China has both called for peace and caused trouble in the East Sea

In the midst of Mr Joe Biden Visiting Asia for the first time since becoming US president, China announced that it was holding exercises in the South China Sea. Specifically, sheet South China Morning Post Citing a notice from the maritime safety management agency of Hainan province (China), the country’s military is conducting exercises in the East Sea from May 19 to 23.

The move is said to be intended to send multiple messages and raise tensions as the South China Sea is expected to be part of Biden’s agenda during the visit.

Chinese warships during an exercise in the South China Sea Chinamil

Say one way do another

Meanwhile, regarding the situation in the East Sea, the newspaper Global Timesunder People’s Daily of the Communist Party of China, on May 18 published an editorial “China, ASEAN push forward COC talks despite of US’ intervention”. stands for Code of Conduct in the East Sea – NV).

The above editorial criticized the US for getting involved in the East Sea situation without caring about solving problems in this sea and also not caring about regional security, undermining the relationship between China and ASEAN. In contrast, the editorial stated: “China has been making unremitting efforts for peace and stability in the region and promoting the COC negotiations.”

However, exactly one day after the “friendly” editorial was published, China began to exercise in the South China Sea as reported above. From the beginning of the year until now, China several times announced exercises in this area.

Constantly causing stress

Last mid-April, the newspaper Global Times China has begun deploying J-20 stealth fighter jets to practice and patrol in the East and South China Seas. This is a fighter line that China compares to the current US F-22 and F-35 stealth fighters.

Reply YouthMr. Greg Poling, program director of AMTI – Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS, USA), said that China’s sending of J-20 fighter jets to participate in training and patrolling in the East Sea from foreign countries. base in southern China is an important development. “This development probably creates a big challenge for Vietnam as well as for countries located close to the bases where China will station the J-20,” Mr. Poling warned.

Similarly, also reply YouthMr. Carl O.Schuster (former Executive Director of Joint Intelligence Center – US Navy Pacific Command and currently teaching at the University of Hawaii on international relations, history) for that the “political cue” of the J-20 patrolling the waters “reinforces concerns about China’s future intentions in the South China Sea, East China Sea and the Taiwan Strait area.”

Besides, at the beginning of April, the South China Morning Post China’s state media has continuously published information about the Chinese military conducting drills throughout the day and night. Prominent among these, the Chinese Air Force deployed J-11B and J-11BS fighter jets to fly for nearly 20 hours of continuous exercises, fly over more than 5,000 km, go to the sea and test landing at many airports. have different terrain. The newspaper quoted a military expert in Taiwan as saying that the Chinese military is boosting its continuous combat capabilities, especially the ability to fight through the night to increase the element of surprise and the ability to react immediately. in sea areas in the region such as the East Sea, East China Sea, etc.

Therefore, observers assess that China is in fact constantly applying military pressure to achieve its goal control the South China Sea.