April 24, 2020
Although the United States and China signed the Sino -US first -stage trade agreement in January this year, and subsequently broke out the 2019 Coronatte Virus epidemic, in the past four months, China and the United States have still been wrestled on the South China Sea issue.The situation of the South China Sea has not eased due to the current epidemic, and it may even evolve into a game field for China and the United States.
Since the beginning of this year, the crown disease has begun from China and spread all over the world. The situation in the South China Sea, which is shrouded in the epidemic, is relatively calm.According to Philippine media reports, in the first two months of this year, more than 100 Chinese ships appeared near Zhongye Island controlled by the Philippines.According to the Asian Maritime Transparent Initiative website under the US Think Tank Strategy and International Research Center, before mid -January, Chinese vessels were mostly moved between Brunei and Vietnam.In early March, Indonesia intercepted five Vietnamese fishing vessels in the waters of the Nakana Islands.In addition, there are no reports of disputes in the South China Sea.
Since April, the South China Sea has appeared in waves.On April 1, a fishing boat in Vietnam sank after colliding with the Chinese maritime ship in the Xisha Islands (Vietnam, known as the Huangsha Islands).On the 16th, PetroChina Exploration Maritime Geological No. 8 was guarded by multiple ships to enter the Malaysian exclusive economic zone and conducted exploration near the Malaysian National Petroleum Corporation Drilling Ship Capella.Vietnamese ships only appear there.
What is worrying is that this confrontation may be upgraded.Australia and the United States are jointly exercises in the South China Sea, where the location is close to the location of the Capella and Ocean Geology 8.The Liaoning aircraft carrier formation in China was short long ago via the Gonggu Strait and Bus Strait, and also trained in the South China Sea.Regarding many national warships and exploration ships at the same time, Malaysian Foreign Minister Hishan Mu Ding called on all parties to maintain open and continuous communication yesterday to avoid upgrading the situation in the sea area.
At the same time, the State Council of China approved the establishment of Xisha District and Nansha District in Sansha City, Hainan Province, and governed the islands and reefs and waters of the Xisha Islands and the Nansha Islands.EssenceThese actions show that the Chinese government intends to strengthen its sovereignty control over the South China Sea.The response of the Vietnamese government repeated the caliber eight years ago, saying that the establishment and relevant measures of Sansha have severely violated Vietnam's sovereignty and demanded that China abolish the decision.Eight years ago, Vietnam made most of the waters of the Xisha and Nansha Islands into the sovereign scope, and China announced that Sansha City would be established as countermeasures.
More military activities in China and the United States in the South China Sea are obviously displayed in response to the crown disease epidemic.At present, the U.S. military is affected by the epidemic, and four aircraft carriers in the Pacific have suspended the event.However, the U.S. military still sent a reconnaissance aircraft at the end of March to patrol the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea.The US military's move is to prove that they have not been knocked down by the virus, and they still have the ability to move in this area; at the same time, it is also investigated whether the Chinese military has been affected by the epidemic.Another purpose of the U.S. military is to show its security commitments to the countries in this region.The United States sent the Roseford aircraft carrier to visit Vietnam in early March to win Vietnam. However, the Roseford's outbreak of the epidemic later also caused the captain to be dismissed and resigned from the Navy Minister.In other words, the United States wants to show its strength to the South China Sea during the epidemic, but has been severely hit by the virus.This gives China the opportunity to expand its activities in the South China Sea.
When an internal crisis in the country, the temptation of changing to sight through external contradictions always exists.Some people have interpreted the United States' attacks on China and the World Health Organization, which are currently interpreted.Similarly, more activities in China in the South China Sea are also regarded as similar motivations by many Westernists.The US crown disease is the worst worldwide, and it is being self -care. China may want to squeeze the United States in the South China Sea to test its bottom line and fulfill its ability to commit security commitment to the region.Those who are interested have even warned that China may take advantage of today's chaos, and on some long -term issues, such as sovereignty disputes in the South China Sea, cross -strait unification, and Hong Kong governance, they have become greater.In Chinese social media, this kind of nationalist voice from the folk is also very arrogant.
These claims are obviously not desirable.The Great Depression in the 1930s was one of the reasons for the later World War II.It was a heavy war in human history, and the world must remember its lessons.The current plague is raging, and the impact on the economy is not under the Great Depression. Therefore, we must be more alert to the attempts of excessive and extreme nationalism and an extraordinary mentality than in the past.More serious war.We hope that all parties of the South China Sea will try their best to restrain their attention and resources on the combination of the epidemic and the economic reconstruction.The plague is terrible enough, so that the plague adds a fire, and human civilization will be gone.
