A few days after the San Francisco meeting, the United States could not wait to launch a new round of "attacks" on China. An important sign is the introduction of a new round of arms sales to Taiwan, which is seriously undermining China's core interests. While negotiating with China, we are taking tough actions against China, which is a typical step-by-step approach. It intends to encroach on China's core interests little by little and to strike at China's firm will to consume China.
After the San Francisco meeting, China and the United States are engaged in intensive all-round consultations and negotiations. It gives the impression that Sino-US relations are stable and promising. Although consultations are still ongoing,The United States has begun to make moves to create a tense atmosphere again.
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced an arms sale to Taiwan on Friday (December 15). He claimed that the equipment in this round of arms sales will be used to maintain the life cycle of Taiwan's "Xun'an System" command, control, communications, and computer systems, so as to ensure the safe transmission of tactical information and enhance Taiwan's ability to deal with current and future threats. He also claimed that the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy has not changed.
The Taiwan issue is the core of China's core interests and the cornerstone of China-US relations. This is also the issue that our side focused on during the San Francisco meeting. For this reason, the United States has put forward a strong demand that it must not continue to arm Taiwan.
If it were not for the US side's commitment to abide by the "one-China principle", China would not have agreed to hold such intensive consultations and communication with the US side.
However, consultations and negotiations are actively underway here, while the United States has begun to sell arms to Taiwan in disregard of China's opposition. This is clearly another incident.
There are probably four major reasons why the US side is so capricious in disregard of faith.
First, the "America First" mentality is still strong.
Although the United States acknowledges that the post-Cold War era of hegemony is a thing of the past, and despite the strong global resistance to the Trump era's push to put America first, it still does not give up.
As the saying goes, an emaciated camel is bigger than a horse. The United States, which still has the advantage of strength, still thinks that it can do whatever it wants. The United States comes first, so it is natural that the United States should be put first and the United States should be exceptional. Bullying has become a Xi in the United States.
Whether the United States is the first or the world dominates, it has been widely resisted and opposed by the whole world. In the current situation, it is better to rebuild the leadership position of the United States, or the United States to lead the world in a position of strengthLeveling China has become the most critical factor.
What the United States hopes is to force the rest of the world to accept US hegemony by pacifying China. On the contrary, if China cannot be leveled, it will naturally not be able to level the world, and I am even more afraid that China will level the United States after leveling the world.
Realizing cross-strait reunification is one of the hallmarks of a modern and powerful country. Creating cross-strait confrontation or undermining the process of reunification of the Chinese nation is a crucial step in delaying China's process of becoming a strong country.
Importantly,By playing the Taiwan card, which seriously infringes on China's core interests, it can also establish the hegemonic image of the United States.
The United States wants to tell the world that if it does not accept hegemony, it will destroy the world. It can be said that the current focus of the United States is to coerce the world and force the world to accept US hegemony by means of destabilizing the world or creating a world crisis.
The second is to show that the United States does not get what it wants at the negotiating table.
Whether it is maintaining effective communication or establishing guardrails to prevent conflict, the United States wants to take advantage of China's eagerness to develop itself in a stable manner, hoping that China will make more concessions to the United States at the negotiating table because of this. That is, it intends to establish a so-called rebalancing of Sino-US relations. That is, the US House of Representatives recently asked the White House to "reset US-China economic and trade relations". In fact, it is what Yellen said that China must "prosper within the limits delineated" by the United States.
Although China is willing to engage in strategic consultation and communication with the United States and is more willing to stabilize bilateral relations, China will never develop according to the scope set by the United States. It has long been clear that we will never sacrifice our core interests in exchange, and we will never swallow the bitter fruits of sacrificing our core interests.
Whether it is economic and trade relations or cooperation in areas of common interest, the principle of mutual respect, equality, mutual benefit and win-win cooperation cannot be changed.
Therefore, it is impossible to surrender one's core interests at the negotiating table, let alone to reflect the priority of the United States. China and the United States are cooperative, not subordinate. There is no reason for China to sacrifice its own interests to help the United States out of this predicament.
At the same time as the United States introduced a new arms sales to Taiwan, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Raimondo emphasized strict control of chip export controls (**United States**Yellen said that she will visit China next year. The House of Representatives' demand for a reset of US-China economic and trade relations is enough to illustrate this point. The arms sales to Taiwan are a strong pressure in exchange for a change in which one of the goals is to exchange the United States with a commitment not to support China in the economic field.
The core of the economic and trade differences or imbalances between China and the United States is the high technology and core manufacturing. It is the only way to develop high technology, strengthen core manufacturing, and promote the acceleration and upgrading of China's economy. China will not develop itself on the path indicated by the United States. This is both an economic problem and a *** problem.
It is precisely because China has not made a major compromise at the negotiating table that the United States is eager to put pressure on China.
The third is the need to promote the Indo-Pacific strategy.
The Indo-Pacific strategy is a key strategy for the United States. This is a shift in strategic focus that began under Obama. However, more than 10 years have passed, the Asia-Pacific strategy is dead, and the Indo-Pacific strategy is not conducive to advancement. It can be said that the United States has wasted a lot of good time.
In particular, recently, China's cooperation with Indo-Asia-Pacific countries has been continuously increasing under tremendous pressure from the United States, and the United States' Indo-Pacific strategy is about to fail.
Instead of actively cooperating with the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy, Europe has put forward its own Indo-Pacific strategy. What is important is that Europe clearly refuses to take sides in the great power competition between China and the United States, and even more explicitly opposes bloc confrontation.
Although India has joined the Indo-Pacific strategy, it is clear that it is not of the same mind as the United States。They are even more reluctant to cooperate with the United States in putting pressure on China.
Relations between China and ASEAN are getting closer and closer. Although it is not yet a "community of destiny", it has obviously become a "community of interests".
At least half of the South Pacific island countries are willing to strengthen their cooperative relations with China. The relations between the five Central Asian countries and China are also getting closer.
At present, the United States is agitating to support the Philippines in the South China Sea, and except for a few countries such as Japan, Britain and Australia, few countries have spoken out. ASEAN countries, in particular, have not only spoken out, but have also further strengthened cooperation with China.
ASEAN does not intervene or participate, but the United States and the Philippines are making moves, so naturally they cannot set off a big storm. And once the gun goes wrong, the United States will be even more embarrassed.
Seeing that this round of the South China Sea offensive will face failure again, the United States is naturally anxious. It is also natural to disgust China through the arms sales to Taiwan. It can also show the hegemony and unreasonableness of the United States.
Fourth, the needs of the United States.
The next election campaign in the United States has begun. Biden's approval rating has already fallen seriously, and the new House of Representatives has passed an impeachment investigation. It's too bad for Biden.
The ** war with Russia is facing the possibility of defeat. The position taken in the Israeli-Kazakh war has plunged the United States into a crisis of values.
Importantly, the strategic stability of Europe has been undermined, and the geopolitics of the Middle East are evolving in a de-Americanized manner. America's global strategy is in danger of collapsing. At this time, it can only be a strong play of the Chinese card to regain some face.
The above four points are the main reasons or motives for the United States to introduce a new arms sales to Taiwan.
We have analyzed it a long time ago,A major characteristic of the US strategy toward China is that it suppresses and presses through side negotiations and negotiations, and presses step by step. Attempts to encroach on China's core interests little by little and to deplete China's firm will to blow China. In the end, American hegemony had to be accepted.
On the surface, the United States seems to be moving forward little by little, and it seems that it is constantly taking advantage of China. However, this kind of taking advantage is more like "picking sesame seeds" all over the ground.
Constant support or disguised support seems to be a sign that the growing forces have made cross-strait reunification more difficult. But at the same time, it is also constantly strengthening China's determination and will to reunify by force. Naturally, it is necessary to actively prepare for a major war in the Taiwan Strait.
As far as the people of Taiwan are concerned, they may have concerns about reunification. Naturally, they are reluctant to face the multiple-choice question of unity and **. But now the United States is forced to make a choice, and it has to face it seriously whether it is reunification or **. This is not necessarily a bad thing for China. It's a matter of time before you do this multiple-choice question, and it's naturally better to think early.
It is important that the United States is neither prepared for war nor has the guts to do so. So you have to be careful. On the contrary, this is inconsistent with the hegemony of the United States. Naturally, few countries dare to intervene in the Taiwan Strait issue. The United States and ** have become more isolated.
Although China will adjust its structure, some agricultural products and energy exports from the United States will increase a little. But on the whole, it can't change the best balance between China and the United States.
* China's high-tech and core manufacturing, in fact, this is completely reasonable. In this area, the United States has never relaxed its restrictions and suppression of China.
China's scientific and technological progress is neither a favor from the United States nor a result of Sino-US cooperation. Basically, it relies on independence and self-reliance.
Although it has a certain impact on China, it restricts the development of high technology in the United States, and second, it destroys the world's chain and freedom mechanism, but what hurts the hegemonic authority of the United States, and the United States, which has become the world's greatest destructive force, has become more isolated.
The most direct and greatest impact of the economic hegemony of the United States is the "de-dollarization" of the world. The U.S. is pushing for de-risking or decoupling from China, while the world is emerging to de-risk and de-dollarize. Obviously, there is a sharp contrast between the situation of foreign economic and trade cooperation between China and the United States.
Once the dollar loses its hegemony or ability to cut leeks, the US debt crisis, financial crisis, and the resulting recession crisis will be a matter of time. Only mutually beneficial cooperation with China will make it possible to defuse the crisis in the United States. So,The United States has always been happy to pick up sesame seeds and throw watermelons.
Although the Chinese side seems to be "throwing sesame seeds", it is actually busy "cutting watermelons".
Whether it is playing the Taiwan card, engaging in science and technology, or creating a crisis in the South China Sea, these are obviously small actions at the tactical level. And the reason why China accepts consultations and negotiations with the United States.
The first is to stabilize the economy. After all, a war between the two largest economies is a loss-lose affair. It's a little bit to be able to maintain a little cooperation. This is also the need for China's economic recovery.
The second is to avoid its edge. The reason why it is not completely-for-tat is mainly that it has chosen to take the initiative in strategy.
Third, it is to cater to the universal demand for world stability. It is impossible not to take into account the demands and interests of all countries in the world.
With the exception of Japan and South Korea, China's cooperation with almost all countries in the Asia-Pacific region is strengthening.
The in-depth upgrading of the RCEP, the expansion of the Belt and Road Initiative, the expansion of the BRICS mechanism, and the China+G77 cooperation are all intended to promote the establishment of a new cooperation system, and more importantly, to promote the establishment of a new global development and governance mechanism.
By promoting the overall picture of cooperation between developing countries or non-Western countries,The reform of the world's development and governance system is really a bit of a rural encirclement of the city.
The key point is that strengthening cooperation with Russia has strengthened the United States, weakened and dragged Russia down, and at the same time, it has also seriously consumed and contained the United States, making it impossible for the United States to concentrate on competing with China.
Strengthening cooperation with the Arab world and promoting the Middle East peace process are intended to lose the de-Americanization of Middle East geopolitics, which is a blow to the United States at the strategic level.
In short, the current suppression of China by the United States is only at the stage of planning and is at the tactical level. China's attack on the United States is actually a plot of momentum, which is at the strategic level. It seems that the United States is still taking the initiative to suppress China, but in fact, China is gaining a huge strategic advantage in the great power competition to promote world change and reconstruct the world order. Therefore,It is said that the United States is busy "picking sesame seeds", while China is already busy "cutting watermelons". The United States wants to level the world by leveling China, but China is leveling the United States by leveling the world. This is the strategic wisdom of the Chinese.