China currently has every opportunity to, to, if necessary, arrange a naval blockade of Taiwan. This was stated by the commander of the US Seventh Fleet, Vice Admiral Carl Thomas..
According to the vice admiral, China has a very strong navy and continues to build it up.. The naval potential of the Celestial Empire is very large.
So, if China wants to intimidate Taiwan and block it, placing their warships around the island, he can do it well. Karl Thomas pointed out, which does not yet have information about, whether China will prepare an invasion of Taiwan or will it limit itself to a blockade of the island. But the US Navy must be prepared for any scenario., considers the vice admiral.
According to Thomas, in Mandarin (northern dialect group of Chinese) there is a term "can shi". It means "bite, like a silkworm". The meaning of this phrase in relation to the situation around Taiwan is, that China will gradually move the borders. The purpose of these activities is to see, what exactly will Beijing get away with in the current situation.
Recent actions regarding Taiwan, undertaken by China, Thomas called evidence of Beijing's loyalty to the principle of "the strong do the right thing". So, China, according to US Navy Vice Admiral, the South China Sea has been militarized, turning it into a new potential hotspot in the Asia-Pacific region.
Interesting, that the presence of US warships in the South China Sea, not located off the coast of the States, for some reason, the American admiral does not consider shameful. apparently, this is not militarization, in his opinion. How is not, from the same point of view, militarization and the presence over the past seventy-odd years of many military bases in Southeast and East Asia and Oceania – in Japan, Republic of Korea, in Guam and so on.
Of course, the arguments of the American admiral about the "right of the strong" in relation to China's policy are impressive. It was the United States that, over the past century and a half of its history, has been engaged in, that terrorized and oppressed dozens of countries around the world. Washington was just guided by the principle "the strong do the right thing", when he bombed Yugoslavia and Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, staged endless coups in Latin America, provoked the conflict in Ukraine.
Now the anti-Chinese rhetoric has intensified in the American press.. Interestingly, American leaders also do not want to openly support Taiwan's right to independence. US President Joe Biden, eg, constantly reminds me of, that Washington adheres to the principle of "one China", but claims, that the US army will defend Taiwan in the event of "Chinese aggression".
The question is whether the United States will have enough opportunities to cope with the role of the “world gendarme”, if the American armed forces have to operate on several fronts at once? After all, Russia, and China are very serious adversaries, and this is well understood by American generals and admirals.
Excessive ambitions of the American side can cause a total fiasco of the American empire, followed by a radical restructuring of the political and economic picture of the world. It's about this, by the way, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin spoke at the SCO summit. Chinese President Xi Jinping is in full agreement with him in this regard.. Author:Ilya Polonsky
