Liu Heping: Where is the sensitivity of the US military reconnaissance aircraft flying over the Taiwan Strait?

Straight News: The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command issued a statement declared that a U.S. Navy P-8A anti-submarine patrol aircraft flew over the Taiwan Strait on the 24th and hype "showing the United States' commitment to the free opening of the Indo-Ether area." How do you interpret this?

Special commentator Liu Heping: In fact, in the past few years, the United States has basically sent ships to pass through the Taiwan Strait from time to time from time to time, which has almost become their norm. However, this time the crossing is obviously different from the past crossing, that is, the past crossing is mainly warships, and occasionally sending one or two fighters, but this time the U.S. military sent a P-8A P-8A. "Haixian" anti -submarine patrol aircraft. The U.S. military dispatched warships and fighters is mainly through Yaowu Yangwei, while sending anti -submarine patrol aircraft can not only show off force, but also perform reconnaissance missions while walking on the side, including searching for the Liberation Army submarine.

Of course, I think that the real purpose of the U.S. military to send the P-8A "Poseidon" anti-submarine patrol aircraft is not really going to search for the PLA submarine in the water of the Taiwan Strait, mainly to send a provocation to mainland China, telling mainland China "I have a doctrine I have Rights pass here and investigations. " So why did the United States send such a signal to mainland China? This is obviously related to the dispute between China and the United States around the recent period of "whether the Taiwan Strait is an international waters". According to the United States, according to relevant international law, the Taiwan Strait is an international waterway, and the US military enjoys "freedom of navigation and flying." China said that according to the United Nations Convention on the Oceanic Law and China, the Taiwan Strait is not an international waters. China has sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdictions to the Taiwan Strait, and also respects the legitimate rights of other countries in related waters. From this, we can see that the Sino -US dispute is on the surface whether the Taiwan Strait is the international waters, but the final point falls on the right of foreign ships that only enjoy the "harmless passing" right or it can be "harmful."

Only by understanding the key to the dispute between China and the United States, we can understand the true intention of the U.S. military yesterday (24th) to send anti -submarine patrollers through the Taiwan Strait, that is, they have to tell China by this that the U.S. military can not only pass, but also " Passing harmful ". The P-8A "Poseidon" anti-submarine patrol aircraft flew over the Taiwan Strait, obviously more than ordinary warships and fighter jets, which can show that the U.S. military is "harmful." In other words, the actions of the U.S. military are both a political statement, but also a relatively tit -for -tat military screaming behavior.

Direct news: In response to the US military sent P-8A anti-submarine patrol aircraft to pass on the Taiwan Strait and publicly speculate, Shi Yi, a spokesperson for the PLA Eastern theater, said that the theater troops maintain a high degree of alert at any time, resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and organize the air in the air. With the ground forces, the U.S. machine operations were conducted with supervision and alert. How do you interpret this?

Special commentator Liu Heping: I noticed that in the past years, almost every time the U.S. sent warships and planes cross the Taiwan Strait, the PLA will not only take the same action, but also make similar statements, but also condemn the words. The use of sentences is almost the same. Perhaps for many people, the PLA does not seem to have much intention whether it is in action or words. In my opinion, if the Taiwan Strait claims that the Taiwan Strait is not in the international waters, the outside world has such views. However, after the Chinese side is related to the relevant statement, if the outside world has to watch this way, it belongs to the layman to see the excitement.

In my opinion, every time the U.S. warships cross the Taiwan Strait, the PLA will send troops to perform their strength to "follow the prison and alert". Rights and jurisdictions, as well as telling the U.S. military that does not accept your harmful passage. At the same time, it is also telling the United States and the international community in body language that the Taiwan Strait is not international waters. However, in this process, the PLA only "followed the supervisor and alert", and did not intercept and did not take mandatory means to drive away. promise.

In addition, the spokesperson for the Eastern theater of the PLA also emphasized that China ’s behavior is to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity. So, how can the U.S. military sending ships cross the Taiwan Strait and the Chinese prison and alert, and how can they be associated with the integrity of national sovereignty and territoriality? In my opinion, the logical chain behind this is that if according to the United States, the Taiwan Strait is an international waterway, which is hidden behind it, which means that there are so -called "international relations" between the two sides The relationship between the time, if according to mainland China, the Taiwan Strait is not the international waters, it means that there is no relationship between the "country" between the two sides of the strait. Affairs. Understand this, we can know that the Chinese side shows that the Taiwan Strait is not an international waters, and the PLA conducts an obituary and alert to the shipping aircraft that cross the Taiwan Strait. People's Republic of China.

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

Editor 丨 Li Wensi, editor -in -chief of Shenzhen Satellite TV Direct News

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