Although reconciliation between China and the United States is a major trend in recent times, the United States has never forgotten to regard China as an imaginary enemy, and the United States is eager to intervene in any country or region that has cooperative relations with China. Recently, the United States has set its sights on the Pacific island countries.
Kurt Campbell, who was nominated by Biden as U.S. deputy secretary of state, appeared before a Senate hearing on Dec. 7 to urge Congress to rush to approve funding for the Free Association Agreement, according to the Observer, he claimedChina is waiting for an opportunity, and if the United States does not rush to approve the funds, then it will play into China's hands, and China will immediately fight for the best deal for itself.
Kurt Campbell).
Campbell's reference to the Free Association Agreement refers to a new funding agreement between the United States and Pacific island nations. The agreement plans to invest $7.1 billion over the next 20 years in Palau, Micronesia and the Marshall Islands to help them grow their defense and economies in exchange for exclusive U.S. military access to those countries, meaning unfettered access to their territories, shipping lanes and airspace.
With regard to the series of actions taken by the United States against Pacific island countries, China has already made a response,** saying that China has no objection to the development of relations between countries and Pacific island countries, and is happy to see countries inside and outside the region engaging in normal exchanges and cooperation with them on an equal footing. China has no intention of competing with other countries for influence in the region, nor is it interested in engaging in geopolitical competition.
**Spokesperson Wang Wenbin).
But the question is, does the United States really regard these Pacific island countries as equal partners?Or are they just used as a counterweight to China?I believe that anyone with a discerning eye knows it.
Take the Solomon Islands, another Pacific island country, for example, the United States closed its embassy in 1993 and never thought of developing relations with the country for the next 30 years.
China and the Solomon Islands signed a security cooperation agreement).
On the one hand, the United States and Australia have smeared this normal cooperation between China and China, and want to get the Solomon Islands to withdraw from the agreement by pressuring them, and on the other hand, they have also sent a number of ** to visit Pacific island countries, and then announced the opening of two new embassies in the South Pacific, and the White House also hosted the first United States-Pacific Island Countries Summit.
In fact, in the 30 years since the end of the Cold War, the South Pacific island countries have been unpopular on the geopolitical map of the United States, and the United States has never thought of helping these countries achieve development.
Washington hosts the U.S.-Pacific Islands Summit).
The current strategy of the United States is that if there is China, it will wave the "China threat" to demand money from Congress, and countering the "China threat" has simply become a universal formula for asking Congress for money. However, the more anxious and urgent the United States behaves in this regard, the more it proves its weakness. Just as the eyes of the masses are clear, just as the Solomon Islands has clearly recognized the essence of the United States and refuses to listen to the United States' preaching, the United States is engaged in a big geopolitical game, which will only make more and more people doubt the intentions of the United States.