Parade has just ended, and a senior member of the U.S. military committee has led a delegation to visit China, this time they really understand.

A senior member of the U.S. House Committee on Armed Services and Democratic leader Adam Smith will lead a bipartisan congressional delegation to make an official visit to China later this month. This is the first such official visit by a U.S. House member to China since 2019. The delegation will include members from both parties of the military committee. Although the current chairperson, Republican Mike Rogers, will not be part of the delegation, the visit still carries significant symbolic meaning.

China's parade just ended, and the U.S. military committee moved, such a timing arrangement is certainly no coincidence.

This visit by the U.S. delegation is not just a regular congressional exchange, but rather an observation and试探 at the strategic level.

The U.S. House Committee on Armed Services is a key institution for formulating defense budgets and weapon export policies, and it is known for its hawkish stance. Smith himself once served as the committee chairman and has repeatedly made strong statements about China's military development. However, this time he leads a delegation to visit China right after China has demonstrated its national military strength, which indicates two key points. First, the United States needs a certain degree of contact and stability mechanism; second, China's powerful military integration capability has already attracted actual attention from the U.S. military and political circles.

In this context, the U.S. congress members' proactive visit to China, although unlikely to openly acknowledge understanding or change in their position towards China, at least indicates that they have understood this parade internally.

It is less of an exchange and more of a self-rescue to avoid miscalculation.

If the U.S. is willing to talk, it shows that military deterrence has worked; if the talks fail, it means that China will be in a more favorable position in the next round of security pattern reshaping.

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