The USS McComber, a missile destroyer, and the USS Dill, a supply ship, pass through the Taiwan Strait.
Senior U.S. military officials warned that countries around the world cannot escape the impact of an increasingly ambitious and aggressive Chinese Communist Party, which has already had a taste of leadership.
Voice of America reported that Rear Adm. Michael Studeman, chief of intelligence for the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and a member of the Navy, warned at an online conference Tuesday (March 2) that “we have a taste of what it’s like to be led by or heavily influenced by China [the Communist Party of China].”
He said the Chinese Communist Party has a globalized, expeditionary army, an army that will show up wherever their so-called Chinese interests are threatened. “Anywhere around the globe where China (the CCP) feels its development interests are threatened, you’ll find that they end up sending an army more and more frequently.” Stallman.
Stallman also analyzed the latest China situation. He said U.S. officials believe that based on the developments that have occurred in Hong Kong and Taiwan, China (the CCP) has established a clear pattern in how it seeks to assert dominance.
“You’re seeing (a pattern) of basically stifling freedom and stifling autonomy,” the top intelligence officer said.
“This has occurred because China (the Communist Party) has effectively suppressed dissent by crushing it through structural, legal security measures,” he said. “That’s the China of today.”
Stallman also said the Chinese Communist Party has steadily increased pressure on Taiwan, sending Drones and other aircraft into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone on a daily basis, with the goal of making the Republic of China military feel the pressure and “establishing a new normal around Taiwan through their military presence.”
The U.S. has also seen signs of increased Chinese (Communist) military activity around The Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands, which China calls the Diaoyu Islands and their affiliated islands. Stallman called it a “creeping presence” designed to slowly build control of the area while increasing military activity in the South China Sea.
Stallman said that routine U.S. military sorties in the South China Sea have no impact on Chinese Communist Party decisions and that the aggressive Chinese military under Xi Jinping is “alarming.
Stallman’s comments come just a day after the commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command issued a similar warning.
“Without effective and compelling conventional deterrence [by the United States], China [the Chinese Communist Party] will become even bolder,” said Admiral Philip Davidson, commander of Indo-Pacific Command, at the same online conference Monday, “and we must convince Beijing that the cost of using force to achieve our goals is too high. believe that the cost of using force to achieve its objectives is simply too high.”
In addition, U.S. Central Command officials warned that the Chinese Communist Party is increasingly trying to exert influence in the Middle East. U.S. Southern Command has also expressed concern about Chinese (Communist) activities in Central and South America.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has repeatedly called China a “pacing threat” to the Pentagon, meaning that the pace of Chinese military development affects the pace of military development that the United States must take to maintain its dominance.
Even President Joe Biden, attending the online Munich Conference on Feb. 19, said, “Together, we must prepare for a long-term strategic competition with China (the Chinese Communist Party).”
“The competition with China (Communist Party of China) will be fierce. We must push back against the Chinese (Communist Party) government’s economic sabotage and coercion.” He added. International support is also being sought to topple back to Beijing.
The Defense Department on Monday convened the first meeting of its China Working Group, which is charged with considering Washington’s current strategy toward the Chinese Communist Party and making recommendations over the next four months.
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