The U.S. military is about 1500 times a year. Who is provocative?

Hong Kong's "South China Morning Post" August 5th article, the original title: The United States warned "South China Sea provocations", but who is provoked?

Senior US officials claim that China's "provocation" in the South China Sea is increasing and warned that it will lead to major events sooner or later. The frequency and intensity of the US and Chinese troops in the region are indeed increasing. After Pelosi visited Taiwan, the possibility of upgrading was higher. However, the United States needs to consider who is provoked. Let's take a look at the relevant facts.

The South China Sea is as far as the earth from Washington. China's basic defense strategy is to allow potential enemies to stay away from its coast. To this end, China has formulated the "anti -intervention/regional refusal strategy" in the United States. The United States' response is to formulate action plans to try to weaken the Chinese command, control, communication, computer and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems. Both sides are trying to occupy an advantage in China's offshore air, sea and underwater.

The United States has a military "place" in Southeast Asia, including the Philippines and Thailand and recently in Malaysia and Singapore. The U.S. military uses various means to detect and determine the ability of Chinese submarines to track and target them when necessary. In China, the United States is becoming more and more "aggressive" in the South China Sea: starting from "returning to Asia Pacific", the "freedom of navigation" operation, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and military projection. In addition, various practices in the United States are expressing "attitudes". As a senior US navy officer said, the "freedom of navigation" was "humiliating you in front of you and let people know who is the boss."

The Trump administration accelerated the pace of military activities in the South China Sea, and the Bayeng government continued to follow this road, which caused the situation to worsen. China believes that the United States directly threatens its safety. The U.S. military now performs an average of 4 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance tasks over the South China Sea every day, about 1500 times a year. Some actions are even 25 nautical miles away from the Chinese coastline -China regards this as a threat, which is understandable.

Recently, the US Navy's "Reagan" aircraft carrier strike group passed the South China Sea, and the "Benford" destroyer challenged China's territorial claims in Xisha and Nansha. Think about it, if China conducts similar quantities and troops projection along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico in the United States, how will the United States react. Will the U.S. military think that it is provocative and threatened and takes corresponding actions?

Speaking of provocation, more than 50 US and Japanese fighters have recently conducted a "largest scale ever" in the East China Sea. The US fighter aircraft also made a dangerous move, causing China to respond urgently. Despite China's profound concerns, Pelosi is still on the stage. Who is provoking this time? The United States is involved in a typical "safety dilemma" in the South China Sea: A country adopted by a country to make itself more secure, often leading to unsafe other countries and a vicious circle. In the end, neither of the two countries were more "safe". (Author Mark Valencia, translated Chen Junan)

Source: Global Times-Global Network

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