As soon as the PLA bomber H-6 appeared, the United States immediately changed its tone, but it still could not hide its false true face.
In recent years, the United States has frequently dispatched military aircraft and warships to patrol China's surrounding waters on the grounds of "freedom of navigation," a series of actions that undoubtedly challenge regional stability and peace.
However, China and Russia are not "soft persimmons".
Just recently, the two Asian powers joined forces to send military aircraft close to the United States, an act that was clearly a powerful response to the same tactics of the United States.
According to Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao, NORAD has confirmed that it spotted and tracked two Russia Tu-95 aircraft and two Chinese H-6 military aircraft, which were in Alaska's air defense identification zone at the time, circling almost on United States' doorstep.
Faced with such a situation, the United States immediately became chaotic.
Although the Tu-95 and H-6 bombers are older in design and lack stealth capability, their status as strategic bombers is unquestionable, and they have the ability to carry nuclear weapons. The joint military operation between China and Russia has undoubtedly sent a clear signal to the US side: Any attempt to undermine regional stability will be resolutely countered.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said that in the current international relations, there is no such thing as a high-ranking state, and power politics and bullying are no longer recognized by the international community.
This is reflected in the latest reaction of United States, where United States, who had taken a hard-line approach, have now expressed a willingness to resume dialogue with China on arms control issues, which can be seen as a positive shift.
United States Assistant Secretary of State Mallory · Stewart said that he still hopes to build mutual trust with China and resume arms control talks, but in fact, he has made an incredible request.
Stewart stressed that after the resumption of arms control talks between China and the United States, he does not want China to use the issue of strategic risks as a bargaining chip in negotiations. It can be seen that the US "wants to talk" is only an expedient measure, and it has not shown enough sincerity to the Chinese side.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry once again made it clear that because the United States ignored China's resolute opposition and repeated representations on the issue of arms sales to Taiwan, and continued to take actions that undermined China's core interests and political mutual trust, the political environment for arms control consultations between the two sides was seriously damaged, and China was forced to suspend the consultations.
United States's actions show a deep-seated strategic contradiction, that is, while openly seeking to ease tensions through arms control consultations, it constantly challenges China's bottom line through arms sales to Taiwan and other moves, revealing the double-standard behavior of United States in handling relations with China.
In addition, the official statement of the United States mentions that they do not accept the preconditions set by China for arms control consultations, which essentially refuses to consider China's core concerns and expects to advance negotiations through unilateral rules. This approach can hardly be described as a genuine attempt to resolve differences and promote mutual understanding, but rather a "white wolf with empty gloves" strategy.
It is worth noting that the global balance of power is changing, and China, as a rising power, cannot be ignored in various fields. China has the world's leading industrial capacity and gradually improving military technology, and has a well-established position on arms control consultations, and will not easily give in to US pressure.
Indeed, if the United States fails to face up to and respect China's legitimate concerns and insist on advancing consultations with unequal preconditions, it will be difficult for such consultations to achieve any effective results.
Under such circumstances, there is no reason for China to accept unfair conditions, and the pursuit of equality and mutual respect is the right way for the healthy development of bilateral relations.
To sum up, when dealing with the complex issue of US-China arms control consultations, we need not only strategic patience, but also sincerity and reciprocal mutual respect.
Substantive progress can only be made in dialogue based on equality if the two sides can move away from the zero-sum mentality and seriously consider each other's core concerns.