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It was reported on the website of the Financial Times on May 27 that Beijing could not express its dissatisfaction with Joe Biden more clearly. When the US president attended the leaders' talks of the "Four Party Security Dialogue" in Tokyo, China and Russia's strategic bombers flew over the Sea of Japan.
Chinese and Russian bombers photographed by the Ministry of Defense on the 24th
According to the report, however, China is also confronting the United States in the form of diplomatic efforts. When Biden started his Asian trip, Beijing began to promote its "Global Security Initiative", which hopes to provide another security order option.
It was reported that the initiative put forward by Chinese President Xi Jinping in April this year included non-interference in other countries' internal affairs and opposition to unilateralism. Now, Beijing is trying to attract other countries to join.
It is reported that on May 19, Xi Jinping mentioned the initiative in his video address at the opening ceremony of the BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting. He said that BRICS countries should strengthen political mutual trust and security cooperation, closely communicate and coordinate on major international and regional issues, accommodate each other's core interests and major concerns, respect each other's sovereignty, security and development interests, oppose hegemonism and power politics, resist the cold war mentality and group confrontation, and jointly build a human security community.
It is reported that recently, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has received expressions of welcome or support for the initiative from Uruguay, Nicaragua and Pakistan. Indonesia and Syria also expressed their support.
This initiative is part of Beijing's increasingly positive action against groups led by the United States, which Beijing blames for global conflicts and tensions.
According to the report, in a newly published article, Tian Wenlin, a professor in the School of International Relations of Renmin University of China, called the hierarchical world system created by the West "barbaric and bloody" and accused the United States of dragging other countries into war.
He wrote: "In the context of the accelerated adjustment of the international landscape, countries around the world, especially developing countries, urgently call for the establishment of a new security concept based on equality and mutual trust in the global context. Based on this, the global security initiative aimed at safeguarding the security interests of the wider global people should be launched."
The report said that in the Pacific region, security plays a more important role. China is rapidly expanding its influence in the region.
According to the report, M. Taylor Flavel, head of the security research program of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said, "I think they will mainly focus on developing countries. This is obviously an important concern of China."
By publishing articles on the embassy website and local media, Chinese diplomats are promoting global security initiatives in developing countries such as India, the Philippines, Uganda, Somalia and Kenya.
According to the report, a Chinese scholar who advised the authorities said that this is a new measure in China's efforts to keep the global security order away from the cold war mentality, and China has been making such efforts since 2014.
Analysts believe that Beijing may eventually institutionalize the initiative, just like the "Belt and Road" initiative. But that could take years.
According to the report, Sun Yun, director of the Chinese program of the Stimson Center in the United States, said: "They want to consolidate a huge 'third camp', which is composed of countries that do not want to choose sides in what they believe is a bipolar world."
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The reaction of several countries to the strategic cruise of Chinese and Russian bombers is like a wonderful drama
On the evening of the 24th, a big news was announced by the officials that the Chinese and Russian militaries had organized a joint air strategic cruise. The news released by the Ministry of National Defense of China is always "less words and more matters": according to the annual military cooperation plan of the Chinese and Russian militaries, on May 24, the two air forces organized and implemented a routine joint air strategic cruise over the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea and the western Pacific.
In contrast, the Russian military side announced more plainly that the model of joint strategic cruise on the same day was the Russian Tu-95ms strategic bomber and the H-6K strategic bomber of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force. Since this "routine" cruise coincided with the visit of US President Biden to Asia, the response of all parties was very "wonderful". Lao Liu believed that the effect was just good, whether it was an arrangement within the annual plan or a coincidence.
Screenshot released by the Ministry of Defense
The news released by the Chinese authorities on the same day can be said to be concise and comprehensive.
In contrast, Russia is not so restrained.
According to RIA Novosti on the 24th, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on the 24th that the Russian Aerospace Army and the Air Force of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) were conducting joint air patrols in the Asia Pacific region on the same day. The aircraft group consisting of Tu-95ms strategic bombers of the Russian Aerospace Army and H-6K strategic bombers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force conducts air patrols in the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea. The flight time of Russian strategic bombers is about 13 hours, and the Su-30SM fighter plane of the Air and Space Army provides fighter escort for the bombers. At some stages of the flight, Korean and Japanese Air Force F-2 fighter planes and F-15 followed.
Pic. - 95 take-off picture released by the Russian military
However, the Russian Ministry of Defense stressed that the Russian and Chinese warplanes acted in strict accordance with the provisions of international law and did not violate the airspace of other countries during the flight mission.
In addition to the two parties involved in the air cruise that day, the performance of other interested parties and unrelated parties is also worth pondering.
The article in the New York Times of the United States is entitled "Russia and China hold military exercises in East Asia on the occasion of Biden's visit". The report stressed that this was the first joint military exercise between China and Russia since the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. When Biden visited the region, China and Russia sent bombers to fly over the waters of Northeast Asia, which was clearly a demonstration of force.
Screenshot of the report
On the one hand, it is emphasized that the Chinese and Russian bombers are good for Biden, and on the other hand, it seems that they are still provoking the idea of supporting Russia in the joint exercise between China and Russia at the time of the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine. But Lao Liu believes that in peacetime, to give a little color to hostile opponents is what strategic bombers should do, or what should they do to raise troops for thousands of days? If the American media insist on "sticking their heads out to meet the stone", it can only show that they have a ghost in their heart and that our training effect has been achieved.
The title of the Reuters article was "The United States said that the Sino Russian bomber exercise showed the depth of their 'alliance'", and a photo of the PLA honor guard sorting out the Russian flag when Putin visited China was also distributed.
Screenshot of the report
Reuters quoted a US official as saying, "We believe this move shows that China is willing to continue to maintain close ties with Russia, including military cooperation." The official added that such joint military operations "must be planned in advance".
The reaction of another British media seems to be a little too busy to be concerned about the big deal. Anyway, the Chinese and Russian bombers flew in the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea, and did not fly over the Atlantic Ocean. The article in the Financial Times of the United Kingdom was titled "When Biden visited Japan, Chinese and Russian bombers with nuclear strike capabilities flew over the Sea of Japan.". However, Chinese officials have never announced that China's H-6K bombers are capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
Screenshot of the report
Therefore, British media reports not only have a serious factual error, but also have a very bad tendency to hype China's use of bombers capable of carrying nuclear warheads to conduct military deterrence against Biden's trip to Asia.
The Ministry of Defense of Japan, known as the "royal photographer", did not disappoint people, and once again showed its "housekeeping skills" - high-definition large pictures.
According to the report issued by the Ministry of Integrated Staff and Supervision of the Ministry of Defense of Japan on the 24th, four bombers were dispatched by China and Russia, including two H-6 bombers from China and two Tu-95 bombers from Russia. In addition, Russia also dispatched an Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft.
During the cruise, there will be more than one fighter aircraft for air escort. In addition, in cruise related waters, China and Russia may also maintain airborne early warning aircraft and other aircraft to provide support.
Group photo of Chinese and Russian bombers taken by the Ministry of Defense on the 24th
There is also "single photo".
Chinese and Russian bombers photographed by the Ministry of Defense on the 24th
After comparison, it is found that the clarity of the two Figure-95 bombers is obviously not comparable to that of the two H-6 "one-man fixed makeup photos". It seems that Chinese bombers have flown a lot recently, and "royal photographers" are really skilled. In the future, Russia's strategic bombers will also fly more, giving the defense province more opportunities to practice shooting.
In addition to the photos, the Japanese Defense Ministry also provided the route map of the Chinese and Russian bomber formation flight that day, which is also a collection. It not only includes the flight route map of the day, but also the route map of the previous cruises. It is very intimate for you to compare, and deserves the spirit of craftsmanship. Click like manually!
The flight route map of Chinese and Russian military aircraft on the 24th released by the Ministry of Defense of Japan
The picture shows the route map of strategic cruise of Chinese and Russian bombers in previous years. (Issued by the Ministry of Defense)
South Korea was also nervous that day. The South Korean Joint Staff Headquarters (Joint Staff) disclosed on the 24th that two Chinese military aircraft and four Russian military aircraft once entered the air defense identification zone (KADIZ) in eastern South Korea on the same day. According to a South Korean military source, after the South Korean military sent a warning signal on the situation, the Chinese side reported through the hotline that military aircraft were conducting routine exercises, while the Russian side did not report the situation. However, up to now, the Chinese military has not confirmed the situation reported by the South Korean side through the hotline.
Video capture
The Joint Staff said that the Chinese and Russian military aircraft did not enter South Korean airspace. The Korean Army has taken tactical measures and dispatched air force fighters to keep alert before the Chinese and Russian military aircraft entered the air defense identification zone. It is reported that KF-15, KF-16 and other fighter planes of the Korean Air Force took off on the same day.
In a word, after the strategic cruise of the Chinese and Russian bombers that day, the responses of all parties were brilliant. Therefore, in the future, China and Russia should organize more such air cruises. Once a year is not enough, but twice a year or more.
