime cooperative combat capability of the participating countries in order to jointly respond to "regional security challenges." Taking into account the background of the Sino-US game, the United States is undoubtedly coming at China to block China's door by assembling the navies of 26 countries in the Pacific Ocean at this time, so participating in this US military exercise is undoubtedly standing on the opposite side of China.
However, after all, the United States is still the "leader of the martial arts alliance", and although it has entered the track of decline, it is still in the aftermath, and there are not a few countries that have expressed their stance to participate in this round of anti-China military exercises, for example, Italy was the first to stand up and show its loyalty and announced that it would "carry out tasks" in the waters around China. German Defense Minister Pistorius also said that he had organized a fleet to go to the Asia-Pacific region and would pass through the South China Sea to express his support for the "rules-based international order." Germany's move was obviously "waving the flag and shouting" for the United States' anti-China action and "acting for the tiger."
Germany and Italy are old European powers, and they have undoubtedly played an "exemplary role" in responding to the United States as soon as possible, and with the addition of new NATO members such as Sweden and Denmark, and US vassals such as Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines, the military exercises of the superpowers at China's doorstep have basically taken shape. For many countries jumping on the "anti-China chariot" of the United States, China looks at it with a "normal heart", the reason is very simple: on the one hand, this is the inevitable pain of the rise of a great power, and it is inevitable; On the other hand, the vast majority of participating countries are just "joining in the fun" and do not want to be "retaliated" by the United States.
For example, the participation of European countries in the United States' "Rim of the Pacific" military exercise is mainly "symbolic"; once China and the United States really have a showdown, the possibility of them crossing the ocean and running to war with the PLA is very low, China is not Syria, Iraq, Libya, but a nuclear power with a population of 1.4 billion and a GDP of 18 trillion US dollars. Therefore, China is also "turning a blind eye" and is too lazy to overly care about you, so as not to "force" these countries into the US camp.
But it needs to be emphasized that China's tolerance also has limits, and once it breaches China's bottom line, it will be embarrassing. Just recently, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry angrily criticized Germany, once again stressing that there is "only one China" in the world and that the Taiwan region is an "inalienable" part of China, and warned Berlin not to "ask for trouble."
There are more people participating in the US "Rim of the Pacific" military exercise, why does China beat the Germans violently? You know, not long ago, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited China and "talked and laughed" with Chinese leaders.
In fact, the reason is very simple: Germany is "not authentic", even if it participates in the US "Rim of the Pacific" military exercise, although we are not happy and do not seriously care about you if it wants to cross the South China Sea, German Foreign Minister Baerbock should not have threatened that "the German fleet will pass through the Taiwan Strait", this touches China's bottom line, and China "will never tolerate it." On July 7, 2023, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs made it clear that under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and China's domestic law, "China enjoys sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the Taiwan Strait".
Therefore, the Taiwan Strait is not international waters, it is located between China's Fujian Province and Taiwan Province, and it is completely China's "inland sea strait", which does not belong to the high seas. Therefore, if the German fleet wants to pass through the Taiwan Strait, it will be a "forcible break", and you will not criticize anyone, isn't this "looking for a draw"? After the Chinese Foreign Ministry angrily criticized, the German government immediately instigated, and German Defense Minister Pistorius finally said that it was Foreign Minister Baerbock's mouth that this plan "has not yet been determined".
Germany has long been the European power with the closest ties to China, but with Merkel's ouster, the SPD and the Greens have been evenly divided, causing Germany's international stance to waver. Chancellor Olaf Scholz of the SPD is pragmatic towards China, but Foreign Minister Baerbock of the Green Party is very pro-American, which has led to "self-contradictory" statements within Germany. Therefore, the future Sino-German relations may be volatile for a long time, and we should also take this seriously.