Sino -US defense dialogue on the issue of regional hotspots fiercely confronted the an

The Sino -US defense ministers held a meeting after a lapse of 18 months. The two sides fiercely confronted the recent hotspots such as the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea.

Scholars of interviewees pointed out that there are fundamental differences in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Austin and China National Defense Minister Dong Jun, who is attending the annual regional defense conference in Singapore, held a 75 -minute meeting on Friday (May 31), which is slightly longer than the original hour.

The two sides discussed the relations between the two armies of the Chinese and the United States, the issues of the Taiwan Strait, the South China Sea, the Russian and Ukraine War, the Harbin conflict and other regions and the global topics.Wu Qian, a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of National Defense, described it after the meeting that the meeting was "positive, pragmatic, and constructive", which helped the two parties to improve their understanding and avoid misjudgment.

According to the news released by the Chinese Ministry of National Defense after the meeting, Dong Jun said in the meeting that the current situation of the Sino -US military relations is not easy to stop falling.

He also said that the purpose of communication between the two armies was to improve understanding, eliminate misunderstandings, and accumulate mutual trust; hope that the United States will be consistent and do with China, insist on taking the peace, stability, and faith.

According to the press release of the US Department of Defense, Austin reiterated that the Sino -US dollar meeting in November last November about the announcement of the two armies' restarted theater commanders during the meeting, and also said that the two sides would set up a crisis communication working group by the end of this year.

This is the first meeting of the China -US defense ministers after Dong Jun served as the Chinese Defense Minister in December last year. The two conducted video calls in April this year.

Austin's last time in November 2022, he met with Wei Feng, then the Minister of Defense Wei Feng and China. .After taking office in March last year in March last year, China ’s former Defense Minister Li Shangfu had previously undergone US sanctions, and Beijing rejected Washington’ s requirements for the China -US Defense Minister ’s meeting. Li Shangfu was removed from the position of Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister's position in October last year .

In this high -level military dialogue, the two sides did not cover up huge differences on issues such as the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea.

Austin has expressed concern about the PLA's "recent provocative operation in the Taiwan Strait", reiterating that Beijing should not take Taiwan's political transfer, that is, normal and routine democratic processes as an excuse to take coercive measures.

Taiwan's new president Lai Qingde published an inaugural speech described by Beijing as "Taiwan independence" on May 20.Military exercise in large -scale enclosures is deterrent .

Dong Jun emphasized that the Taiwan issue is "purely in the Chinese internal affairs and has no right to interfere with external forces." China resolutely oppose the United States to "seriously violate the commitment made by the United States and send an error signal to the 'Taiwan independence'."He also urged the United States to correctly correct mistakes and must not "help independence" in any way.

Recently, the issue of the Philippines China Sea Ren Ai Reef (the Philippines called Ayunjin Reef) has continued to friction. Austin emphasizes the importance of the freedom of navigation freedom of the public sea that respects international law, especially in the South China Sea.Dong Jun said that China "adheres to equal negotiation to solve differences, but it never ignores the exacerbation of provocation."

Wu Qian pointed out at the hair dryer after the meeting that the Philippines "rejuvenating and picky things on the issues such as benevolence reefs, which is closely related to the encouragement and support of external forces.The Philippine deployment of the mid -guidance system. "

Wu Xinbo, Dean of the International Institute of International Issues of Shanghai Fudan University, analyzed in an interview with Lianhe Morning Post. The meeting of the China -US Defense Ministers' meeting was in a formal perspective, indicating that the high -level exchanges between the two armies were steadily promoted;Different differences and contradictions in the field are very large.

He said: "A problem in Taiwan, a South (China) sea problem, the two sides should not talk easily, and it is not easy to form an important consensus."

Luo Minghui, assistant professor of public policies and global affairs courses in Nanyang University of Technology, said in an interview that in the interview with the issue of fundamental differences in China and the United States, the two sides cannot convince each other. "The best thing they can do is to control these differences and control these differences."" ".

For the establishment of a crisis communication working group by China and the United States before the end of this year, Luo Minghui believes that China and the United States formulate a timetable for this will make the area feel at ease.

Wu Xinbo pointed out that China also hopes to avoid accidents, but in Beijing, China and the United States "not only must deal with crisis, but more importantly to eliminate the root cause of crisis ... China believes that the United States will conduct military activities around China to damage the damage to damage to damage to damage to damage to damage to damage to damage to damage to damage to damage to damage and damageThis is the root cause of the security interests. "