U.S. Air Force General Minihan recently predicted that "war between China and the United States will break out in 2025," which caused an uproar in U.S. political circles. McCaul, chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, followed suit, claiming that "the risk of armed conflict between China and the United States is high" and urging the U.S. to be prepared to respond.
These remarks on the "Sino-US war theory" are not isolated, but are hot topics that have been hyped up by some people in the United States and Congress recently. They even gave the time, place, and reasons for the war, exposing their war-fanatical and provocative nature.
In the face of these irresponsible remarks, the US Department of Defense hastened to clarify, saying that "these views do not represent the position of the United States."
This rush to whitewash by the US side reflects two problems: First, the US side may indeed be preparing for a possible conflict, but more importantly, it wants to use this to obtain more military spending and resources from Congress.
The second is that Biden's attempts to improve relations with China have angered Republicans, who have begun to put pressure on Biden to take a tougher stance on China.
This also shows that the contradictions within the United States are intensifying day by day, especially in the China policy, and the radical Republicans will bring a huge obstacle to the improvement of Sino-US relations.
Of course, it is also possible that the United States and some "anti-China" people are playing a two-sided approach, while conducting cognitive warfare against China and exaggerating the "China threat theory", while at the same time winning over allies in the Asia-Pacific region and establishing an "encirclement of China".
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced during his visit to Japan and South Korea that NATO will strengthen cooperation with Asia-Pacific countries to deal with global threats, including "challenges from China."
NATO's mention of China is undoubtedly in response to the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy, as well as the "Sino-US war theory" frequently put forward by the United States recently, to promote the formation of an "Asia-Pacific version of NATO".
In addition, NATO has further expanded the confrontation between Western countries and China and Russia. NATO military committee chairman Jerome Power has threatened that NATO is ready for a "direct confrontation" with Russia, and German Foreign Minister Baerbock has also declared that European countries are "at war" with Russia.
Prior to this, Stoltenberg also said that "China is not regarded as a challenge", and the United States has repeatedly called for communication with China to avoid miscalculation. Now, however, they have changed their faces and no longer hide their true intentions, and as the situation has changed, the West has already had a showdown.
In this regard, Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, warned that "NATO's crazy rhetoric is dragging the world towards a nuclear war, and the risk of a third world war is constantly increasing."
Judging by the behavior of the United States and NATO in Ukraine, they are not only intimidating China and Russia, but really want to spread the conflict and turmoil to the Asia-Pacific region in order to meet the war needs of the United States and help the United States get out of the internal crisis.
Although the United States has repeatedly reaffirmed its respect for the one-China principle, and NATO has repeatedly emphasized that it is a regional defense alliance, the fact is that while the United States is playing the "Taiwan card," it is also strengthening its military deployment in the "first island chain" and creating friction between China and the United States.
NATO, on the other hand, has also actively cooperated with the actions of the United States, deepened military ties with Japan, South Korea and other countries, and constantly made provocative remarks related to China.
With regard to the U.S. behavior, China has repeatedly stated that China-US relations are not a zero-sum game, and that the Pacific Ocean is wide enough to accommodate the common development and prosperity of the two countries.
In the current complicated international situation, Sino-US relations have gone beyond the scope of bilateralism and have a bearing not only on the interests of the Chinese and American peoples, but also on the future and destiny of the whole world.
Now, the United States has abandoned its responsibilities and obligations and is running frantically on the road of seeking cold war and destruction, which has pushed world peace and stability to the edge of the abyss.
Fortunately, with China's active promotion and maintenance, the Asia-Pacific region has formed an open and inclusive stable cooperation framework centered on ASEAN, and this model based on equality and mutual benefit is more popular than the U.S. "Indo-Pacific Strategy".
It is already an unrealistic fantasy for the United States to return to the Asia-Pacific region by force, and its words and deeds advocating war have no market and no room for survival in the Asia-Pacific region, regard China as a "threat," and implement a "small circle" containment strategy against China is doomed to be futile.
In response to the recent provocative remarks by the US side, we must remain calm and determined, and at the same time be well prepared for struggle and strengthen national defense and military affairs.
Of course, we also want to warn the United States that peaceful coexistence is the bottom line that China and the United States must abide by, and that it is unacceptable whether it is a cold war or a hot war, and we hope that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to China will bring sincerity and achieve results, set an example for the world, and cool down the current tensions.