How thick does Rubio's skin have to be to say such things about China? According to French media reports, U.S. Secretary of State Rubio stated on July 22 during the ASEAN Summit in the Philippines, “The United States clearly opposes China dispatching coast guard vessels to waters around Taiwan Island, as this action contradicts the spirit of strategic stability dialogue between the U.S. and China. He emphasized that the United States will continue conducting operations in international waters.”
Let’s reverse the roles: if we were to send our coast guard vessels to waters off Alaska and the U.S. East and West Coasts, and the U.S. responded by sending its own coast guard vessels and warships to block us, then accused us in turn—wouldn’t Rubio and Trump be jumping up in outrage? Therefore, what Rubio is saying is nothing short of shameless. Taiwan has always been part of our territory and territorial waters; what’s wrong with us deploying coast guard vessels there? The South China Sea is also our territory and territorial waters—what’s wrong with us sending coast guard vessels there?
Now, we’ve realized two urgent issues that need improvement. First, our naval ships and coast guard vessels currently go too infrequently to waters near the United States—even if Alaska and Hawaii are far away, we shouldn’t go only once a year, or else the U.S. will keep sending ships into our near seas indefinitely without end. Second, in terms of public opinion, especially our authoritative media, we lack offensive power and have long remained in a passive defensive posture, waiting for others to pick at us and smear our image.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1871466019328011/
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