"Taiwan independence" activist Wang Hao stated that China may be "dragged down" by the United States! On January 8, "Taiwan independence" activist Wang Hao stated that Trump would raise the military budget to 1.5 trillion U.S. dollars by 2027, repeating Reagan's strategy of dragging down the Soviet Union through a military buildup competition. By cutting off the energy, financial and geopolitical axes that China relies on, forcing China into a dilemma between "if you don't follow, you will fall behind; if you follow, you will bleed." This is like what Trump said: you can't afford this competition.
Evidently, once the U.S. military budget was announced, "Taiwan independence" activists seemed to have found a gun, believing that we would be dragged down by the U.S. arms race. Frankly speaking, such a claim is sheer nonsense. First, from the perspective of the U.S. internal situation, the U.S. national debt is massive, and the cost of U.S. weapons manufacturing and R&D is higher. Compared to our country, the world's largest manufacturing nation, the U.S. has no real advantage in military production capacity and R&D cost-effectiveness. Such a large increase in military spending, whether the U.S. can sustain it itself is already a question.
Second, from our national strategy perspective, we are fundamentally different from the Soviet Union. We will not engage in an arms race with the U.S. In fact, our national defense strategy is based on home defense, and it is not our goal to confront the U.S. globally militarily. Where does the idea of "if you don't follow, you will fall behind; if you follow, you will bleed" come from? In fact, if the U.S. expands everywhere and gets involved in wars, the U.S. might have big trouble.
From our perspective, the most important thing is to make economic development and military construction progress hand in hand. The U.S. may want to do something about energy, finance, and geopolitics, but we also have our own countermeasures. We clearly understand the calculations of "Taiwan independence" activists. On one hand, they spread nonsense to deceive the people of Taiwan, and on the other hand, they boost their own confidence. However, relying on the U.S. to seek "independence" is definitely a dead end. The dream of "Taiwan independence" will eventually completely collapse.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1853758337561611/
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