The phone call between Pentagon chief and the Chinese Defense Minister maybe it can ease the tension a bit for a while, although frankly the positions have stayed the same. But certainly not enough. The tension in between United States and China Stay high and naturally focus on Taiwanthe other geopolitical game that – during the Putin’s war in Ukraine – worried the international community. Between conflicting warnings about the conflict in Eastern Europe and Beijing’s military provocations, the proof only came yesterday when the Pentagon chief finally arrived Lloyd Austin and the Minister of Defense of the People’s Republic Wei Fenghe They heard over the phone that 11 Beijing military jets raided Taiwan’s so-called “air defense identification room.” A tour de force, according to the Taiwanese Ministry of Defence, which was also deployed two H-6 bombers flying very close to the south-west border Taipei to get his jets off the ground.
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The phone call between Austin and Fenghe was the first since the Biden administration took office and broke a communications impasse that Washington viewed with growing concern over the alliance between them Beijing and To fly on the background of war in Ukraine. For over a year, the secretary of defense had tried to speak to the general Xu Qiliangthe highest-ranking officer in the Communist Party structure, as vice-president of the Central Military Commission, the highest organ of the armed forces headed by the President Xi Jinping. In the past, this was an established practice, but this time Beijing has insisted on respecting it protocol and thus for a contact between parigrade.
The US goal was to resume dialogue and reiterated the message of Joe Biden in the March 18 video call to Xi, in which the US President threatened severe consequences if Beijing provided military aid or economically in Moscow in the conflict in Ukraine. Austin also recalled the importance of managing the strategic competition US-China, also in the areas of nuclear, space and cyber, improve the communication channels in crises. Finally, the US Secretary of Defense reiterated Washington’s concerns about Beijing’s military provocations against Taiwan and Beijing’s activities in the Southeast China Sea. But the phone call, which lasted 45 minutes, became one stormy job interview High tension, according to the Beijing report.
China reiterated a concept dear to the United States, namely, “not to use the Ukrainian question to defame and slander.” exert pressure on Beijing by threats”, and rejects any juxtaposition between Kyiv and Taiwan, the island that represents the true red line of the gods bilateral relations. Beijing considers it part “inalienable” of its territory, if necessary by force. “It’s an inseparable part of China, a fact and a status quo that nobody can change” and “if the issue isn’t handled properly, it will have one.” destabilizing effect on relations between the two countries,” Wei warned.
The warning comes after Beijing pledged to increase the number “Strategic Coordination” with Moscow – and thus confirms the sealed “friendship without borders”. Wladimir Putin and Xi at the Chinese Winter Games – and signed a security agreement with the Solomon Islandspossible prelude to a Dragon military base in the archipelago northwest of Australia: a deal that seems to be a response Aukus (the US-UK-Australia Pacific NATO to contain China) and which could threaten the balance of power in a region crucial for maritime transport.
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