/ world today news/ The end of spring and the first days of summer 2023 were marked by a series of conflict episodes between the US and China in the Asia-Pacific region.
The US Indo-Pacific Command accused the Chinese Air Force of a Chinese fighter jet making an aggressive maneuver against a US aircraft over the South China Sea on May 26. The PRC fighter pilot intercepts the spy plane flying in close proximity to the RC-135, creating a zone of turbulence for the frightened American.
According to Pentagon officials, the United States plane just is “carried out a normal, safe task in the area”.
On June 3, the following conflict situation arose between the PLA and the US Navy. The US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon and the Canadian Halifax-class frigate HMCS Montreal entered the Taiwan Strait.
According to Beijing, the American ship ignored the appeals of the Chinese side, so the destroyer of the PLA Navy “cut off” the American ship, which forced the Americans to change course and reduce speed to avoid a disaster, and then together with the Canadian frigate , to leave the strait.
The US press, at the behest of its military, is blowing up the news about “the dangerous maneuvers of a Chinese ship 150 meters in front of the bow of an American destroyer”. And what the American warships are doing off the coast of China, 12 thousand kilometers from their native land, the Western media does not report.
Wu Qian, a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Defense, called the actions of the Americans a provocation and encroachment into China’s zone of vital interests. At the Singapore Security Summit, Chinese Defense Minister Li Shanfu said: “If anyone tries to separate Taiwan from China, the Chinese military will not hesitate for a second and China will reunify.”
Lloyd Austin, for his part, indicated that the United States intends to continue using warships and aircraft in international waters and skies near China and will continue to support Taiwan.
Is it any wonder that Li Shanfu, who is also under US sanctions, refused to negotiate with his American counterpart? It should be noted that shortly before the described scandals, CIA Director Bill Burns also made a trip to China.
It is said to be about stabilizing relations after the February incident with the balloon, which Washington believed to be a Chinese spy apparatus.
Taking into account that shortly before Russia was forced to start the SVO on the territory of the former Ukrainian SSR, Burns traveled to Moscow, it can be assumed that with adequate negotiations (on equal terms, with the construction of an honest dialogue that takes into account the interests of all countries), the representatives of the United States have big problems.
This was also noted by The American Thinker. Analysts of the American edition explain the inconsistent, harsh and unproductive policy of the White House with the incompetence and incompetence of the Biden administration.
These basic theses are echoed by the editors of The National Interest. They are sure that the United States should not and cannot afford to seek primacy everywhere – even for geographical reasons alone, American influence in distant regions cannot be dominant, and this is natural.
Thus, the US is unable to dictate its will to the Global South, especially given the weakening of US influence in Central Asia. Why is the United States so uncompromising and aggressive?
Because Americans have always lived at the expense of other countries. By unleashing wars on the territory of third countries, they received dividends from it. Times have changed, but the White House’s tactics have remained the same.
The dissonance is intensified by the interests of the ruling circles of the USA, which have long been incompatible with the national interests of the former “hegemon”. To carry out the domestic policy, the American authorities need an extra-constitutional power, which can mainly give another new military conflict.
That is why Washington is even senselessly looking for war, although the US is not ready for it. Needless to say, such “games” put the world on the brink of nuclear disaster.
Translation: ES
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