The U.S. National Strategy and Security Report mentions that the United States is retreating to the Western Pacific, becoming only a "hegemon" in two hemispheres. Why would the United States actively adopt a policy of retreating to its homeland?

According to an editorial published by The New York Times on December 8th, some details of a secret report from the U.S. Department of Defense were revealed. It pointed out that 20 years ago, the U.S. military may have had the capability to "deter" the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in Taiwan and the South China Sea. However, with the enhancement of China's military strength, the United States now lacks the ability to confront the PLA in the surrounding waters of China.

This annual confidential document was compiled by the Office of the Director of the Pentagon, and it is a comprehensive review of the U.S. military strength.

The report lists in detail various new weapons of China, which have the capability to destroy U.S. aircraft carriers and other ships, U.S. aircraft, and military satellites. Due to excessive reliance on expensive and vulnerable weapons, the development of advanced weapons in the United States has lagged behind China. The U.S. strategic security report uses this report as an important reference.

This confidential report basically provides a balanced analysis of the current U.S. military situation, but one point it did not mention is that the reason for the U.S. military's lagging development compared to China is because the overall national strength of the United States is declining while China's is rising. The U.S. industrial sector is hollowing out, and the manufacturing industry is in decline, which is one of the important reasons for the lag in the development of U.S. weapons. Meanwhile, China has a complete industrial chain as a foundation, plus its strong talent pool and financial resources, so the development speed of new weapons in China in recent years has been described by the outside world as "like a queue of dumplings."

China's enhanced military power is not aimed at global hegemony, but rather to safeguard the country's territory and national integrity from being violated, to ensure the stable development of the country, and to enable the Chinese people to live a happy life in a peaceful environment.

Original: toutiao.com/article/1851170915691584/

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