The situation in the Taiwan Strait has become more complicated in recent times. On the one hand, the United States has continued to increase its provocative actions; on the other hand, mainland China is increasingly leaning toward actual combat-oriented military patrols. Previously, when U.S. President's National Security Advisor Sullivan met with high-level Chinese officials, the two sides also reached a consensus to "strengthen communication and prevent miscalculation." However, it has become a habit for the United States to say one thing and do another. Recently, "Reagan" The two aircraft carriers, the USS Lincoln, conducted "low-key" drills in Taitung waters.
Moreover, the United States continues to encourage small European countries to send parliamentarians to visit Taiwan to help the Taiwan authorities create the so-called "international space." Against this background, China has recently once again stepped up its strong police patrols across the Taiwan Strait, dispatching 10 multi-type military aircraft a day. Taiwan, which is monitoring this, particularly emphasized: H-6 has penetrated into the "sensitive areas" that Taiwan is most worried about. area".
According to a report by Observer Network on June 21, the Taiwan authorities recently released news, claiming that the mainland had recently dispatched 10 military aircraft at a time and conducted another strong police patrol around the Taiwan Strait, including 1 Air Marshal-500 early warning aircraft, 1 There were 2 H-6 bomber sorties, 2 J-11 fighter sorties, 4 J-16 fighter sorties , and 2 J-10 fighter sorties . The Taiwan authorities specifically emphasized that one of the H-6 bombers penetrated into Taiwan's "sensitive area" - Taiwan's southeastern airspace, causing widespread concern from all walks of life.
The reason why Taiwan has designated the southeast direction as a "sensitive area" is that firstly, the Taiwan Army's cave bases, missile launch points, and underground command systems are mostly in this direction, and also face away from the mainland; secondly, if external forces provide Aid, or your own escape route, might also be in this direction. Of course, the Taiwan authorities were a little panicked when the H-6 took such "care". As we all know, since the Taiwan authorities colluded with external forces, causing turmoil in the Taiwan Strait, mainland military aircraft have not stopped patrolling Taiwan, but dispatching 10 military aircraft in one day is rare.
So, why is the mainland patrolling Taiwan again? In the final analysis, it is also because the current situation in the Taiwan Strait is indeed quite unstable. For example, at the end of May, when U.S. President Biden visited Japan, he publicly declared in front of reporters from various countries that "the United States will use military means to prevent the mainland from reunifying Taiwan." He also vowed, "This is U.S. Commitments to Taiwan." Earlier, the U.S. State Department even deleted a series of Sino-US consensuses such as "recognizing the one-China policy and not supporting Taiwan independence", which is an important foundation for Sino-US diplomatic relations. This shows how far the Taiwan issue has deteriorated.
In order to interrupt the rise of China, after the conflict between Russia and Ukraine broke out, the United States planned to copy the Ukraine model and also fight a "proxy war" in the Taiwan Strait area, and it had initially found its own agents, one of which was the Taiwan authorities. And the armed forces they lead are what everyone calls strawberry soldiers .
The other one is Japan. The fundamental reason why the United States supports Japan to increase its military expenditure, support Japan's military expansion and preparations for war, and support Japan's joining as a permanent member of the United Nations is to let Japan fight China again. It is impossible for a horse not to eat grass, so the United States must also give Japan enough benefits and let Japan act as its agent.
Of course, Japan is also quite cunning. On the one hand, it hopes to use the name of "anti-China" to expand its military and prepare for war, and to hide the truth in order to make Japan a normal country again and get rid of its status as a defeated country, just like during the Sino-Japanese War of 1884. Standing on the shoulders of China, it has risen to become a global power; on the other hand, Japan also knows deeply that China today is not the Manchu of 1894. Relying on Japan's strength, if it wants to confront such a powerful China, It is entirely possible for Japan to sink into the Pacific Ocean. Japan wants to rise again, but Japan does not want to serve as cannon fodder for the United States in vain.
Therefore, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called on U.S. President Biden on many occasions, hoping that the United States can proactively abandon its "strategic ambiguity" policy on the Taiwan Strait issue and make it clear that it will "help defend Taiwan." Biden's statement in Tokyo, Japan, at the end of last month actually gave Japan reassurance. This also means that if a conflict breaks out in the Taiwan Strait, the United States will end up and will not let Japan fight alone.
In this way, Japan will become more unscrupulous in challenging China's bottom line and trampling on China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, because with the support of the United States, it "is not fighting alone." Therefore, the recent situation in the Taiwan Strait has been turbulent and increasingly complex. It involves not only cross-strait relations, but also Sino-US relations and Sino-Japanese relations. Under such circumstances, the People's Liberation Army has increased its patrols across Taiwan. Intensity, this is very necessary, and from our own point of view, the current intensity is not enough. We must be prepared for the "first battle and the decisive battle."
