Philip Scot Davidson, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, pointed out in a speech to a U.S. think tank on April 4 that the greatest danger facing the United States and allies in the Indo-Pacific region is the erosion of China’s previous deterrence, and he emphasized the importance of strengthening U.S. deterrence jointly with allies such as Japan.
Phillip noted that China’s rapid military build-up has created a geographical military imbalance and the need for a highly equipped integrated force. He expressed “grave concern” about the activities of the Chinese Coast Guard’s maritime vessels around the Diaoyu Islands and the Chinese Air Force’s intimidation flights around Taiwan.
It was also reported that the U.S. Department of State issued a news release on the 4th that senior officials from The Japanese and U.S. foreign and defense departments held video talks on the 4th and made clear their strong opposition to China’s attempts to unilaterally change the status quo in the East and South China Seas by force and coercion, and both sides expressed strong concern about the implementation of China’s Maritime Police Act.
The U.S. officials who participated in the video conference included Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Knapper (Marc Knapper) and others, while the Japanese side was joined by Foreign Ministry’s North American Bureau Counsellor Yu Arima and Defense Ministry’s Defense Policy Bureau’s Second Chief Kazutaro.
The video conference was a preparatory meeting for the 2+2 meeting of the Consultative Committee on Security that will be held in the middle of this month with the participation of the foreign and defense ministers of Japan and the United States.
According to the information of the Maritime Security Headquarters of the 11th Administrative Region of Japan, in the waters around the Diaoyu Islands, which Japan considers to be territorial waters, four Chinese marine police ships are sailing in the adjacent area of the waters, and around the Diaoyu Islands, it is confirmed that there are Chinese marine police ships sailing for 20 consecutive days.
The four ships are “Marine Police 2203”, “Marine Police 1103”, “Marine Police 1401”, and “Marine Police 2302”, which are equipped with weapons similar to machine guns. “Marine Police 2302”.
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