The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency recently confirmed that the United States has approved the latest arms sales to Taiwan, amounting to $300 million. In response to such an act of playing with fire, I will take countermeasures against the relevant enterprises involved in arms sales to TaiwanChina's Ministry of National Defense demanded that the United States stop arming Taiwan, stressing that "using Taiwan to contain China" is doomed to failure and that "seeking independence by force" is a dead end.
According to statistics, this is the 12th arms sale to Taiwan during Biden's first term of office, and the fifth arms sale to Taiwan this year. In recent years, the United States has repeatedly reiterated that its Taiwan policy "has not changed" and that it still adheres to the one-China principle. At the San Francisco meeting between the Chinese and US heads of state last month, Biden also vowed that he did not support "no conflict with China." The words are still in the ears, and the turn to arms sales makes people ask: Is the credibility of the United States really worthless?
Ironically, the US side also pretended that the arms sales were only aimed at improving Taiwan's ability to deal with "external threats" and would not change the balance of basic military forces in the region. On the one hand, knowing that manipulating the Taiwan issue violates the one-China principle and the three Sino-US joint communiques, and that the action is too large and will cause serious consequences, it "disinfects" its official statementOn the other hand, they are willing to give up Taiwan as an "ATM" and a "pawn" because they want to continue to take out the gold dollars in Taiwan's pocket, and they also want to give full play to their geopolitical value of "using Taiwan to contain China." As a result, one slice today and one slice tomorrow will gradually erode China's core interests.
The routine is an old routine, but the authorities are willing to be the boss. Although he does not have any right to speak and bargain, and can only wait for Washington's "official announcement" and then obediently pay for it, he still has to bow and thank him three times and nine times. Recently, Tsai Ing-wen said unashamedly in the "2024" by-election campaign, "The opposition party said that I threw a lot of money during my term of office, 'it is true', and it is a fact that I spent a lot of money, but I have the capital."
It can be seen that these second-hand eliminations do have a hallucinogenic effect, attracting *** to run blindfolded on the desperate road. Now, the countdown to the 2024 Taiwan leadership election has begun, and whether the two sides of the strait will be "conflict or dialogue" or "war or peace" in the future will affect everyone's hearts. And this expedited arms sale has become a mirror, once again reflecting the stupidity and badness of the authorities, and once again confirming the basic judgment that "if the first is not down, Taiwan will not be good".
A big country should have the appearance of a big country, and abiding by rules and promises is the minimum ethics. The San Francisco Vision is beautiful, but the key is to put it into reality. In response to this arms sale to Taiwan, China's countermeasures are a wake-up call, and I hope the US side can also understand that the Taiwan issue is the core of China's core interests, and it is a dream to expect China to compromise and make concessions on its core interests. The clown behavior of saying one thing and doing another, or don't show it.
Client Commentator in Beijing