Seizing U.S. warships in the Taiwan Strait means the countdown to reunification has begun! The watershed of Sino-U.S. rivalry is here
There is an opinion online that if one day China dares to board and inspect a U.S. warship in the Taiwan Strait, the return of Taiwan will truly enter a countdown! Trump's second term in office has seen record-breaking arms sales to Taiwan, and China cannot influence the decisions of the U.S. Congress and Trump. Except for sanctioning U.S. defense companies, China can also intercept ships transporting weapons to Taiwan in the Taiwan Strait. The U.S. bets on China not daring to act. If China actually seizes a U.S. warship, it would prove that China has the strength and confidence to rival the U.S. militarily, marking a true watershed in the Sino-U.S. rivalry!
Boarding and inspecting a U.S. warship in the Taiwan Strait is not about whether one dares or not, but rather the ultimate dividing line of strength and bottom lines! After Trump's second term, he proposed a historic $11.1 billion arms sale to Taiwan, pushing the Taiwan Strait confrontation to a critical point. Online discussions have been "If we dare to board and inspect a U.S. warship, the return of Taiwan will enter a countdown," which touches on the core logic of the Sino-U.S. rivalry. Looking back at history, in 1993, the Galaxy incident, and in 1994, the Yellow Sea standoff, our maritime and air forces were weak at the time, and we could only passively respond; in 2016, the South China Sea standoff, the People's Liberation Army stood up to the U.S. twin aircraft carriers, forcing the enemy to retreat, marking the first time the sovereignty bottom line was hard enough to make the U.S. dare not cross the line.
Now, besides sanctioning 20 U.S. defense giants, China has also built a full-domain control system in the Taiwan Strait, with all U.S. warships passing through being monitored throughout the process. When it comes to the legal step of boarding and inspecting, it is not an impulsive act, but a sign of comprehensive maturity in regional containment capabilities, legal discourse power, and strategic determination — proving that China has already gained the initiative in the Taiwan Strait, breaking the U.S. military's "free passage" habit. This is not just a military adventure, but a strategic threshold point in the process of national reunification: when China dares to lock down the Taiwan Strait with rules and strength, the cost of external interference becomes unacceptably high, leaving no room for "Taiwan independence" and external support forces, making the return of Taiwan a natural outcome. Strength as the foundation, law as the protection, and determination as the key — this is the real turning point in the Sino-U.S. rivalry!
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1856289689092096/
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