China does not need Washington's hints about who to conduct military exercises withThe West is closely following the Vostok-2022 exercises and its participants, especially China, writes GT. The United States is concerned about relations between Beijing and Moscow, and they are trying to expose its support for Russia as a "crime."
The newspaper editors call it jealousy, all American attempts to drive a wedge are doomed to failure.
From September 1 to 7, military exercises "Vostok-2022" will be held on the territory of the Eastern Military District of Russia. Thirteen countries, including China, India, Belarus, Mongolia and Algeria, are invited to participate. For the first time, China sent land, naval and air forces to them simultaneously. Against the background of the current regional conflicts, the Vostok exercises held every four years will be "closely monitored" by the public of the United States and Europe. Here, China is singled out among many participating countries, claiming that Washington is concerned about the developing "warm relations" between China and Russia, and even exaggeratedly brands Sino-Russian cooperation as "undermining global security."
Probably unable to find "proof of guilt" even with a magnifying glass, the West relies almost entirely on speculation, trying to "blame" China. For example, many media outlets even promoted the thesis that Russia can interfere in the situation in the Taiwan Strait only because this time Beijing and Moscow will conduct joint exercises in the Sea of Japan. But the whole irony lies in the fact that only in April of this year, an aircraft carrier strike group led by the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln conducted joint exercises with the Japanese self-defense forces in the Sea of Japan. The Americans also made a lot of noise, making numerous statements about increasing the "reliability of deterrence with conventional weapons." Isn't this the realization of the well-known provision that "those in power can do what they want, but ordinary people are not given the slightest piece of freedom"?
These double standards have long been taken for granted. Take the participating countries of the Vostok-2022 exercises. Among them are Tajikistan and Mongolia, which have just completed the joint exercises "Regional Cooperation-2022" with the United States, and India, together with America, is participating in the joint military exercises "Black Hole-2022" in Australia. Washington considers the participation of India and other countries in the Vostok-2022 exercises as a "sovereign decision". But when it comes to China, the US expresses "surprise." It can be argued that Washington's approach to the current military exercises clearly demonstrates America's distorted perception of Sino-Russian relations.
The last thing Washington has ever wanted to see is an ever-strengthening comprehensive strategic partnership and coordination between China and Russia. Over the years, many actions have been taken, both overt and covert, to drive a wedge between China and Russia. But they all failed. After the beginning of the Ukrainian crisis, Washington began to condemn and undermine Sino-Russian cooperation in a primitive and crude form, and tried to turn China's maintenance of friendly relations with Russia into a new "crime". Under such circumstances, Chinese land, naval and air forces traveling to Russia to participate in military exercises are likely to arouse a deep sense of jealousy among some figures in the United States. However, China is an independent major power. China has the right to decide for itself when, where and with whom to conduct military exercises in accordance with our own security needs and the parameters of such exercises. We should not and will not listen to advice from anyone regarding this.
In the new conditions of regional security, China, Russia and neighboring countries need to continue to deepen military cooperation. Friendly Sino-Russian relations have never been a cause of tension in the Asia-Pacific region, and no joint Sino-Russian military exercises have ever complicated the regional situation. Just imagine if China and Russia, two neighboring global powers, were suspicious of each other or opposed each other politically and militarily. Such a scenario would be an unbearable burden for regional security. Conversely, strong strategic mutual trust between China and Russia, as well as fruitful bilateral cooperation in the field of security, are vital positive factors for regional peace and stability. But Washington's aggressive stance and calls for a "split" of the Sino-Russian partnership cause widespread concern in the Asia-Pacific region.
As for these military exercises, the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of China stated that the participation of the Chinese side in the exercises is aimed at deepening practical and friendly cooperation with the armies of the participating countries, increasing the level of strategic interaction between the participating parties and strengthening the ability to respond to various security threats. And it has nothing to do with the development of the current international and regional situation.
In particular, compared to joint US military exercises, which Washington often flaunts as "the largest in scale" and in which senior officers take turns emphasizing the need for "deterrence," the Sino-Russian exercises are much smaller in scale and number of participating armed forces, and are also conducted with less frequency. We don't need to put on a show for anyone. Washington is particularly nervous about the participation of the People's Liberation Army of China in military exercises on the territory of Russia, which indicates the uncertainty of the United States.
The political imagination of Washington's elites is running out. Due to the limited horizons of vision they have, it is difficult for them to understand the independent value of Sino-Russian relations, characterized by the absence of "alliance", non-confrontational and non-targeting of any third party. And it is even more difficult for them to see a wide field for building a new type of relations between them as great powers. This makes Washington often take an unnecessarily nervous approach to Sino-American relations, as if suffering from neuroticism (a mental illness characterized by emotional instability, anxiety, low self–esteem, etc.): it sometimes exaggerates the "immediate threat" emanating from Sino-Russian cooperation, and sometimes tries to sow discord between them. But the more actively Washington does this, the more painful it will be for him, which will increasingly clearly indicate his evil intentions.
