The Chinese Communist Party sent the aircraft carrier Liaoning through the Miyako Strait into the Pacific Ocean.
After pictures of the commander of the destroyer USS Muscatine leisurely observing the Liaoning took the Internet by storm in early April, the Chinese Ministry of Defense officially responded on April 29, asking the U.S. to “restrain front-line troops The Chinese Ministry of Defense responded on April 29, asking the U.S. to “restrain front-line troops. According to outside commentators, this is tantamount to confirming the authenticity of the photo, and is a disguised acknowledgement of the overwhelming dominance of the U.S. military in the maritime standoff.
At a regular press conference of the Ministry of National Defense on April 29, when asked by a reporter, what is China’s comment on the U.S. military’s release of photos of the destroyer USS Mastin observing the Liaoning ship from close range, as well as a video of the Liaoning ship’s carrier aircraft taking off and landing?
Wu Qian, spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of National Defense, said that the USS Mastin’s continued close reconnaissance of Chinese naval formations “seriously interferes with China’s exercise and training activities, and seriously threatens the safety of navigation and personnel on both sides”. The Chinese Ministry of Defense has made what it calls “solemn representations” to the U.S. side.
Wu also said that China urged “the U.S. side to strictly restrain its front-line troops” and “the Sino-U.S. Code of Conduct on Safety of Air and Sea Encounters” and “international maritime collision avoidance rules” and other rules to prevent the recurrence of similar “dangerous incidents. The US has urged “the US side to strictly restrain frontline troops” and “the Sino-US Code of Conduct for Air and Sea Encounters” and “international maritime collision avoidance rules” to prevent the recurrence of similar “dangerous incidents.
Lu Li-shih, a former instructor at Taiwan’s Kaohsiung Naval Academy, was quoted in the April 11 South China Morning Post as saying that the photo of the USS Mastin was undoubtedly part of a U.S.-initiated “perception war,” indicating that the U.S. military does not view the Chinese Communist Party as a direct threat. threat. The pose of the two U.S. servicemen “shows that they despise the Chinese Communist military.
And Andrei Chang, editor-in-chief of the Canada-based Kanwa Defence Review, also said that the U.S. has a thorough understanding of the Liaoning strike group.
What’s more, according to a satellite image posted by OSINT-1’s Twitter account on April 26, the U.S. Navy warships “broke into” the Liaoning’s formation. The images show the Liaoning sailing in the East China Sea followed by frigates and destroyers such as the Huanggang, Chengdu and Taiyuan, and finally the supply ship “The main group of ships and the Hulun Lake were interspersed with a U.S. destroyer.
The picture has left netizens stunned, saying it was a major mistake by the Chinese military, and some military experts have described the incident as “unusual.
There are also opinions on the Internet that it is a time of peace, and that the Chinese Communist fleet may have deliberately arranged for the battle group to be farther apart, allowing U.S. forces to insert themselves into the formation with the intention of reducing the perception of threat.
But judging from Wu Qian’s harsh wording on Thursday, it is clear that the CCP is not letting U.S. forces enter the formation, but is unable to defend against it. Previously, Macau military expert Huang Dong also analyzed that if a large U.S. ship could waltz into the Liaoning battle group without any protection from Chinese ships, it would be a great “shame” for the Chinese Communist Party.
If the Chinese side did not notice the U.S. ships wedged into the Liaoning formation, it means that the Liaoning is a huge thing that is not useful and the CCP’s military technology is too poor; if they noticed that there is nothing they can do, it means that the CCP is aware that its military power is too poor compared to the U.S. and does not dare to make trouble.
Professor Guo Yuren of Sun Yat-sen University and Asia Pacific Research Institute in Taiwan commented that the U.S. is very deliberately using this action to show that the U.S. military has absolute military superiority over the Chinese Communist Party.
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