On the occasion of joint military exercises in the South China Sea for the first time, the Chinese People's Liberation Army's southern theater is in the sameA controversial sea area organizes the combination of sea and air.The military operations on both sides are very targeted, but the actual actions are converging and restrained.
Scholars of interviewees pointed out that compared with the military exercise itself, the United States spliced the existing bilateral alliances into a wider "small and multilateral" strategic layout, which caused China to be vigilant.
The "Southern Theater" WeChat public account on Sunday (April 7) released a short message. On the day of the South China War District, the PLA organized and organized a combination of sea and air.Master "
The United States, Australia, Japan, and the Philippines also held joint sea and air exercises in the South China Sea on Sunday, and public opinion has been warm up for a long time.This is the first time in the Southern China Sea to formally conduct a formal joint military exercise.
Li Jie, an expert in the Chinese Navy and the PLA retired college, told the joint Zaobao reporter that the United States, Japan, Australia and the Philippine joint military exercises are obviously aimed at China's "showing off force".
Hu Bo, director of the China Think Tank's "South China Sea Strategic Situment Period", said in an interview that the PLA and the sea and air war patrol were not the first time, mainly to maintain alert to specific areas or targets to prevent the situation that endangered China's sovereignty and national security.
In November and January of this year, the Navy of the United States and the Philippines performed two joint cruise in the South China Sea .It shows that the U.S. military has strengthened its intervention on the South China Sea issue.At that time, the PLA also organized a routine cruise of the sea and air to respond.
According to the Philippine media, the US -Philippine Navy had a close contact with the Chinese Navy during the joint cruise in January this year, and the two sides shouted through radio.Among them, US warships include Karl Vinson nuclear -powered aircraft carrier, and the main force of the Philippine warship is a US -aid Hamilton -class frigate. The PLA dispatched ships including 052D destroyers.
Hu Bo said that the battle patrol is not a military exercise, but the soldiers who dispatched may not be less.The United States, Japan, Australia -Philippine Joint Military Show is definitely not conducive to the stability of the situation in the South China Sea, but China's specific response should look at the content, time and place of the United States, Japan, and the Philippines of the United States, Japan, and the Philippines, and countermeasures depending on different situations.
China CCTV News National Defense Military Channel reported on Sunday evening reports that the news of the joint war tour of the Southern theater, but the 12 -second -long clip is only to repeat the content of the WeChat public account of the "Southern Theater".content.
According to a joint statement on the 6th of this month on the 6th of this month, the exercise is located in the South China Sea, which is located in the northwest of Balawwa, Philippines.Japan's Destroyer, Australia's Varamun Canadian frigates and two patrol ships in the Philippines.
Balawed Island is close to the sovereign dispute.Vice President Harris visited Balawed Island in 2022 and boarded the patrol ship of Japan's assistance to the Philippine Coast Guard.Harris is the highest -level U.S. official visiting the island.
According to the China Global Times, the four countries of the United States, Japan, Australia and the Philippines will conduct anti -submarine war, ship communication, and formation sailing training.However, Yang Xiao, deputy director of the Institute of Marine Strategy of the Chinese Institute of Modern International Relations, believes that the Philippines, as the only South China Sea issue, does not have anti -submarine ability and cannot participate in the course.
However, Shen Dingli, a scholar of Shanghai International Relations, pointed out that the key to the problem is not the participation and exercise content of the United States, Japan, Australia, and the content of the United States, but the United States has continuously spliced bilateral alliances into "small and multilateral" trend.
The three countries of the United States, Japan and the Philippines will hold a summit on Thursday. Graigari Polin, director of the Southeast Asian projects of the United States Strategy and International Research (CSIS) and the Asian Maritime Transparency initiative, said that public opinion generally expects that the summit will announce that the three countries will conduct joint naval patrols.The British Financial Times reported on Saturday that AUKUS is considering incorporating into Japan and deterring China.
Shen Dingli believes that while promoting Japan and the Philippines to conclude a defense agreement, the United States may also introduce India, the United Kingdom and other countries to intervene in the South China Sea.The hard core part of the United States India Strategy has just begun.