According to media reports on June 28, U.S. military aircraft launched two attacks at China’s doorstep to conduct close reconnaissance of China. One of them is a US military EP-3E electronic reconnaissance aircraft, and the other is an RC-135W electronic reconnaissance aircraft. The EP-3E electronic reconnaissance aircraft conducted reconnaissance at the southern entrance of the Taiwan Strait, while the second reconnaissance aircraft conducted reconnaissance in the East China Sea east of the Yellow Sea .
Some analysts pointed out that the first electronic reconnaissance aircraft may be performing an intelligence mission to provide intelligence for the U.S. Navy's surface ships crossing the Taiwan Strait; the second electronic reconnaissance aircraft is likely to be collecting electromagnetic spectrum signals. The mission is to collect signals from PLA naval and air combat platforms. However, when the troops come, the water and the earth will cover them. Just as the US military aircrafts were attacking in two directions at the doorstep of China to perform approaching reconnaissance missions, the People's Liberation Army set up a restricted area in the East China Sea and launched a three-day military exercise. This exercise will cut It is necessary to use real guns and live ammunition to strengthen the ability to respond to the US military's close reconnaissance and intervene in the situation in the Taiwan Strait.
Recently, the United States has falsely claimed that the Taiwan Strait belongs to "international waters" and threatened that U.S. warships and aircraft have the right to "free navigation and overflight" in accordance with international law. However, mainland China has made it clear that the Taiwan Strait is not "international waters", and there is no such term as "international waters" in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. This is entirely an excuse used by the US military to justify its close reconnaissance of other countries. . Shen Peihuang, former "Director of Treaty and Law" of Taiwan's foreign affairs department and adjunct professor of the Department of Diplomacy at National Chengchi University, said that 600 to 800 merchant ships pass through the Taiwan Strait every day, and 1,200 flights fly over it, which has important strategic shipping and trade value. He believes that China has stated from a legal point of view that there are no "international waters", while the United States has determined that waters outside its territorial waters are commonly known as "international waters". This is mainly a dispute between positions. To put it bluntly, the United States believes that in the exclusive economic zone outside its territorial waters, not only can it freely navigate and overflight, but it can also engage in military activities, including exercises and the collection of military intelligence on the mainland. Although the mainland agrees to navigation and overflight, it opposes the United States' " harmful” military activities.
It must be pointed out that Taiwan is an integral part of China's territory, and mainland China enjoys sovereignty and jurisdiction over the Taiwan Strait. This is the right and responsibility granted to China by international law. However, the United States uses the guise of "freedom of navigation" to infringe on the security and sovereignty of other countries. The United States always regards itself as the "international policeman" and likes to talk about international law. However, history and reality have repeatedly shown that the United States always treats international law in a way that treats others rather than itself. The United States keeps upholding the "rule of law of the sea," but has so far refused to join the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea for its own selfish purposes. However, it selectively uses the Convention to maximize its own interests. In fact, the United States has no qualifications to participate in the interpretation and application of the Convention, let alone the right to use the Convention to judge any claims and actions of member states of the Convention.
It is worth noting that while the United States claims to maintain international maritime order, it undermines regional peace and stability overtly and covertly; the United States repeatedly opposes the militarization of the South China Sea, but it frequently dispatches ships and aircraft to the South China Sea area to provoke trouble; while the United States declares that the Taiwan issue must be resolved To solve the problem through peaceful means, while brazenly showing off force in the Taiwan Strait and trying to internationalize the Taiwan issue. According to the relevant provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and my country's "Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf Law", any foreign warships and aircraft can only sail and overfly in China's exclusive economic zone on the premise of complying with international law and Chinese laws and regulations. freedom of. It should be pointed out that mainland China does not absolutely exclude the right of free navigation of foreign warships and aircraft in the exclusive economic zone, but requires that foreign warships and aircraft must respect China's security interests when passing through the exclusive economic zone and must not engage in actions that may threaten China's security. If US warships and aircraft trespass into the Taiwan Strait to conduct close reconnaissance against China, they will naturally be warned, intercepted, or even driven away by the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
However, in order to please the Americans and obtain the so-called "security commitment", the DPP authorities did not hesitate to betray the common interests of compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, claiming to understand and support the United States' "freedom of navigation" and ignoring the United States' provocation of regional security tensions. No wonder it Even the people on the island accused the DPP authorities of forgetting their ancestors and betraying national interests. American experts also pointedly pointed out that the Biden administration is using the least cost and most flexible way to adjust its deployment in the Asia-Pacific. According to Rand Corporation data, the military gap between the United States and China is narrowing. wargames have put increasing pressure on the United States. Therefore, the United States must assist the Taiwan authorities to strengthen their military power and arm Taiwan as a "porcupine." And tried to fight a "proxy war" with the mainland.
To a certain extent, the solution to the Taiwan issue is mainly a strategic game between the two major powers, China and the United States. Today, the mainland has gained the initiative and dominance in Taiwan affairs. The DPP authorities have colluded with external forces to provoke provocations, and have even exceeded the bottom line of the mainland's "one-China principle." The People's Liberation Army is likely to take various measures based on the severity of the situation. Deterrence by force and even targeted strikes by missiles and , sea and air blockades, and amphibious joint landing tactics will resolutely thwart any separatist plot for "Taiwan independence."
