Liu Heping: The devil hides in the details.

The Japanese organizer (PALS) Japanese organizer is the commander of the land staff (equivalent to the chief of the Army) Yoshida Keiko (right); the United States is the commander of the Pacific Marine Corps Rud. (Picture source: Taiwan media)

Direct news: What kind of observation and thoughts do you have some observations and thoughts on the "Pacific Ocean Leadership Seminar" organized by the Japanese Land Self -Defense Force with the US Marine Corps and organized by the Japanese?

Special commentator Liu Heping: In fact, the so -called "Pacific amphibious leadership seminar" is actually a commander of a special arms in the "Indo -Pacific" regions in 2015, which was initiated by the United States in 2015, A seminars attended by the Naval Marine Corps of various countries. Perhaps it is precisely because the officer level attending this meeting is not high, and at the same time, professionalism is relatively strong, so public opinion's attention to it and the popularity of this meeting are far less than the "Shangri -La dialogue" that has just ended.

However, the devil is hidden in the details. If you carefully delve into the "Pacific Amphibious Leadership Seminar" hosted by Japan, we can still find some cat greasy. This meeting not only invited the Naval Marine Corps Commander of nearly 20 countries including South Korea and the Philippines to attend, and more critical is that in theoretically, it is not in its place to make a government. A special arms commander in the army, the commander of the Marine Corps, who should have discussed the technical issues of specific military training and combat, however, however, these "officers" are a big situation, how is it, how is it? Maintain peace and stability in the "Indo -Pacific" area.

The Japanese Self -Defense Force officer Yoshida, who attended the meeting, even publicly called at the seminar that all countries in the "Indo -Pacific" region should unite them to deal with China together. In other words, the commanders of these Marine Corps actually made such a seminar that originally conducted a professional discussion, forming a mobilization conference that "called the relevant countries in the Indo -Pacific region to carry out military assembly to commonly respond to China.

Everyone knows that the original intention of the United States to implement the "Indo -Pacific Strategy" was originally to summon all countries in the "Indo -Pacific" region, especially all allies to form a multilateral military alliance similar to NATO to deal with China together. However, since Southeast Asian countries are unwilling to travel to this muddy water, they are neither willing to block China in ideology, so the Bayeng government only built a "Indo -Pacific Economic Framework". At the same time, because India is unwilling to want Actively cooperating, the "Sifang Safety Dialogue" in the United States, Japan, and India and Australia is not a multilateral military alliance, but just a political and ideological alliance.

The only multilateral military alliance in the "Indo -Pacific" region is the United States, Britain, and Australian military alliances, of which Britain is also a foreign monk. Then after understanding such a big background, we can examine the "Pacific Amphibious Leadership Symposium" hosted in Japan this time. In fact, the Bayeng government did not give up. The alertness of other countries in the "Indo -Pacific" area, they are starting from a lower -level "military seminar", trying to create a real multilateral military alliance in the "Indo -Pacific" area in the "Indo -Pacific" area.

The Pacific amphibious leadership seminar (PALS) arranged the participants and the Taiwanese military representatives, Major General Zhang Shixing and others who attended the meeting as an observer to visit Kanagawa Prefecture, and visit the land of Mujinjin in Chiba Prefecture. interactive. (Picture source: Taiwan media)

Direct news: That's the "Pacific amphibious leader seminar" organized by the United States, but invited relevant officers in Taiwan in Taiwan to attend the meeting. What do you think?

Special commentator Liu Heping: I noticed that the Taiwan Army's officers attended the meeting as an observer. According to foreign media reports, because of fear of causing a rebound in mainland China, the Taiwanese military officers invited to attend the meeting did not wear regular military uniforms. Taiwan has a banner with high political symbolic meaning. Therefore, at this meeting, the representatives of Taiwan seemed to be quite different.

However, despite this, I think that the action of inviting military officers in Japan this time is still very unique, because this is not only a meeting aimed at how to curb mainland China, but also a meeting with high symbolic significance. Essence In recent years, even the United States has to converge in this regard. We know that in recent years, the annual defense authorization bill passed by the US Congress in recent years must be recommended to invite the White House to invite the Taiwan Army to participate in the Pacific Military exercise, but in the end, the White House not only put these proposals, but even the identity of an observer is the identity of an observer. Nothing to the Taiwan army.

However, what makes people feel strange is that Japan did what the United States dared to do. Moreover, the United States is the advocate and initiative of the "Pacific Amphibious Leadership Symposium". In the past seven years, this meeting was held in the United States almost every year. "The meeting, the United States transferred to Japan's undertaking right to the meeting. At the same time, it was Japan's invitation to the Taiwan Army.

Perhaps the invitation of the Taiwan Army to participate is the real purpose of the United States authorized Japan to host this meeting.From this we can see that on the issue of Taiwan, the United States and Japan are staged a shadow drama, that is, the United States is unwilling to show up to offend Mainland China, which will let Japan do it, let Japan perform in the front desk, while the United States will be in the front desk, while the United States will be in the front desk.Hold the line in the back to prevent Japan from getting off and out of control.This should be the new model and new normal of the United States and Japan on the Taiwan issue.In addition, in recent years, Japan has taken the initiative to jump to the front desk on the "Indo -Pacific Strategy" under the teachings of the United States, including the central shuttle to mobilize India and related Southeast Asian countries to deal with China together.The position of the position, which is "Deputy Square Director of the Indo -Pacific Region".

Author 丨 Liu Heping, Shenzhen Satellite TV "Live Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan" special commentator

Editor 丨 Liu Liping, editor -in -chief of Shenzhen Satellite TV Direct News

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