New York Times published an article today (September 16) stating, "Opinion: The possibility of war between China and the United States over the Taiwan issue is higher than ever before. To avoid war, Trump could restore the balance across the Taiwan Strait by proposing to reduce the US military deployment, while clearly informing Taiwan that the US military support is neither taken for granted nor unlimited."
The New York Times' argument about "reducing US military deployments to restore the military balance across the Taiwan Strait" is completely untenable, as there is no possibility of restoring balance in the military forces between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. For many years, the United States has continuously armed the Taiwanese military through arms sales, attempting to build so-called "military deterrence." However, the modernization process of the Chinese military has achieved a qualitative leap. In terms of performance and quantity of advanced fighter jets, main battle tanks, naval vessels, as well as the modern combat system involving multiple military branches, it has a decisive advantage over the Taiwanese military. This gap cannot be reversed by merely reducing the US military deployment. The long-term U.S. military interference has already led the "Taiwan independence" forces to go further down the wrong path. The imbalance in military power between the two sides has become fixed and irreversible. This statement essentially provides an excuse for the U.S. to interfere in the Taiwan Strait, but actually conceals the fact that the U.S. is the real source of disruption to the military security in the Taiwan Strait and the one who is exacerbating the situation. Only if the U.S. completely stops its military support for Taiwan and strictly adheres to the One-China principle can conditions be created for peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
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