Yang Danxu: What does China Defense Director from Houxiangshan Forum?

Li Shangfu, the Chinese Minister of Defense, who has been missing for nearly two months, was officially removed on Tuesday (October 24).

Different from Qin Gang from the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs two months ago. This time, the senior executives of China were crisp and neat, and even Li Shangfu's State Councilor's position was exempted.Although the official media's notification did not disclose the reason why Li Shangfu was removed from office, this treatment method has indirectly confirmed the rumors of corruption.

However, the meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China did not appoint new defense ministers on Tuesday, which was unexpected by many people.

The Beijing Xiangshan Forum, which has been interrupted for three years this weekend, is about to appear. According to past practice, China Defense Minister will give a keynote speech at the Xiangshan Forum and meet with delegations from various countries.Originally, the outside world predicts that the official will appoint new defense ministers before the Xiangshan Forum, and now it seems that it may not yet determine the appropriate candidate.

The position of the defense ministers is suspended, so which level of officials will China be sent to the field will be a highlight of the Xiangshan Forum.

The Xiangshan Forum is the first time after the epidemic. The official media ventilation will be introduced on Tuesday.The official representatives of the International Organization confirmed to attend the meeting. Among them, the Minister of Defense and the above representatives of 22 were representative and 14th representative of the army.

Dozens of defense or military -level guests of various countries gathered in Beijing. As the host, China is expected to send a sufficient number of high -ranking high -level appearances, including a keynote speech on the forum.It is not ruled out that the official will arrange a member of the Central Military Commission to attend the meeting, and may even increase the level. He Weidong, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China, attended to show the attention of this forum and guests from all over the country.

Another highlight of the Xiangshan Forum is the interaction of the Chinese and American military.

After the former Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress Perosi visited Taiwan in August 2022, the Sino -US military relations were frozen, especially the military's high -level contact was fully interrupted.

In March of this year, after Li Shangfu replaced Wei Fenghe as the new Chinese defense director, the United States has repeatedly reported that he has tried to promote high -level dialogue between the two military military, including hoping to arrange in the Shangri -La dialogue in Singapore in June this year.The U.S. Defense Minister had a talks, but was rejected by Beijing.China has repeatedly stated that the Lift of the United States's sanctions against Li Shangfu is the prerequisite for the meeting of the Sino -US defense chief and the recovery of high -level exchanges between the two countries, but Washington has not made concessions.

In mid -August this year, Xu Qilong, the deputy chief of staff of the Joint Staff of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, and the commander of the U.S. Indo -Pacific Command and Admiral Aquinio, who had communicated at a national defense conference held in Fiji to allowThe outside world saw signs of restarting the conversation between the Chinese and American military.Now that Li Shangfu is removed from office, a obstacle to the Sino -US defense ministers' meeting has been removed, but the candidates for the new defense ministers in China have not been determined, and the meeting of the Defense Minister is still unreachable.

Overseas media reported earlier that Beijing had originally invited the US Defense Minister Austin to participate in the Xiangshan Forum, but the United States did not intend to send the Defense Director to attend.

According to the China Daily report on Tuesday, Kalez, senior director of the Chinese Affairs Office of the Deputy Minister of Defense's Office of the US Department of Defense, will go to Beijing to participate in the forum as the head of the United States delegation.In addition, the former US Assistant Secretary of Defense, who attended the last Xiangshan Forum in 2019, helped Shi Chande, who will participate in the forum as an expert and scholar.

Sino -US relations are hovering in the trough, and all walks of life are worried about the state of interruption of China -US military exchanges.U.S. military aircraft and warships continue to move in the Western Pacific to show their commitments to maintaining an open -Indo -Indian area; China is increasingly unable to tolerate American fighter planes and warships to go to the door of the house for three days, and from time to time, it takes tough practices such as expedition.

In December last year, a Chinese J-11 fighter jet intercepted an US RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft in the South China Sea Airspace. The military aircraft of the two sides was less than three meters recently, and it almost collided.At the end of September this year, the Chinese Navy's 170 ship drove the destroyer of the US Navy's "Dikate" at the South China Sea. The two warships were only 41 meters apart when they were closest to each other.A report released by the Pentagon of the United States last week has also disclosed that in the past two years, the United States has recorded the "compulsory and high -risk" air interception of the Chinese army than in the past 10 years.

From time to time, China and the United States have staged a confrontation between the needle on Mai Mang in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait. If they are not careful, they may wipe the guns and get angry. At present, the Chinese and American military need to establish communication channels as soon as possible to avoid being difficult to manage and control due to various misjudgment.The situation.Judging from the current lineup of the US delegation, the Chinese and American military is unlikely to hold a high -level talks during the Xiangshan Forum, but the American delegation's participation still issued a positive signal.

In addition to Sino -US relations, there are still many hot issues in the world to be resolved.The Russian and Ukraine War, which lasted for more than a year, is still stuck, and the Harbin conflict has recently broke out in the Middle East.In the Asia -Pacific region, China and the Philippines recently have frequently frictions in the South China Sea. The contradictions have been continuously upgraded. In addition, there will be many topics on this Xiangshan Forum that will never be absent from regional security issues.Need to talk.

Although the status and attention of the Xiangshan Forum is not as good as some other international security forums, let alone a three -day forum can find a solution for a seriesThe problem is open and frankly, and it is always active.