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| Ox Pact: Is the World Approaching a Catastrophic Conflict Between China and the US? |
China has also reacted with expected displeasure to the official announcement of the so-called Oxfam agreement this week.
Details of the Aux (Australia, UK, and US) agreement were unveiled in San Diego on Monday, under which Australia, Britain, and the US have signed a round to counter Chinese military expansion in the Indo-Pacific region. Rus has established a defense and security alliance.
Beijing has made serious accusations about the tripartite alliance, calling it 'going down a dangerous path, ignoring the concerns of the international community' and even 'creating a new arms race and the threat of nuclear proliferation'. has declared
Ever since U.S. Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi made her controversial visit to Taiwan last summer, China has expressed just as strong disapproval of Western actions.
China is the most populous country in the world and has the largest army and navy in the world. He says he is beginning to feel "besieged" by the US and its allies in the Western Pacific.
President Xi Jinping recently announced that China will increase its defense spending in the coming years due to fundamental national security concerns.
In such a situation, it was not surprising when UK Prime Minister Rishi Sonnet said this week that there is a dangerous decade ahead and there is a need to be prepared to meet the growing security challenges.
So how did we get to this point and is the world approaching a catastrophic conflict in the Pacific between China and the US and its allies?
The West misjudged China. For years, the foreign ministries of Western countries had made a misguided assumption that China's economic freedom would lead to social and political freedom.
As Western multinationals began to set up joint ventures and millions of Chinese citizens began to enjoy a higher standard of living, it was certainly argued that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) would loosen its grip on the population and introduce some modest democratic reforms. would allow and thus China would become a full member of the so-called 'principles-based international system' but this did not happen.
However, China has become an economic giant, an integral part of the global supply chain, and the most important trading partner for countries around the world. adopted which upset Western governments and many of its neighbors such as Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines, etc.
For example, what are the causes of anxiety? The list is long but the main causes of conflict between China and the West are as follows:
Taiwan: China has repeatedly vowed that it will seize the sovereign island by force if necessary, while on the other hand, US President Joe Biden has said that the US will come to its (Taiwan) defense even though the US Official China policy does not commit to military action.
South China Sea: In recent years, China has used its large navy to colonize parts of the South China Sea, claiming it as its territory in violation of international law.
Technology: China is being accused of secretly acquiring vast amounts of personal data as well as stealing intellectual property to gain commercial advantage.
HONG KONG: Beijing has successfully crushed democracy in the former British colony, handing out long prison sentences to activists.
Uyghur Muslims: Satellite data and eyewitness accounts indicate that up to one million Uyghur Muslims were forcibly detained in camps in Xinjiang province.
This was the time when the world's oldest democracies came together to stop China's ambitions
Militarily, China today is a power that is believed to be iron. In recent years his army, the People's Liberation Army, has greatly increased its numbers as well as technology.
For example, China's Dongfeng hypersonic missile Mach 5, can travel at five times the speed of sound and is equipped with a high explosive or nuclear warhead.
That left the U.S. Seventh Fleet, based in Yokosuka, Japan, wondering how prepared they are for the threat of China's massive shore-based missile batteries.
China also embarked on a rapid expansion program for nuclear ballistic missiles, aiming to triple the number of warheads as it builds new bases in the far west.
However, none of this makes it clear that China wants to go to war. He doesn't want that. When it comes to Taiwan, he would prefer to pressure it enough to accept Beijing's rule without firing a shot, and as for Hong Kong and the Uyghurs, he knows that over time Criticism will fade because trade with China is so important to the rest of the world.
So, although tensions are high now and more phases of conflict are likely to come, China and the West are well aware that a war in the Pacific would be disastrous for everyone, and despite the angry rhetoric, it is definitely not going to happen. Not in the interest of either.