Chapter 357: The Face of a Great Power
The uproar of a serious nuclear confrontation and a serious military conflict between China and the United States, triggered by the deployment of nuclear missiles by the United States in south Korea, was quelled by the "three parts military, seven points politics" of Chinese and American politicians.
After some military testing and arduous political negotiations, the United States has finally found a "strategic balance point acceptable to both China and the United States."
After the conclusion of high-level talks between China and the United States, both China and the United States took steps to fulfill their commitments, and the Red Navy of the Far East Fleet of the Chinese Navy sent six minesweepers to begin clearing mines in major ports and waterways such as the port of Busan and the mouth of the Yeosu River in South Korea. The US military has also stepped up efforts to dismantle the missile launchers deployed in Busan, Gwangju, Daegu, and Daejeon in South Korea, and to blow up the "coffins" of those secretly built missile launch bases.
On 29 March, several US merchant ships and three US cargo ships chartered by the Chinese government passed through the Guanmen Strait between the Chinese Navy and the Okinawa Special Administrative Region of China after being inspected by the Chinese Navy, and passed through the Tsushima Strait under the "escort" of the Chinese Navy and entered the port of Pusan in South Korea.
On 30 March, the US political axe announced that in view of the current easing of the situation, the United States has achieved its desired goal. The US political axe decided to lift the blockade in the waters of the South and North Atlantic, intercept all ships of China and other socialist countries traveling between the South and North Atlantic, and order these ships to be inspected and disposed of by US ships." Freedom of navigation in the above-mentioned waters will be restored. ”
"The lesser of two evils" is actually that the United States has lost to the Chinese in the current Sino-US contest. It was forced to withdraw the medium-range strategic missiles deployed under China's nose and withdraw all the US armed forces deployed in the Asian region, but it avoided the biggest disaster since the founding of the United States.
The rising New China spanned the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and had achieved absolute domination over Asia on land. Whether China can move from land to sea, and from a land power to a maritime power, China's status as a maritime power is the concept of China's "inland sea" within the first island chain, namely the Benhai, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and the South China Sea. In the end, whether the international community recognizes it or not, it is up to the world to recognize it through its own strength.
In this "big gamble" between China and the United States, China won the final victory and experienced this severe test in its foreign relations. Through this major event, China laid the legal foundation for the Chinese version of the "Monroe Doctrine" in which Asia is Asian's Asia and Asian affairs must be decided by Chinese, and the cornerstone of enduring diplomacy. China's concept of an "inland sea" and China's status as a rising superpower were finally recognized by the United States, a traditional superpower.
China's political axe can understand the vote politics of the United States, and it has also given the United States enough face for this series of "accidents" suffered by the United States. China has not publicized the great victory it has achieved, and even if it is reported in a very low-key way, the Chinese political axe would have remained silent about the armed conflict between China and the United States under normal circumstances, without the special requirements of the US political axe. It's up to the American government to explain it to its own people.
The USS Enterprise's all-nuclear-powered aircraft carrier fleet's "Evil Man" attack nuclear submarine and two A-4 "Skyhawk" carrier-based light attack planes and one carrier-based E-1 airborne early warning aircraft were shot down and sunk by China's "MZD" aircraft carrier fleet in the waters off the western edge of the Pacific Ocean. According to the instructions of the White House, it was announced to the American people in such a form.
On 29 March, a spokesman for the US side announced to the US media at a news conference that after one year and four months of service, the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier fleet had held a 'peace tour' of the world in order to adapt itself to navigation in any sea area of the world and to conduct a comprehensive scientific experiment on the first all-nuclear-powered aircraft carrier fleet of the United States. As for the cause of the disappearance of the plane and submarine, the US Navy is still actively investigating.
As soon as the Enterprise aircraft carrier fleet discovered that it had lost contact with these planes and submarines, it immediately mobilized its aircraft and surface ships to launch a large-scale search and rescue operation in the waters where the planes and submarines had disappeared. Unfortunately, no relevant information has been found on board the missing aircraft and submarines. At present, the US Navy, with the full assistance of the Chinese Navy, is conducting a search and rescue operation on a larger scale
The news published by the US spokesman at the press conference immediately aroused great interest in the US media, and as soon as the spokesman's words fell, a reporter from the Washington Post asked loudly. "Is this mysterious disappearance related to China's naval blockade of the Tsushima Strait?"
"So far, we have no evidence that the disappearance has anything to do with China's naval blockade of the Tsushima Strait." A spokesman for the U.S. [***] side guided the direction of public opinion, saying: "According to the Chinese Navy, which assisted us in the search and rescue, China also had a similar incident of mysterious disappearance of ships in this sea area last year. ”
"Could this be another Bermuda?" A reporter from the New York Times asked.
The US military spokesman was very professional, and he answered the reporter's question very tactfully and with some hints and subtlety: "There are many mysterious phenomena in the world, and we cannot give a more reasonable explanation at present. As I just said, the cause of the disappearance of the plane and the submarine is still under investigation, so I can't jump to the kind of conclusions you said. ”
Any public opinion serves a certain political purpose, the political axe guides the direction of public opinion, and the media is the best tool for politicians to fool the common people, no matter which country the common people, the vast majority of them are like a flock of obedient sheep with the shepherd's cry. Therefore, the "news" and the so-called "true images" that the common people relished and chewed repeatedly after dinner are just the excrement of the "political elites" who have been fully digested by politicians and carefully processed by the media. This is the role of the guidance of public opinion.
Kennedy, the youngest president in American history, is probably the most cowardly of his political axe, he is not an indomitable bald eagle, but he is brave for sure. Many times, it takes more courage to seek peace than to wage war. Kennedy seemed to have forgotten that he personally chaired the White House meeting of the US National Security Council and decided to deploy nuclear missiles in south Korea in order to maintain the nuclear strategic balance with China. At the congressional meeting, he made a fairly high-level commentary on the US withdrawal from Asia and the signing of the "Sino-US Maritime Agreement" with China.
Standing on the podium energetically, he told the US congressmen: In today's world, the economy has developed toward a trend of globalization, the United States and China have broken the boundaries between the original camps, the Sino-US ties are close and the interdependent relationship between the United States and China is constantly deepening, and a situation of intermingling interests and sharing weal and woe has been formed. Living in such a world, we politicians must look at everything around us from a broader global perspective, pay more attention to exchanges and cooperation with China, learn from each other, and achieve mutual benefit and common development. This is an important enlightenment given to us by the development of today's times.
After talking endlessly about the current world trend and the significance of Sino-US relations, he then recalled the achievements made between China and the United States over the past 10 years or so, and said: Mr. Congressmen, as we all know, China has the world's most advanced science and technology, abundant funds, abundant human resources, and strong market demand. The U.S. and China have strong economic complementarities, extensive common interests, and broad space for cooperation. In the 10 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and China, the bilateral trade volume has grown from just over $1 billion to nearly $40 billion, an increase of nearly 40 times. At present, China has invested in more than 1,000 projects in the United States, with a cumulative actual investment of more than $30 billion. China has become the largest trading partner and fastest-growing export market of the United States, and the United States is also China's largest trading partner and largest export market.
He then cited the statistics of Morgan Stanley, an international financial services company in New York, which is commonly known as the "big one" in the US financial circles, to explain that the rapidly developing US-China economic and trade cooperation has brought tangible benefits to the American people. According to Morgan Stanley's analysis materials, in 1962 alone, China's export of high-quality and low-cost high-grade goods to the United States saved American consumers nearly $1 billion while enjoying the fruits of China's high technology in advance, and the transfer of tens of thousands of patented technologies in China saved the United States a lot of research time and research funds, and promoted the development of the American economy, science and technology. U.S. trade with China has created more than 2 million jobs for the American people. U.S. companies have benefited handsomely from U.S.-China economic and trade cooperation, enhancing U.S. competitiveness in the global market and sustainable development in the U.S. homeland.
The investment of more than 500 Chinese enterprises in the United States has made an important contribution to the development and employment of the United States. After citing these facts, Kennedy said with deep feeling that China is an important driving force for economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region and the world. There is no reason to be an enemy of a superpower like China, which has a significant influence in the world.
The signing of the "China-US Ocean Agreement," a document of historic significance, with China, is necessary for maintaining world peace, maintaining long-term stability in the Asia-Pacific region, and for US national strategic security, and is completely in line with US interests. The U.S. withdrawal from Asia was by no means a decision made under the pressure of China's threats, but a decision made after our careful consideration. As I said earlier, the international situation has undergone a fundamental change. The US military forces in Asia, including those on the Korean Peninsula and South Vietnam, have lost their original significance and role. What is the point of investing so much human, material and financial resources into Asia every year? Ladies and gentlemen, do you think about it more than you gain? I can tell you that the American political axe has long been eager to withdraw those American troops stationed in Asia in order to strengthen the American defense forces at home and in Europe.
Kennedy then turned his tune and began to harshly refute the opposition Republicans' criticism of his political axe: prudence is the greatest virtue, but those with partisan prejudices have tried to present our vital foreign policy for the benefit of the country and the people as 'appeasement' and add the words of fear and timidity.
Kennedy sarcastically said: They seem to pretend to be braver than others, chattering endlessly, take risks, China is not so terrible, fight to the death with China. They want us to take a pistol with a bullet on it, bet on the fate of the United States and play roulette with China. They seem ready for the United States to die beautifully, but we believe it is not worth dying beautifully. That's not courage at all, it's a very dangerous stubbornness! Could it be that the whole point of our existence is to fight to the death with China? Don't they know what the military impact of China's strategic capabilities is? , the impact of which may be devastating, for the United States is devastating!
We are now realigning the U.S.-China strategic relationship through the U.S.-China Ocean Agreement, bringing the U.S.-China strategy to a new balance. Stopping China's desire to strike the United States by force in order to achieve this purpose of their Monroe Doctrine.
Establishing a superpower relationship with China with a clear division of labor and mutual cooperation on the basis of mutual trust has won peace and security for the Americans and the time we need for development.
"Good! John, we've got your back! Some of the lawmakers stood up and shouted.
Kennedy's eyes were full of gratitude, how could he not be excited? He survived his first crisis in power. He waved his hand to the congressmen who supported him and said: "What is even more gratifying is that we have found a new common ground between China and China, that is, China and the United States have reached a cooperation intention on absolutely banning nuclear testing in the earth's atmosphere, and through this cooperation between the United States and China, the manufacture and development of nuclear weapons will be strictly limited to the five nuclear-armed states: the United States, China, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and France."
(To be continued)