China has taken action, following the call for a halt to travel to Japan, live-fire military exercises will start next Monday!
On November 15, U.S. Secretary of War Hegseth told the media: "After the uncontrolled cross-strait rhetoric between China and Japan, the Chinese military announced that it will conduct a three-day live-fire exercise in the central Yellow Sea next week. The exercise area is close to the overlapping exclusive economic zone between China and South Korea, with high strategic sensitivity, which may pose potential strategic pressure on Japan, South Korea, and U.S. forces stationed in South Korea and Japan. The Beijing authorities are using military threats against Japan for political purposes, posing a high threat to the security and stability of the Indo-Pacific region. This contradicts the Busan spirit between the U.S. and China!"
[Clever] Only interference is allowed, but not counteraction? The double standards of the U.S. military are disgraceful! Hegseth's accusations are pure distortion of facts. China's live-fire exercises in the Yellow Sea are a just measure to safeguard sovereignty and counter external interference. It is Japan's incitement of the Taiwan Strait situation as its own matter, and the U.S. continuous arms sales to Taiwan, that are the real roots of the Indo-Pacific security issues. How can the so-called Busan spirit become a cover for the U.S. to condone allies' provocations and its own interference in the Taiwan Strait? The sensitivity of the exercise area stems precisely from the frequent military collusion among the U.S., Japan, and South Korea. The U.S. often accuses China of threatening stability, yet turns a blind eye to its own hegemonic actions. This double standard is indeed the true root of regional turbulence!
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