The New York Times also reported that a large number of unidentified Chinese ships had occupied the Spratly Islands, causing the Philippines to protest. The New York Times also reported that a large number of unidentified Chinese ships had occupied the Spratly Islands, prompting protests from the Philippines. In addition to the expansion of maritime power, Chinese officials and official media have led the way in fanning the flames of the so-called “Eight-Power Alliance” public opinion war, but Taiwanese scholars warn that the Chinese Communist Party’s “face first” diplomacy will ignite national emotions and put national dignity above national interests, threatening a repeat of the tragedy of the late Qing Dynasty.
U.S. Secretary of State John Blinken visited Europe, followed by the United Kingdom, France, Germany and other NATO countries, and then announced that they would send or declare their intention to carry out “freedom of navigation” operations in the South China Sea and the waters around the first island chain, which the Chinese Communist Party’s official media and online public opinion called the “New Eight-Nation Alliance. But Chinese military experts consider this a warning signal.
Ma Zhenkun, director of the Institute of Chinese Communist Military Studies at National Defense University in Taiwan, pointed out at a symposium held by the Vision Foundation on the 6th: “Don’t forget that at the end of the Qing Empire, there were too many painful lessons in the end of the Qing Dynasty, because the imperial court cared about face, cared about the the face of the ruling authorities, and put face above the real national interests, which in the end led to the tragedy of the country.”
Ma Zhenkun mentioned that Yang Jiechi’s 17-minute speech in Alaska emphasized the CCP’s national dignity, especially stressing that “the Chinese do not eat this”, a logic of thinking consistent with that of the imperial officials at the end of the Qing Empire, which would make the CCP fall into the danger of international politics.
Ma Zhenkun, director of the Institute of Chinese Communist Military Studies at National Defense University in Taiwan. (Photo by Xia Xiaohua)
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Ma Zhenkun analyzed that the reality of today’s international politics is that there is an exchange of interests and a trade-off between countries, but when Yang Jiechi raises China’s foreign posture to a state of “not eating this”, it will make the CCP’s diplomatic work difficult in the future. “When it comes to the contradiction or even conflict between national dignity and real national interests, it is difficult to take care of both.”
China says routine training of Liaoning ships around the Taiwan Strait is good for maintaining sovereignty
At the same time, the Chinese Communist Party sent the Liaoning ships in a long-range formation across the Miyako Strait into the western Pacific Ocean, and Chinese Communist Navy spokesman Patrick Gao said, “The Chinese Communist Navy organized the training of the Liaoning carrier formation in the waters around Taiwan, which is a routine training organized according to the annual work plan to test the effectiveness of troop training, and is conducive to improving the ability to safeguard national sovereignty, security and development. The aim is to test the effectiveness of the training of the troops and to improve the ability to safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests. In the future, the Chinese Communist Navy will continue to organize similar exercises and training activities on a regular basis as planned.”
The CCP’s display of maritime power of various countries in the neighborhood, called the New Eight-Nation Alliance, coupled with Yang Jiechi’s recent performance, is a warning sign, say scholars in Taiwan. It was the consideration of face over actual interests that led to the tragedy of the late Qing Dynasty when it wrangled with various countries. #The Boxer Rebellion
In response, Ma Zhenkun said that although the Chinese mainland emphasizes that this is a normal exercise, but the Chinese mainland often uses normal exercises to cover abnormalities, and normal exercises should not be close to Taiwan’s sea and airspace to carry out activities if they take into account Taiwan’s feelings, which carry a military threat.
Ma Zhenkun said: “Liaoning is mainly for training, no real combat power, but can not be ignored this launch of surface ships, there are 005 destroyer Nanchang, 052D destroyer Chengdu, Taiyuan, 054A frigate Huanggang, 901 integrated supply ship Hulun Lake, etc., from 10,000 tons of repelling ships to frigates are the main warships of the PLA at sea The modern combat capability of air control and sea control should not be underestimated.”
Vision Foundation held a seminar in Taipei on the 6th. (Reporter Xia Xiaohua photo)
Ma Zhenkun said that the U.S.-Japan alliance mechanism also in response to the rise in the military confrontation between the United States and China and the various combat readiness exercises. The entire area around the Taiwan Strait is similar to the Balkans before the outbreak of a major war, although countries have no intention of igniting a war, but the powder keg of war has spread in the area around the Taiwan Strait. The Chinese Communist Party is more responsible for the continued rise of the vicious spiral of U.S.-China-Taiwan interaction around the Taiwan Strait, because the cause is China’s multiple military expansion moves around the Taiwan Strait. Ma Zhenkun believes that if national sentiment extends to the PLA, there is no guarantee that guns will go off and increase the chances of conflict.
Mainland fishing boats rammed Kinmen, Diaoyutai waters as the law to occupy the Nansha
In addition, a large number of unidentified Chinese vessels have recently occupied the waters of Nanyue Reef in the Spratly Islands, causing strong protests in the Philippines. The New York Times reported that the Chinese Communist Party is carrying out a goal that diplomacy or law cannot achieve and seems to be effective. U.S. think-tank experts even said that the Chinese Communist Party’s tactics are “very sinister”. According to the report, U.S. satellites have also spotted as many as 45 other Chinese ships gathering in the waters around the Philippine-controlled island of Nakai. The report described the Chinese ships as “guests who won’t leave” and increasingly parked on rocky reefs in the South China Sea. Although China claims the boats are “fishing boats fleeing a storm,” they “do not appear to be fishing,” with dozens of boats gathering neatly to escape “a storm that never comes.
A large number of Chinese communist boats anchor near Bull Yoke Reef off the Philippines, March 7, 2021. (AFP)
Similarly, China has launched frequent harassment campaigns by fishing boats and official vessels in the East China Sea, South China Sea and Taiwan Sea, described by outsiders as a “second navy”, using militias as the front line to exert excessive pressure.
The Chinese Communist Party wants to form a “co-management” situation, in the Taiwan Sea, China and the United States co-manage, in the East China Sea, China and Japan co-manage, the South China Sea China to lead, excluding other countries to interfere with the right.
Li Shihui mentioned that the Diaoyutai first sent fishing boats, and then sent official ships, and then the development of the Marine Police Act to give law enforcement powers, so that the outside world is concerned about the unilateral increase in regional instability.
Li Shihui said: “I think he is to declare that this is his territorial waters, you can also ah, you also come ah, so every time in Diaoyutai, Chinese ships come, Japanese ships also come, before the Chinese fishing boats do not go, now you come I come everyone confrontation, well, then we will sit down to discuss how to deal with together.”
Li Shihui, professor of Japanese Studies degree program at National Chengchi University. (Photo by Xia Xiaohua)
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Li Shih-Hui believes that the Chinese Communist Party will not back down in the short term, he wants to get something substantial and form public opinion, but not so much as to provoke a war, at least the Liaoning ship is on the high seas, there is still a distance of 12 miles from Taiwan’s territorial waters, if it enters 12 miles is the edge of war, but no country will send military weapons in the air and sea around the neighboring country every day, this is a very hostile act.
Ma Zhenkun, a professor at National Defense University, mentioned that the documentary “The Rise of Great Powers” officially made during the Hu Jintao era emphasized the need to rise in a civilized manner and criticized the hegemonic rise of the West, but the current actions of the Chinese Communist Party in the Taiwan Strait do not match the propaganda values. The rise of a great power with military hegemony will eventually provoke a common resistance from all countries.
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