1, US Navy warship repeatedly illegally breaking into my country's South China Sea area, all of which were counter-attacked by the People's Liberation Army.
This has caused many netizens to ask, why does the United States keep its eyes on the South China Sea? Even in the face of the People's Liberation Army's severe warning, do you still dare to step on the red line?
is only because the geographical location of the South China Sea is very important. It is located between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean , almost connecting the two oceans.
2: The United States infringes on China's South China Sea
In fact, the United States has infringed on my country's legitimate rights and interests in the South China Sea more than once. The most famous is the "Military Confrontation between China and the United States and the South China Sea" incident in 2016. The People's Liberation Army strongly counterattacked the US Navy's provocative behavior.
However, the United States has not converged, but has become more and more serious. The USS Benford, under the 7th Fleet of the US Navy, has illegally trespassed into our territorial waters many times.
One day in 2022, the US Navy's "Benford" illegally broke into my country's territorial waters without informing us.
Faced with the illegal provocation of the "Benfude", our country immediately dispatched the People's Liberation Army to counter the US military operations that violated our territorial waters sovereignty.
In response to the US military's provocative behavior, the People's Liberation Army once severely warned the United States that its actions of reprimanding US warships have seriously infringed on my country's legitimate rights and interests and undermined peace and stability in the South China Sea region.
The most important thing is that The United States is the "maker of the risks in the South China Sea", rather than the China you slander.
In addition, the PLA's Southern Theater Command will continue to be vigilant, safeguard China's core interests and maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea.
In fact, let’s analyze why they do this from the perspective of the United States?
3. What is the importance of the South China Sea to the United States?
The South China Sea is 108,000 miles away from the United States. It can be said that the two have nothing to do with each other. So why does the United States dare to frequently step on the red line?
In fact, the answer is very simple. The South China Sea has very high strategic value for the United States.
One, South China Sea is the key to the US Indo-Pacific Strategy .
In essence, the Indo-Pacific strategy is dominated by the United States, uniting India, Australia, Japan and others to achieve joint encirclement and containment of China.
To put it bluntly, The United States just wants to create the Indo-Pacific version of the small NATO .
In addition, the United States also wants to control the South China Sea to open up the maritime channels between the US Navy and the Indian Ocean, providing guarantee for the rapid mobility of its global strategy.
It can be said that South China Sea is the key to the US Indo-Pacific strategy.
Americans believe that once the South China Sea is controlled by China, then the United States' Indo-Pacific strategy will undoubtedly be broken in half, and its deterrent power to contain China will be greatly reduced.
This has a great impact on the United States.
Secondly, wants to use the South China Sea issue to curb China.
The South China Sea is related to China's core interests, and the United States wants to take the opportunity to curb China. What disgusting things have the United States done in the South China Sea?
first, inspires Southeast Asian allies to come and cause disputes in the South China Sea.
The United States once instigated its ally in Southeast Asia Philippine to submit arbitration against China to the so-called " International Court of the Law of the Sea ".
This is the famous "South China Sea Arbitration Case" .
However, China has adopted the attitude of "not participating, not accepting and not acknowledging" in response to the arbitration farce initiated by the US inciting the Philippines. And claim that "the arbitration result is nothing great, it is just a piece of paper."
second, personally came to participate in the South China Sea issue.
In 2016, before the final result of the "South China Sea Arbitration Case" came out, there was a serious military standoff between China and the United States in the South China Sea.
At that time, the US Navy sent aircraft carrier battle groups to break into the South China Sea strongly, not only supporting the Philippine government with a clear anti-China attitude at that time, but also wanted to take the opportunity to provoke People's Navy , and also challenged the Chinese people's determination to maintain the integrity of territorial waters.
China immediately launched a counterattack. PLA sent more than 100 ships , including 052D, 054A and 056, to the South China Sea , and the Air Force dispatched multiple fighter jets to cooperate with the navy in related drills.
The Rocket Force's Dongfeng-21D and Dongfeng-26 anti-ship missiles are also ready to go.
Finally, the two aircraft carrier battle groups of the US Navy can only escape.
This incident tells the United States that if the US military dares to infringe on China's core interests, the People's Liberation Army will fight back with practical actions.
4. What impact will the United States think China's control of the South China Sea have on it?
One, political field.
The South China Sea issue has a long history. Due to the existence of foreign interference factors, this problem has not been effectively solved for a long time.
Americans believe that once China relies on its strong political influence and code of conduct for all parties in the South China Sea, it will effectively solve the South China Sea issue.
Then China's way of dealing with the South China Sea issue may become a model for resolving maritime territorial disputes in the future.
After all, China explains to the world how it handles international territorial and territorial disputes and how to avoid unnecessary problems.
This not only makes it easier to reflect China's wisdom in solving territorial and sea issues, but also enhances China's influence in the international community.
However, China's behavior is obviously unacceptable to the United States. In the eyes of Americans, this undoubtedly challenges their absolute authority.
The second is military field.
Since the Sino-US military standoff in the South China Sea in 2016, The Southern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army has not only achieved normalized cruises in the South China Sea area, but also actively transformed infrastructure such as islands and reefs.
such as: build an airport to meet the take-off and landing of fighter jets; deploy shore-ship missiles and long-range air defense missiles, etc.
These measures of the People's Liberation Army will enhance its strength to control the islands and reefs in the South China Sea.
Americans believe that once China controls the South China Sea, it will not only enhance the PLA's control in the South China Sea, but also potentially cut off the Indo-Pacific strategy of the US Navy, resulting in the US Navy's troops deployed in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean respectively, making it difficult for each other to support each other as soon as possible.
This will have a great impact on the US global strategy.
Third, economic field.
China proposed on the South China Sea issue " shelved the dispute and jointly developed" to strive to enable everyone to achieve win-win results.
It can be said that once China and ASEAN 's economic and trade are more frequent, the smaller the conflict between ASEAN and China due to the South China Sea issue will be.
After all, who would let go of not making money and instead cause conflicts?
and The United States is just unwilling to see peace in the South China Sea, and or China has close economic exchanges with countries around the South China Sea.
This means that it is difficult for the United States to incite countries around the South China Sea to fight against China, which is obviously not conducive to its use of the South China Sea issue to curb China, and it is difficult to catch fish through the troubled waters.
5. Summary
The reason why the United States frequently tramples on the South China Sea issue is because they can use the South China Sea to curb China.
South China Sea is related to China's core interests. China will counter the US's provocative behavior. The more serious the US provocation, the more severe China's counterattack will be, and the stronger its control over the South China Sea region will be.
