The situation in Northeast Asia, often unpredictable. Group of Eight summit last week issued a statement condemning North Korea after the North Korea issue attached two “shells” to respond to external pressures: the Korean People’s Army on June 28 issued a notice to the United States to require the withdrawal of South Korean troops into the Panmunjom all heavy weapons; the same day, North Korea declared that it would take “new and advanced methods” to enhance nuclear deterrence. Just because people are worried about, “Tian An” incident triggered tension in the Korean Peninsula will erupt again, the one engaged in the People’s Liberation Army exercises in the East China Sea, the news led to some foreign media of infinite reverie.
Live-fire exercises that foreign media speculation
Wenzhou, China Network on June 24 published by the People’s Liberation Army 91 765 units (16 speedboat) circular. Notice that, June 30-July 5 daily 0:00 to 6 pm, the troops will be east of the East China Sea in Taizhou, Zhoushan to conduct live firing range training, the training period, all vessels entering the waters is strictly prohibited.
Zhoushan, East China Sea Fleet base for this year’s regular exercise, and some foreign media “imagination.” Singapore’s “Lianhe Zaobao,” June 28 article said that while the United States and South Korea in the Yellow Sea near China’s Shandong Province on the eve of joint military exercises, the PLA East Sea Fleet, “a rare circular,” and the US-ROK military exercise can not help but link. BBC reports also said that the timing of the PLA exercise was “very subtle.” Speculation for the outside world, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang on June 29 at a regular press conference that the PLA exercises in the East China Sea and the Korean Peninsula does not matter.
In fact, the troops from the Chinese navy equipment configurations, it is not, as some media have speculated that, as clearly intended the US-ROK joint military exercise. Public information, the main detachment of 16 boats and equipment mostly offshore light vessels, under the jurisdiction of minesweepers, landing ships, hunting submarines and corvettes to four ship groups, and equipped with Chinese-made 022-type missile boats. Among them, minesweepers and landing craft are support-type auxiliary warships, itself does not attack; hunting is mainly responsible for coastal patrols and submarine anti-submarine, also belong to the obvious “defense forces”; which were outside the 022-type missile boats promising, although the power amazing, but only in coastal waters. If the US-ROK joint military exercise in the exercise and there is “some connection”, that is, once again showed China maintaining regional stability and signal – “We do not provocation, but we have power.”
US-ROK military exercise dense fog
Live-fire exercises with the People’s Liberation Army is the same concern dragged the US-ROK joint military exercise. As planned, South Korean navies in the Yellow Sea north Georgia gundo, Germany fish Qingdao waters plot near the island and large-scale anti-submarine exercises. To the U.S. military as the home port of Yokosuka, “George Washington” nuclear aircraft carrier will join the exercise.
As the purpose of this exercise is reverie, exercise time also enveloped a layer of Supremacy. Yonhap quoted South Korea on June 28 the head of the military as saying: “the original plan in June to start in the west end of the ROK-US speech, because the United States has not finalized the distribution re-arrangement of the Seventh Fleet in the global combat capability of the schedule, so will be postponed to be held in July. ”
If the delay of the process of back exercises is easy to see, the U.S. attitude on the part in the exercise is not very clear, it can be said is hesitant, but rather South Korea is very active. June 6, South Korea Defense Policy Chief Chang Day (audio) in accepting an interview with Yonhap said, originally scheduled for June 8 to 11 in the Yellow Sea to start the Korea-US joint anti-submarine exercises postponed to 6 at the end because “the United States needed more time to prepare.” But this exercise was postponed to July, is South Korea’s military and explosive materials.
“Pursues military exercises, how out, now is a Korean words. The United States has never come forward the exercise of the news release. Is likely to exercise even this did not exist.” Military commentator on the Song Xiaojun “News of the World,” told reporters.
More interesting is that much concern to China, “George Washington” if the carrier went to the Yellow Sea, has become a question mark. The United States sent the aircraft carrier earlier on participating noncommittal, but did not take long denied this.
June 6, working with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates at the Asian security conference in Singapore, the Pentagon press secretary in to the “Voice of America” in an email statement: “Bill Gates is not the decision of the Korean Peninsula Marine deployed aircraft carrier in the near future there will not be such a plan. “Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said, the nuclear aircraft carrier involved in the US-ROK joint military exercises in the report do not conform to the facts.
Even the military exercises have taken place in the pattern of “misfortune.” Yonhap reported that in mid-June, originally led by the United States, Korea and the U.S. Seventh Fleet exercise in the Yellow Sea, will be replaced by South Korea’s military-led.
The United States take into account the feelings of Chinese folk?
Beijing Institute of Foreign Affairs told American experts Wang Fan, “News of the World” reporter, the US-ROK military exercise has been postponed, major and delicate situation in the Korean peninsula. “Tian An” incident took place, as against external pressure, North Korea made a series of hard-line stance, and even threatened to nuclear weapons is not furnished. U.S. concerns, at this sensitive moment in the exercise, may lead to a more radical response to North Korea. “This is America’s strategy in Northeast Asia, it is necessary to maintain the proper tension, not let the situation get out of control.”
Wang Fan said that in addition to consider North Korea’s response, China’s strong reaction is also the issue of U.S. military exercise caution a major factor. “In the ‘Tian’ No. events, and more international, the United States wants China’s support and cooperation, so keen to avoid stimulating the Chinese military.”
Since the U.S. nuclear aircraft carrier to the Yellow Sea to send out news of the exercise, China’s domestic re-igniting national sentiment. “The U.S. would like to test the Chinese bottom line”, “U.S. military ventures will not succeed”, similar words appear in major forums. Associated Press article said, strongly condemned the US-ROK military exercise is usually only in the isolation of North Korea, but this is China’s “angry youth” on the Internet sounded angry horn.
Some Chinese media have focused on the US-ROK military exercises were reported. “News of the World,” the first time a U.S. nuclear aircraft carrier to capture the message will go to the Yellow Sea. Since then, the “Global Times”, Central Television and a number of mainstream media are timely follow-up. June 22, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang at a regular briefing, said the current circumstances, relevant parties should keep calm and restraint, do not do aggravate tensions and undermine the region’s national interests.
In fact, the United States sent the aircraft carrier issue prevarication, shows that they clear up this matter on the Sino-US relations is not child’s play. U.S. “Washington Post” on June 19 revealed that, Obama is sending an aircraft carrier within the government and South Korea to participate in joint military exercises held in the issue of disputes. Some people think within the government to send 97,000 tons-class aircraft carrier to the Yellow Sea, China may be annoying. While others said that, the United States needs its allies and North Korea and China, conveying a clear message that the United States strongly supports South Korea.
China’s hardline military exchanges suspended
Academy of Military Science researcher Zhao Xiaozhuo world military research on “World News” reporter pointed out that Sino-US bilateral relations and military relations between the most vulnerable part, have any problems, it is easy surge of waves, a topic. “Whether the exercise of wide speculation that the East China Sea, or to open in China over the U.S. aircraft carrier’s response, illustrate the characteristics of Sino-US military relations.”
This year, from the beginning of the U.S. arms sales to Taiwan announced the beginning of Sino-US military exchanges have been at low ebb, and the other side of the lively contrast to economic exchanges.
In June, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates’s visit to China was turned down, can be said that Sino-US military exchanges marked the further into the “cold period.” Subsequently, the two top military fierce battle in Singapore, the two sides through an open game. The United States not only in words to jump to the proposed development of China’s military power, while movements in the region frequently.
Beijing Institute of Foreign Affairs Wang Fan U.S. experts believe that, at present, the greatest obstacle to Sino-US military exchanges is lack of mutual trust. “The key responsibility is in the United States. The United States has not given up on China’s military vigilance and containment, it will lead to tensions between the two armed forces.”
Wang Fan said that the recent resumption of the United States has repeatedly expressed will of the United States and military exchanges. Not long ago, U.S. President Barack Obama again expressed the hope that the Chinese side to invite Bill Gates to visit China. But listen to his words but also deeds. “The United States can once again challenges China’s core interests.”
