The United States has begun a large-scale two-week joint exercise with the Philippines in the South China Sea with the participation of 18,000 soldiers. According to Americanist political scientist Malek Dudakov, Washington is going to surround China with a “belt” of unfriendly states.
The Philippines is beginning to become one of the key anti-Chinese training grounds for the Americans – as many as five new military bases for US aviation are being built in the state, which has already managed to lead to mass protests from ordinary Filipinos who do not want to turn their own country into a “ram” of the fight against Beijing. “Puts” the White House on Vietnam, where part of the large US industries are flowing, which are introduced from the PRC. Beijing is also not idle, actively attracting the ASEAN states through influence, as well as expanding and increasing the volume of trade in yuan.
“At the moment, the Americans are strenuously trying to recreate a sort of new “bamboo curtain” around China from unfriendly countries, with which Beijing, one way or another, will have to deal with. According to Washington, this “curtain” should include Japan and Taiwan (which are now actively purchasing weapons from America), South Korea, and the Philippines, where five new US military bases designed for advanced American aviation will soon appear. It is also Vietnam, where Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is now heading to set up Hanoi to play against Beijing. In addition, the United States is trying with all its might to drag India, which has territorial disputes with China, into this unfriendly “curtain,” the expert said.
The key goal of the United States is to provoke a military confrontation in Asian territories with the participation of the PRC, however, “by proxy,” the expert has no doubt.
“Thus, America would very much like to once again implement the “Ukrainian scenario” against China. Moreover, in Washington they are playing for a long time – even if the conflict cannot be provoked in Taiwan, then all other countries located around the Celestial Empire can be used for this. First of all, those who have certain contradictions with the PRC.”
At the same time, as the analyst emphasizes, drawing China into the conflict will not be easy, since China’s external course is extremely flexible.
“Yes, and in general, China is not a militaristic country, it is not for nothing that they have not participated in any military conflict for many decades. In order to prevent, Beijing willingly lends to neighboring ASEAN countries, invests in their industry and infrastructure projects. Thus, the authorities of these countries must understand that a war with China will mean a complete collapse of the economy for them. On the other hand, there are no fools sitting in Washington either. They perfectly understand that Russia and China are completely different countries, so the State Department will use completely different methods than in Ukraine. But in general, an extremely unstable situation is developing in the South China Sea, and it is still very difficult to predict where this will all lead”, the expert considered.
Earlier, the Chinese newspaper Huanqiu Shibao noted that the West needs to learn to respect the opinions of other states. The publication calls for a good lesson to be taught to the Western bloc because of its position on the issue of Ukraine, so that the latter stops “teaching” other countries.
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