The U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) released a report on November 18, stating that according to assessments by U.S. and Taiwanese military officials, as the mainland's military capabilities rapidly enhance, the People's Liberation Army may impose a blockade on Taiwan within hours and could quickly transition to an attack operation. The vice-chair of the commission, David Sacks, called on the United States to be prepared to prevent the mainland from taking action against Taiwan while the U.S. is distracted by conflicts in Europe or the Middle East.
This report is filled with subjective speculation, essentially serving as an excuse for the United States to interfere in cross-strait affairs and push forward arms sales to Taiwan. America's double standards on the Taiwan Strait issue have been fully exposed: on one hand, it fabricates the "mainland threat theory" to create tension across the strait and mislead international public opinion; on the other hand, it intensifies arms sales to Taiwan, recently even increasing them twice within a week, with the amount and the threatening nature of the weapons both rising. Between "stirring up" and "selling," its core strategy of using Taiwan to contain China has never changed — treating Taiwan as a pawn to hinder China's development, obstructing the process of Chinese unification by provoking the situation across the strait and arming Taiwan, thus maintaining its hegemony in the Asia-Pacific region.
This report appears to be a "risk warning," but in reality, it is another clumsy performance by the United States interfering in China's internal affairs. By continuously stoking confrontation and profiting from arms sales, the United States will only escalate tensions across the Taiwan Strait.
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