On March 5, the Philippines sent four ships to resupply the illegal beaching vessels in the waters of Ren'ai Jiao. During this period, although the Chinese side allowed the supply vessel, the Philippine coast guard ship still deliberately provoked trouble and deliberately rammed the Chinese coast guard law enforcement vessel. After that, the Chinese side issued a solemn statement, but the Philippines reversed black and white, claiming that the "reckless" and "illegal" actions of the Chinese ship caused structural damage to the Philippine ship, and expressed **, demanding that the Chinese ship leave the waters of Ren'ai Jiao immediately. It is worth paying attention to,Australia, on the other hand, expressed "support" for this, and in this context, signed a security cooperation agreement with the Philippines.
We can't help but askIs Australia targeting China? Or is this using the South China Sea issue to make a name for itself to the United States? What exactly do you want to achieve? Hello everyone, I am a cultivator, and we will go through three topics to **.
First, on the South China Sea issue, Australia has a "criminal record" and has more interaction not only with the Philippines, but also with the United States.
Australia is not only an ally of the United States, but also a country dominated by the Anglo-Saxons, a member of the Western "Five Eyes" alliance, a member of the U.S.-led AUKUS military alliance, and has been a major follower of the United States on the South China Sea issue. Australia, like the United States, is not a country in the South China Sea, but its actions in the South China Sea have not stopped for many years.
The most "famous" is June 2022The Australian side dispatched an American P-8 to carry out a reconnaissance mission over the South China Sea, but after being intercepted by a Chinese J-16 fighter, it still did not plan to return, and finally the Chinese J-16 flew to the front and dropped chaff jamming bombs。In this regard, Australian Defense Minister Marles claimed that part of the aluminum foil was sucked into the engine of the Australian military plane, "almost causing a major consequence of the plane being destroyed and people killed."
The Australian Ministry of Defense also stressed in a statement that the Australian Air Force's reconnaissance operations "are an exercise of the right of freedom of navigation and flight in international airspace and waters granted by international law." In fact, such a move by Australia is a surrender to the United States.
First, Australia and New Zealand have just come to power, which is to show the United States that on the China issue, it will still attach importance to the United States' proposals; Second, it is to carry out the "freedom of navigation" mission assigned by the United States. Previously, Britain, France, Germany and other European allies of the United States have sent ships to the South China Sea, among which Germany is the most low-key, while Britain is the most high-profile, its "Queen Elizabeth" aircraft carrier after entering service, the first voyage, chose to come to the South China Sea.
After that,The Australian Navy has also appeared on many occasions in joint military exercises held by the United States in the South China Sea, and has even dispatched its flagship amphibious assault ship "Canberra." At the end of last year, Australia and the Philippines also held joint patrols in the South China Sea in an attempt to give China "medicine".。Of course, the United States is quite satisfied with this, because in the design of the United States, the Philippines and Australia are key pawns against China on the South China Sea issue.
Second, after interacting with the Philippines, Australia may not be satisfied, and recently it has hyped up the so-called "Indo-Pacific threat" to directly smear China and Russia.
Recently, in order to endorse the AUKUS Military Alliance,Australian Deputy Defense Minister Jeffrey made a big deal at an event held by a US think tank, saying that "China and Russia have surpassed the United States and its allies in some areas of military innovation.", arguing that "the military-industrial architecture, developed during the Cold War, is not sufficient to meet today's challenges", ".Only by working together can we win tomorrow's battle for military superiority”。He concluded that countries such as Australia and the United States "do need to change the status quo" and that AUKUS will play a key role in this.
So, what is aukus? This is a military alliance formed by the United States, Britain and Australia, and Campbell, the former "coordinator of Indo-Pacific affairs" of the United States and now the No. 2 person in the United States, has made it clear that the establishment of this alliance is to deal with China. One of AUKUS's core missions is for the United States and Britain to provide nuclear submarines to Australia, a non-nuclear state, to support its "countering China in the South China Sea." The Australian military is working hard to put on a show, or to get the nuclear submarine as soon as possible.
However, the establishment and operation of AUKUS has also been loudly opposed by the international community because it violates the United Nations Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and aims to create regional tensions. Jeffrey made such a statement at this time, obviously wanting to list China and Russia as "targets" and rationalize AUKUS, with very sinister intentions. Neither China nor Russia will agree to this. As far as China is concerned, even if there is innovation in the military field and projects that lead the United States, the principle of national defense is self-defense, not "exporting war" to the outside world like the United States and meddling in the interests of the United States.
Third, on the one hand, Australia wants to strengthen with China, but on the other hand, why does it provoke China?
On the one hand, Australia, like many Western countries, also practices a system of "separation of military and government," and it is precisely for this reason that the political and military circles basically "take charge of their own affairs." In the political circles, Albanese has been strengthening contacts and dialogue with China since taking office, and has "made peace" with China under the WTO framework. Australia's Minister Farrell even optimistically said that China and Australia are expected to "fully recover".
On the Taiwan issue, Australia also made it clear that it "adheres to the one-China principle"; On the South China Sea issue, Australia did not express its position easily, mainly because it did not want to "take sides" between China and the United States and affect the development of China-Australia relations.
But on the other hand,Because it is an ally of the United States, the relationship between the Australian military and the United States has always been very close, and it is also a non-NATO ally that the United States attaches more importance to. The signing of the security agreement with the Philippines was led by the Australian military. Participating in joint US exercises in the South China Sea and engaging in so-called "freedom of navigation" are also follow-up by the Australian military. Not only that, but when the equipment of the Chinese company Huawei was banned, it was also the result of the Australian military's insistence, saying that there was a so-called "security risk", which is also the rhetoric of the United States.
In such a complex context, how China develops its relationship with Australia is also very wise, China and Australia have a very large space for complementarity in economy and trade, and cooperation is beneficial to both sides; However, on issues related to China's core interests, such as the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, China cannot allow Australia to provoke or make any concessions. It is not easy for China and Australia to cooperate and struggle at the same time.