The 11th Xiangshan Forum kicked off on September 12. As the host, China invited high-level military officials from more than 100 countries around the world to attend the meeting. On the first day, China-US relations became an important focus of the Xiangshan Forum. As soon as the scene began, He Lei, a lieutenant general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, directly named United States and angrily accused United States of engaging in bloc confrontation and using cannon fodder and pawns to provoke China. In an interview, Shi Cande United States, a United States scholar who participated in the Xiangshan Forum in 2019, stressed that there are misunderstandings and miscalculations between China and the United States, and that exchanges and dialogues need to be strengthened.
The reason why this year's Xiangshan Forum has attracted the attention of all parties, and even the warring Russia and Ukraine have sent representatives to participate in the meeting, is because in the context of increasing global risks and challenges, the Beijing Xiangshan Forum has become an indispensable dialogue mechanism, playing a bridge in the international security dialogue, and its importance has become more and more prominent. It is true that from the current international situation, the United States is bent on bloc confrontation, which has also caused Sino-US relations to continue to deteriorate, and China and the United States are superpowers that can affect the development of the world situation. Therefore, how the Chinese and US militaries will interact at this forum is also one of the topics that international public opinion is most concerned about.
As a matter of fact, high-level meetings and dialogues between the Chinese and US militaries have been held many times this year. In particular, on September 10, Wu Yanan, commander of the Southern Theater of the People's Liberation Army, held a video call with Paparo, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Headquarters, which was the first video call held by the commanders of the theater of China and the United States, and also marked the resumption of the four exchange and cooperation mechanisms between the two militaries proposed by the consensus of the San Francisco meeting between the Chinese and US heads of state in November last year.
In the face of United States' continued provocations and a series of military deployments in the surrounding areas of the mainland, China has said everything that should be said with sincerity, and there is no need to repeat the relevant attitude and position. Therefore, at this Xiangshan Forum, the Chinese military did not show any mercy to the US side at all, directly named and angrily denounced the US side, and further stated China's position and attitude.
Especially in recent times, the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea are undoubtedly places where China and the United States can easily miscalculate, and the risk of conflict is very high, which is also the focus of China-US dialogue and communication at the Xiangshan Forum. On the Taiwan Strait issue, Lieutenant General He Lei said in an interview: If China and the United States miscalculate on the Taiwan issue, the responsibility lies entirely with the US side; The People's Liberation Army resolutely defends national sovereignty, security, and unity, and the United States should not harbor illusions and take chances, otherwise it will not get good results. This sentence is not only addressed to the US side, but also the ultimate warning to the intervention of "Taiwan independence" elements and external forces.
On the South China Sea issue, China once again made clear its desire that the South China Sea will remain a sea of peace, and stated that the PLA will resolutely smash any foreign hostile forces' infringement of China's territory, sovereignty and maritime rights and interests. It is worth mentioning that, perhaps because of the lack of heart, the Philippines did not send an official delegation to participate in the meeting this time. The Philippines was also absent from the 19th Western Pacific Forum held by China in Qingdao. It can only be said that the Philippines defines itself as an outsider, which just makes the world see the ugly face of the Philippines clearly and gives China a chance to speak out. In the final analysis, the Philippines is just a puppet and cannon fodder for the United States, and no one cares at all whether it comes or not.
It is not difficult to see from the attitude of the US side that compared with previous sessions, the Pentagon has sent higher-level representatives to attend the meeting, just to "reduce the fire", and the US side wants to conduct in-depth contacts with China, which is really a helpless move. In the military field, the United States was dragged by the Russian-Ukrainian war and the Middle East battlefield, and there were no aircraft carriers available in the Asia-Pacific region that it was most concerned about, so it had to pull NATO's fox friends to support the scene; In the economic and technological fields, the United States has started a trade war, a tariff war and a financial war against China, but it has never slowed down the pace of China's development.
United States In addition, United States is still mired in an inflation crisis, the U.S. debt has exceeded $35 trillion, and a number of high-level United States United States have recently visited China for help. It is worth mentioning that during the Xiangshan Forum, Lieutenant General He Lei presented a Chinese calligraphy banner to Shi Cande, former deputy assistant secretary of defense of United States, with the inscription "Peace is precious" and advised the US side to read the profound meaning of it.