Big trouble in little China?

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As the US military reconnaissance plane has been approaching the coast of Guangdong for three days in a row, the tensions between China and the United States have gone beyond empty words.

That said, the tensions in the South China Sea are clearly not as high as those in the Beidaihe. The seven members of the Standing Committee of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee have not been seen in public for seven days in a row until yesterday. Under normal circumstances, they should be on holiday in Beidaihe.

Rumors of the power struggle are rampant, and perhaps this is why despite China’s accusations of the US military provocations, there have not been counteractions. Of course, in the face of US aggressiveness, the CCP can still claim that it is a strategic retreat, which will not damage its glamorous image.

According to the information released by Beijing’s South China Sea Strategic Situational Awareness Program, the US Army deployed E-8C reconnaissance aircraft, RC-13 reconnaissance aircraft, P-3C anti-submarine patrol aircraft, and EP-3E electronic reconnaissance aircraft to reconnoiter near Guangdong from Aug 5 to 7, and the closest approach to the territorial sea baseline was less than 60 nautical miles.

Last month, the US military reconnaissance aircraft had approached the coast of Guangdong seven times. Military observers believe that the frequent deployment of strategic reconnaissance aircraft by the US military is to upgrade battlefield construction and conduct substantial electronic countermeasure training.

In a tweet, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying accused the US of "pure military provocation, military pressure, and military coercion. However, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has not formally protested to the US. When Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe spoke with US Defense Secretary Stephen Esper yesterday, he only asked the US to stop its misguided actions and words.

However, there is no shortage of news on the internet that China has won without a fight.

A prominent fund manager forwarded news that the US House of Representatives voted 224 in favor, and 194 against, with 13 abstentions, to pass a war powers resolution aimed at limiting Trump's military actions in the Taiwan and South China seas, calling on the president to end the use of US military force in hostilities against other militaries.


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