In the past few days, the United States has done dirty things against China that run counter to the "consensus of the Sino-US summit in San Francisco." Biden signed the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2024 on December 22, which contains a number of negative provisions related to China.
The US side has backtracked and acted aggressively, and Sino-US relations have begun to become tense again, which has once again attracted the attention of the international community. Many netizens expressed their worries, fearing that this would abort the important results and consensus reached at the San Francisco summit between the Chinese and US heads of state, and affect world stability and peaceful development. However, some netizens directly pointed out the hypocrisy of the beautiful country: In fact, the United States has no sincerity towards China from beginning to end, just saying one thing and doing another. Indeed, while the United States says that it wants to ease Sino-US relations, it is also adding fuel to the fire, which has made the relations between the two countries even worse.
To say that the beautiful country is insincere and duplicitous, this is also well-founded. Let's take a brief look at the so-called "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024" to see how hostile the beautiful country is to us. The bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives on December 13, 2013, and was signed into law on December 22, 2013, with a length of 3,093 pages. The massive annual defense spending bill includes provisions that strengthen U.S. efforts in the Indo-Pacific region and crack down on Chinese companies. According to the bill, the annual U.S. military budget increased by 3% to a record $886 billion. The bill also calls for about $170 billion to be allocated for the purchase of equipment, such as submarines, rockets, and bombs. Defense spending for this new year is planned to increase by $28 billion, or about 3 percent, over the previous year. With such a large military budget, does the beautiful country want to do things around the world?As a result, many peace-loving international netizens continue to criticize the new US bill: they are asking for money with the so-called "China threat theory", which is for fear that the world will not be chaotic. Some netizens expressed the essence of a beautiful country: in order to maintain its military hegemony, it can be said that it will do everything. So what the hell is the "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024"?What is targeted at our country?Disturb stability in the Asia-Pacific regionThe bill emphasizes continuing to prioritize the U.S. military posture in the Indo-Pacific region and working with allies as priorities for the Pentagon's defense goals. Not only will we continue to promote the Pacific Deterrence Initiative, but we will also increase the budget for the project to $14.7 billion, a 40% increase from 2023. According to the bill, the 2024 Pacific Deterrence Initiative will focus on the military defense capabilities of Hawaii and **, as well as further cooperation with allies. The bill also includes a provision establishing the Indo-Pacific Exercise Initiative, which aims to increase the frequency and scale of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command's exercises, among other activities.
Why are beautiful countries so keen to extend their claws to the Indo-Pacific region?Brother Reasoned thinks:On the one hand, the United States wants to demonstrate "leadership" in the Indo-Pacific and the worldOn the other hand, they want to test the "loyalty" of Indo-Pacific allies. Li Peimin, a political scientist at the International Islamic University of Malaysia, hit the nail on the head, saying that no matter how the United States packages it, this strategy is actually to serve the goals of the United States.
Of course, the beautiful country has made great efforts to engage in the so-called "Indo-Pacific" circle, and the main target is still aimed at China. In recent years, the United States has been peddling the so-called "Indo-Pacific strategy" in the Asia-Pacific region, in a vain attempt to lure and coerce regional countries and establish an alliance system with the main purpose of containing China. The Indo-Pacific region is increasingly becoming an important training ground for the United States to deal with the so-called "great power competition", which will have a serious negative impact on regional peace and stability. In order to maintain its hegemonic status, the United States does not hesitate to provoke confrontation everywhere and play with "checks and balances." Under such strategic thinking, the US National Defense Authorization Act is actually a kind of authorization bill for military offensives, a kind of authorization bill that militarily buries or presets the source of contradictions and conflicts. Escalate tensions in the Taiwan StraitThe U.S. National Defense Authorization Act for the new year covers a large number of Taiwan's contents, including "continuing to support Taiwan in developing necessary defense capabilities, assisting Taiwan in building resilience, establishing comprehensive training, consulting, and institutional programs for Taiwan's military, and strengthening U.S.-Taiwan cybersecurity cooperation." The bill requires a feasibility study to expedite the provision of Harpoon missiles to foreign security partners within 180 days of the legislation taking effect, after which it must brief Congress twice a year on the status of Taiwan's security assistance. The harmonized version of the National Defense Authorization Act passed by the Senate and House of Representatives also includes provisions such as "inviting Taiwan to participate in the Rim of the Pacific Military Exercise (RIMPAC) and the U.S. military's involvement in cross-strait reunification."
At the same time, the bill expands the list of eligibility for the procurement of ammunition depots, which now includes Israel and Taiwan, in addition to Ukraine. It's clear,In order to be able to "use Taiwan to contain China," the United States is interfering in China's internal affairs through so-called bills, clamoring for US military support for Taiwan, and deliberately violating the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiques. This is clearly playing with fire and seriously threatens peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. After reading the bill, many netizens on the island were shocked into a cold sweat: The United States will inevitably escalate the tension in the Taiwan Strait, and this is to use Taiwan as a tool of war. There are also some people on the island who directly shouted: Get out of your US bill, Taiwan should not be cannon fodder. Cracking down on Chinese tech companies
The National Defense Authorization Act of 2024 "also prohibits federal agencies and federal funds from using the purchase or use of drones manufactured by countries deemed to pose a threat to the United States." That's right, the beautiful country is going to hit my country's science and technology enterprises again with the so-called "****." Although the clause does not explicitly name any country or company, the restrictions in the bill include DJI, the world's largest drone manufacturer and Chinese drone maker that accounts for more than 70% of the global drone market, and another Chinese drone company, Taotong Intelligence. It seems that "DJI" and "Daotong Intelligence" will become enterprises that are regarded as "thorns in the eyes" by beautiful countries after TikTok. And the beautiful country also made up a high-sounding reason: that is, "tiktok with wings". Anti-China politician Stefanik slandered and said: DJI drones pose a threat like TikTok, and they still have wings. But so far, the beautiful country has found no direct and conclusive evidence that China** is using Chinese-made drones to spy on U.S. citizens or facilities. Why does a beautiful country want to smear my country's DJI drones so much?The real reason is jealousy. According to the data given by the market statistics** "Statista", in 2022, DJI will account for about 80% of the US drone market, and Autel Intelligence will account for about 5%. From this point of view, China's science and technology companies are blocking the financial path of those American capitalists, so they must be eliminated as soon as possible. Sima Zhao's heart is well known to passers-by. The so-called "National Defense Act" of the United States is a lawless declaration of hegemony, which exaggerates the threat of China, suppresses Chinese enterprises, and restricts normal economic and trade exchanges and people-to-people exchanges between China and the United States, which is not in the interests of either side. China has also taken corresponding countermeasures against the despicable acts of the United States. On December 26, in accordance with the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law of the People's Republic of China, China took countermeasures against Kharon, a U.S. intelligence data company that has long collected sensitive information related to Xinjiang and provided a basis for U.S. Xinjiang-related sanctions, as well as Edmund Xu, director of investigation at Caron, and Nicole Morgret, a former researcher at the Center for Advanced Defense Studies. This is a just move to safeguard national interests and a counterattack to hegemony.
I hope that the United States can reflect on it in a timely manner, abandon the Cold War mentality and ideological bias, and create a good environment for China-US cooperation in various fields such as economy and trade. 100 help plan