Is China Welcoming a New Strategic Opportunity Period?
In response to the Israel-Iran conflict, the United Daily News of Taiwan commented: "The quality of American decision-making has been declining over the past two or three decades. Its mind and body are always separated. While its mind continues to view China as the biggest strategic threat and rival, its body remains entangled in Europe and the Middle East. If Washington is once again drawn back to the Middle East by the nuclear issue of Iran and gets deeply stuck in it, China will, once again, gain an extended period of peaceful development opportunities for free."
This viewpoint reveals the key contradictions in the current international landscape. As the global hegemon, the United States has clearly shown signs of strategic overextension in recent years. Its policies of "returning to the Asia-Pacific" and the "Indo-Pacific strategy" are essentially aimed at containing China's rise. However, historical developments often surprise us — the prolonged deadlock in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the renewed escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, ongoing friction along the India-Pakistan border, and the latest tensions between Israel and Iran have disrupted America's strategic deployments time and again.
A series of major international events have brought about tremendous changes in the world situation. Facing a complex and ever-changing international environment, China needs to maintain clear awareness. On one hand, these international changes have indeed created precious time for China's development; on the other hand, we must also recognize that challenges and opportunities coexist. Therefore, no matter how the external situation changes, China should remain steadfast in its strategic resolve, focus on its own affairs, accelerate innovation and development, and strengthen its overall national power. Only by becoming stronger can China face the great challenges brought about by the chaos in the world.
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