The US media "1945" published an article by military expert Peter Suqiu, which mentioned that the act of US military fighter jets hitting Chinese fighter jets that year was likely an opportunity for China's later rise.

The US media "1945" published an article by military expert Peter Suqiu, which mentioned that the act of US military fighter jets hitting Chinese fighter jets that year was likely an opportunity for China's subsequent rise. For Americans, this incident is enough to make them regret than .

South China Sea collision

Peter Suqiu mentioned impact incident actually refers to the 2001 Chinese and American aircraft collided over the South China Sea. At that time, a US military reconnaissance aircraft EP-3 illegally invaded Chinese airspace. Chinese pilot Wang Wei and comrade Zhao Yu drove two J-8s to to intercept and expel .

However, when Wang Wei was performing the expulsion mission, the US aircraft EP-3 suddenly made a turn when Wang Wei's aircraft was flying at high speed, causing the two aircraft to collide . After the accident, pilot Wang Wei chose to eject the skydiving when the J-8 was out of control, but later China dispatched a search team of 10,000 people to search the waters where the incident occurred, but still found nothing. Three months after Wang Wei disappeared, he was posthumously considered a martyr.

This collision incident ignited the anger of the domestic people in . For a moment, people were in anger and took to the streets to march, demanding that the US government apologize and compensate for the matter.

Originally, the US government's attitude was very arrogant and refused to admit the fact that US aircraft invaded Chinese airspace. However, they eventually paid compensation to Wang Wei's family under huge international public pressure and apologized. After the United States made an apology gesture, China released the U.S. crew members who had previously forced landed to Hainan Airport and returned the EP-3 reconnaissance aircraft.

In this collision incident, the Chinese government chose rational approach , maintained a restrained attitude from beginning to end, and continuously put pressure on the United States with reasonable and well-founded negotiations, which ultimately forced the United States to make concessions. After this incident, the patriotic enthusiasm of the Chinese people has been unprecedentedly solidified, and everyone has their own way to make a voice to protest the arrogance and domineering of the United States.

China's opportunity period

On the surface, the United States seems to have suffered no losses except a compensation and an apology, but military expert Peter Suqiu believes that in fact, this collision incident prompted the US strategy to have the most significant mistake in in 30 years: look down on the Asia-Pacific and look down on China.

After the collision incident in 2001, China's forbearance caused the United States to have strategic illusion : In the world after the collapse of , the United States will become the "unrivaled" "Dugu Qiubai". Therefore, the United States began to implement global expansion policies without any effort, trying to insert the star-stripe banner of US military bases into every continent and every ocean.

At this time, the Middle East, which is rich in oil resources, became a strategic location for the United States to salivate . Moreover, because in 2001, Al Qaeda, the Middle East launched a terrorist attack on the United States, the United States also had sufficient reasons to interfere with the situation in the Middle East. In 2003, the United States launched the Iraq War and sent Saddam to the gallows, which marked a great strengthening of the United States' control in the Middle East.

In the decade from 2001 to 2011, the United States was in a military state under the name of anti-terrorism, vigorously launched public security wars in countries such as Iraq , Afghanistan , and tried to make the local people surrender. However, the US fantasy was finally lost. The US military stationed in the Middle East spent tens of billions of military spending every year, but there was no sign of improvement in the chaos in the Middle East.

, and China has seized the 10-year golden development period , achieving a rapid leap in economy, science and technology, culture and other aspects. In 2001, China was still a country that had just joined WTO . GDP ranked 6th in the world, and GDP per capita was only US$1,042.

And by 2015, China has become the second largest economy in the world of , with a per capita GDP of US$8,000. In the first decade of the 21st century, China has gradually moved towards its position as a powerful Asia-Pacific power without the United States noticing.

The ignorant price paid by the United States

. While China is developing rapidly, all the deployments of the United States in the Middle East ended with a sad retreat and failed to succeed . Whether in Iraq or Afghanistan, the rampant US military in the local area can only trigger more fierce confrontation among the local people. Therefore, as its own wealth is constantly being consumed, the United States can only admit the failure of its Middle East strategy.

The rising China finally entered the United States' sight at this time. To this end, the United States proposed the "return to Asia-Pacific" strategy, trying to kill China's rise, but to their surprise, in just over ten years, China has grown into an East Asian power and become a competitor that the United States cannot shake.

Driven by China's rapid economic development, China's military level is enough to face the pressure of the United States . At present, the People's Navy has served two aircraft carriers, " Liaoning ship " and "Shandong ship", and the third aircraft carrier "Fujian ship" is also close to completion, and it is just around the corner. New warships such as the 055 Great Destroy and the 054 frigate are still being launched at the speed of "dumpling dumplings", which has increased China's influence in the Asia-Pacific region day by day.

The progress of the Chinese Air Force is also very impressive . When the Air Force drove out the US EP-3 reconnaissance aircraft, it could only dispatch the old-fashioned J-8 fighter . Now, the "Three Musketeers" system composed of J-10C, J-16 and J-20 is difficult to find an opponent worldwide, and China's airspace has long become a flight restricted area for any external military force. The unfortunate incident of the J-8 being destroyed in that year will never happen again.

is visible. After the collision of the South China Sea, the United States lost the strategic opportunity to stop China's rise due to arrogance and arrogance . And the current powerful China is enough to comfort Martyr Wang Wei’s spirit in heaven.