China and the United States Defense Ministry Working Talks: Chinese and US Militaries Exchange Views on Regional and Global Security and Other Issues Recently, according to a report by the Global Network, China's Ministry of Defense released a message saying that from January 8 to 9, China and the United States held the 17th Defense Department Work Conference in Washington, D.C., and exchanged views on regional and global security issues. The United States** pointed out that this is the first time in four years that the Chinese and US militaries have held a defense policy coordination meeting. The U.S.-China Defense Defense Work Meeting Mechanism was established in 2005 and is an annual regular meeting, with the last time it was held offline in 2020. It was only after the Sino-US meeting in San Francisco last year that the mechanism for the Ministry of National Defense working talks was officially resumed, after the Chinese side announced that it had suspended eight China-US military dialogue mechanisms, including the meeting between the Ministry of National Defense. After then-US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan in 2022, China took this action. According to a statement released by the U.S. and U.S. Defense Ministries of Defense, the two sides discussed age-old topics such as Taiwan and the South China Sea, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the United States' so-called "freedom of navigation" rights, and "firm commitments" to Indo-Pacific allies.
The US representative and Pentagon Deputy Assistant Secretary Chase's reiterated the US position on the Taiwan issue, the content of which has remained basically unchanged, and still emphasized the one-China policy guided by the "Relations with Taiwan," the 'Six Assurances' toward Taiwan, and the three Sino-US joint communiques. In this regard, China's Ministry of National Defense issued a press release refuting the sophistry of the US side and stressing that China will never make the slightest concession or compromise on the Taiwan issue. China demands that the US abide by the one-China principle, implement its commitments, stop arming Taiwan, and oppose Taiwan's independence. This statement can be said to be a clear warning to the United States to meddle in the Taiwan issue. It can be seen from this that the US side may have put forward some demands in the talks that it hopes that China will make concessions, such as hoping that China will promise not to use force to change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait, reduce the intensity of countermeasures against US sales, ask the PLA to reduce the frequency of patrols around the island, or reduce the interception of US aircraft in the Taiwan Strait. In short, the United States still wants to maintain the status quo on the Taiwan issue, that is, "the two sides of the strait are not reunified, but Taiwan is not independent either" as a bargaining chip to exert pressure on other issues. This is likely to continue to happen. China firmly believes that the Taiwan issue is China's core interest and a red line that cannot be crossed.
The United States' attempt to hijack the Taiwan issue and escalate competition into conflict is really a pipe dream. China's Ministry of Defense has made it clear that it is not China that provokes the war and escalates the competition into conflict, but the United States. The United States is not only flexing its muscles around China, but also inciting incidents in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, but it does not want China to overreact. The United States still clings to its wrong position and tries to shift the blame to China, but it is unwilling to correct its own mistakes. However, what is the significance of such disrespect for China's territorial sovereignty and core concerns to allow the Sino-US military dialogue to continue? Today, the Taiwan issue and the South China Sea issue are like the "emperor's new clothes", and China has repeatedly emphasized its position, but the United States has always ignored it. Since the United States is unwilling to accept China's "face," then when the last piece of the "emperor's new clothes" is removed, it will be the United States, not China, that will be embarrassed and embarrassed. When it comes to maintaining territorial sovereignty and ***, China has no room for concessions, and what about the United States? The Pentagon of the United States is clearly unable to solve the problem even with the Houthis, but it wants to meddle in the situation in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea. Instead of bargaining with China, it is better to take care of US Secretary of Defense Austin, who is still lying in the hospital.
After rephrasing: China firmly believes that the Taiwan issue is China's core interest and an insurmountable red line. The United States' attempt to hijack the Taiwan issue and escalate competition into conflict is really a pipe dream. China's Ministry of Defense has made it clear that it is not China that provokes the war and escalates the competition into conflict, but the United States. The United States is not only flexing its muscles around China, but also inciting incidents in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, but it does not want China to overreact. China has repeatedly emphasized its position, but the United States has ignored it. Since the United States is unwilling to accept China's "face," then when the last piece of the "emperor's new clothes" is removed, it will be the United States, not China, that will be embarrassed and embarrassed. What is the significance of such disrespect for China's territorial sovereignty and core concerns to allow the Sino-US military dialogue to continue? China has no room for concessions in maintaining territorial sovereignty and ***, and what about the United States? The Pentagon of the United States is clearly unable to solve the problem even with the Houthis, but it wants to meddle in the situation in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea. Instead of bargaining with China, it is better to take care of US Secretary of Defense Austin, who is still lying in the hospital.