It has been more than half a year since the Biden administration took office. Those who had expected that the new president would improve relations with China should not have such thoughts at this time. In terms of containment of China, the Biden administration is even better than Trump. After Trump used economic sanctions and other measures to deal with China ineffective, the Biden administration chose a more serious approach-challenging the "one China" principle.
According to the latest report from the Financial Times, Washington is seriously considering the request from Taiwan to follow the example of Lithuania and change the name of Taiwan's representative office in Washington from "Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office" to "Taiwan Representative Office." It is said that this request has been supported by Campbell, the Indo-Pacific affairs coordinator of the US White House. In response, Hu Xijin made a comment, saying that if the United States and Taiwan dared to "change its name", the Chinese side must clarify the consequences, including the recall of the ambassador to the United States and the blockade of Taiwan, so as to stand for the one-China principle.
You know, just two days ago, the heads of state of China and the United States had a conversation that lasted about 90 minutes. It can be said that the relaxation of Sino-US relations will relieve the whole world. However, the United States has continued to implement its anti-China policy, regardless of the overall situation such as the spread of the domestic epidemic and the shrinking global economy. When things have progressed to this point, the people of the world have already smelled a touch of deja vu.
The last time there was a serious confrontation between China and the United States over the Taiwan issue was the Taiwan Strait crisis in 1996, but compared with the last time, this time it is more dangerous. Because even in the last conflict, the United States did not break through the framework of the "One China" policy and the Sino-U.S. Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations. However, once the so-called "renaming" in Taiwan is allowed this time, it will directly break through China's bottom line, and the impact will be extremely bad.
It can be said that the Taiwan issue is the biggest and the last card that the United States can play. In the past, the United States had obvious advantages in economic, military and other aspects. Without playing the "Taiwan card," it also had many means to confront China. Therefore, apart from selling some second-hand weapons to the island from time to time and making money to go back, the United States has not taken much action on the Taiwan issue. But this is not because of his conscience discovery, but because of the super self-confidence of the United States at that time.Will not use this last card easily.
Now after several years of confrontation, the United States has basically played its cards except for the Taiwan issue. Economic measures have not worked. It is not realistic to expect allies such as Germany and France to directly conflict with China, such as Canada and Australia. In addition to not selling to China's primary products such as iron ore and red wine, the teammates were also embarrassed to use them. As for the Czech Republic and Lithuania, a few small countries like the Czech Republic and Lithuania did not help. Therefore, the United States decided to go out in person. Moreover, he directly stirred up the most sensitive nerve between China and the United States, and that is the Taiwan issue.
In addition to fooling the common people and talking about "power generation with love", the slightly normal thinking people in Taiwan Province now no longer dream about whether they can fight against the reunification of the motherland. The only concern is the attitude of the United States. . The DPP is well aware that the balance of power between the mainland and Taiwan has been seriously unbalanced. Therefore, they fantasized about dragging the United States into the water, and for the sake of their little official position, they did not hesitate to hand over the fate of the entire Taiwan region to the Americans.
And the United States just has to test China's mind again on the Taiwan issue, so this "renaming" farce appeared. But the current temptation is very different from the previous temptations. After several years of raging swords, the room for maneuver between China and the United States is getting smaller and smaller. Every time the United States "tests" is actually playing with fire.
On the Taiwan issue, every small move of the United States is a huge provocation. It may drag the Taiwan Strait region into the quagmire and promote the early realization of China's reunification. The whole world knows that the Taiwan issue is China's core interest. When establishing formal diplomatic relations with China, all countries must recognize that "there is only one China in the world" and they must not have any official contacts with the Taiwan region.
This principle was also followed by the United States in the past, but after being poor, the United States remembered this last trump card and tried to force China to yield. In the United States' view, the Taiwan issue is just a "card" that can be discarded and thrown away at any time; but in China's view, it is a matter of national dignity and the country's millennium plan.
The Taiwan Strait crisis in 1996,The main battleship of the People's Liberation Army is the Hyundai-class imported from Russia, and the main fighter is the J-7 from the 1960s. There is no aircraft carrier, no amphibious landing ship, no vertical strike capability, and underwater power that is difficult to compete with the US Seventh Fleet. Even at that time, China's determination to safeguard the reunification of the motherland has never changed.
And the People's Liberation Army is no longer what it used to be. The power of the United States has basically been pushed out of the first island chain. China has more confidence to stop any extraordinary behavior in Taiwan. The fact that the United States sells some weapons to Taiwan Province cannot change the military power comparison between China and Taiwan.
If the United States breaks through the red line of the "one China principle" from its official positioning, it will surely incur a strong counterattack from China. The economic blockade of the Taiwan area is already the minimum countermeasure. If the United States and certain people on the island continue to die, it will once again witness the PLA’s iron fist. Weak and weak fashions can resist the 18-nation coalition forces without falling behind. It would be naive if the United States thinks that a stronger People's Liberation Army will tolerate its undermining of China's sovereignty.
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