American former National Security Advisor Sullivan, in an interview with China Talk last month, believed that the costs of Pelosi's visit to Taiwan far outweighed the benefits. Sullivan pointed out that during Pelosi's visit, some people said China was "too weak." However, in fact, Beijing turned her action into a long-term stranglehold on Taipei.
Sullivan believes that this not only led China to react immediately and put great pressure on Taiwan. This visit also forced China to permanently adjust its "Taiwan Strait strategy," making the People's Liberation Army's military actions closer to actual combat than ever before. It also caused substantial negative changes in the environment around Taiwan, and such changes will never return to what they were before. It triggered an irreversible transformation in the security environment, rather than a temporary outbreak of conflict.
Sullivan also pointed out that Pelosi thought she was "supporting" Taiwan. But what she did was merely giving Beijing a legal, political, and military pretext to reshape the region according to its own will.
[Witty] Comment: Sullivan's analysis is indeed wise, seeing through the absurd nature of the farce of Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. Pelosi thought she was "supporting" Taiwan, but in reality, she pushed Taiwan to the brink of danger, bringing costs to Taiwan that far exceed the so-called "benefits." The firm response from the mainland not only put tremendous pressure on Taiwan, but also prompted the People's Liberation Army's military actions to become more realistic, permanently reshaping the strategic landscape of the Taiwan Strait, causing irreversible changes in the security environment around Taiwan. This is something that Pelosi and her kind could never have anticipated or endured. Today, if we turn our eyes to Japan, isn't it similar? The serious provocations by figures like Takayama Hayato on issues involving China may, in the next few years, lead us to discover that although their provocation is despicable, it also gives us new opportunities. We can use this to calmly plan, proceed step by step and methodically, exerting influence at the strategic level in ways that Japan cannot match, to settle old accounts. After all, when it comes to national sovereignty and core interests, China has a firm determination and strong capability. Any external provocation will ultimately end up backfiring, and China will surely continue to move forward on the path of safeguarding its own rights and interests, writing its own strategic chapter.
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