Comments by "People Liberator" (@lvjinbin28) on "Why Australia Is Key to the U.S. Military’s New Asia Strategy | WSJ" video.
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@NguyenMinh-vs1vm Speaking of the alliance system, the CCP only had two military allies during the Cold War, the Soviet Union and North Korea, not even North Vietnam even Mao Zedong was largest supplier to Ho Chi Minh during the First Indochina War and Vietnam War.
After the Sino-Soviet split since 1958, China and the Soviet Union fell into a fierce quarrel, Mao Zedong attacked Brezhnev on border in 1969, Sino-Soviet alliance treaty became toilet paper, then the CCP only maintained one formal military ally: North Korea.
So when the United States brags about having many military allies, the CCP does not see this as an advantage, so the CCP deliberately does not want to have military allies, not because the CCP can't have many treaty allies.
The CCP even refused to sign an alliance treaty with All-weather partners like Pakistan Belarus and Russia. Then you should think about why the CCP has such mindset and strategy, Isn’t it like the United States, the more allies the better and stronger?
Because the CCP considers himself a member of the Non-Aligned Movement, once CCP completely allied with other countries, its foreign policy will lose flexibility, which is called distance creates beauty.
For example, because China and the Soviet Union were formal allies from 1950 to 1980, Big Brother would want to control the CCP and lead to the Sino-Soviet split, and the alliance system is even more of a burden, and its own foreign policy will be hijacked by other countries, best example is Israel hijacked American foreign policy. Then I can continue to give you examples with actual cases.
The Soviet Union, Communist Vietnam and Communist Afghanistan signed defense pact in 1978, then the CCP intervened in the Third Indochina War and the Soviet-Afghan War. At that time, Deng Xiaoping, Carter Reagan were like anti-Soviet quasi-allies.
Deng Xiaoping launched a 28-day "Special Deindustrialization Operation" in Northern Vietnam, the CCP quickly withdrew the People's Liberation Army back to Chinese border, then deployed millions of troops on the border of Inner Mongolia and Manchuria to prevent the invasion of Soviet troops stationed in Mongolia, then there was a 12-year border artillery battle on the Sino-Vietnamese border. At this time, the Soviet Union was held like hostage in dilemma by the alliance system.
If the Soviet Union attacked the PRC for its Viet Cong ally, it would be attacking a nuclear-armed socialist country. Moreover, the CCP had 6 million ground forces in 1980, and the Soviet Union would be caught in a confrontation on the east front against NATO and west front against China. Therefore, the Soviet Union chose to only provide military and financial aid to the Viet Cong.
However, because the Soviet Union did not fulfill its alliance commitment and attack PRC, the Soviet Union would lose its international prestige in the pro-Soviet world, and other pro-Soviet countries would no longer trust the Soviet Union. For example, the some pro-Soviet Muslim countries, such as Afghanistan and Egypt, became pro-American, especially Amin regime in Afghanistan became pro-US, which indirectly led to the Soviet-Afghan War. So this was actually the successful humiliation of the Soviet Union's alliance system by Deng Xiaoping.
I can use the Vietnam War as another example, Mao Zedong attacked South Vietnam Navy in Paracel Islands in 1974 when South Vietnam should be protected by the SEATO, but Nixon did not defend South Vietnam even withdrew Us troops stationed in Vietnam, After Vietcong unified South Vietnam, SEATO collapsed and anti-communist ASEAN became pro-CCP.
Recently, Admiral John Aquilino, even Biden and Blinken, all made commitment to the Philippines publicly, if one Filipino soldier dies because of the Chinese Coast Guard, then it will trigger the US-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty.
Well, what If the CCP is not afraid that the US can invoke your paper? CCP bombed Taiwan's Kimmen for 19 years 1958-1979 when Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty was active 1954-1979.
So What if the PLA only kills a Filipino soldier? Will the United States go to war with China for this precious soldier? If the United States only talks, what if the PLA taking another Philippine-controlled island? What If the CCP is not afraid of limited war with the United States at all in South China Sea own border own backyard?
Deng Xiaoping isolated Le Duan by visiting Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand in 1978, now Xi Jinping is isolating Bongbong, even Vietcong is neutral, the CCP knows they can humiliate American alliance system by attacking the most pro-US, anti-Chinese, weakest Philippines, If US Navy can't defend Philippines by attacking Chinese Navy, the US-South Korea and US-Japan Defense Treaty will be useless, just like CCP attacked Soviet's ally to humiliate Soviet reputation.
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@ilaser4064 Because Taiwan is a liberal democratic system, then China cannot reunify by force? Since you use ideology to define the West as democratic countries and China and Russia as authoritarian countries, then fine.
The CCP also defines the United States as a bourgeois dictatorship, or a Jewish oligarchic dictatorship, and the CCP defines itself as a people's government, a people's democratic dictatorship, and socialist democratic centralism.
Since you want to use ideology to legitimize the violation of the UN Charter, then this is like a religious war. Then China and the United States can attack the sovereignty of any country in the name of ideology.
When the CCP attacks all pro-American regimes, the CCP will use an excuse: You are not socialist, I will see whether the United States can defend the Republic of China in Taiwan like it defended the Republic of Vietnam, Kingdom of Cambodia, Kingdom of Laos.
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@TheJester123-k1r it's Turnbull was the first to ban Huawei after followed Trump's anti-Chinese policy, Morrison regime harassed Chinese students, journalists and Chinese investment, Morrison claimed to bypass WHO and organized 'independent investigation team' with USA, Australia sent warships to South China Sea, then China just retaliated by banning all Australian goods.
China uses its own coal to generate electricity, the previous power shortage in China was due to The Great Leap Forward of Green Energy, not because of Australian coal ban, because imported coal only accounts for 2% of coal-fired power generation.
it's CCP regime-changed Morrison regime, then Albanese talks nicely and cancel case in WTO on Chinese goods, only then did China resume importing Australian products.
so you think it's China surrendered? I heard that Australians regards iron ore as a nuclear weapon, why do Australian still export to China?
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@nicktubby9710 why USA viewed Japan as a threat in 1980s and waged trade war, tech war, financial war against his own liberal democratic ally? or sorry it's colony.
You present US hegemony as so kind and innocent, then you can justify US being oppressor?
well, It is American troops expanded to the border on China and Russia.
Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty
Article 2
It is recognized under Treaty of Peace with Japan signed at San Francisco, Japan has renounced all right, title and claim to Taiwan and Penghu as well as Spratly Islands and Paracel Islands.
so it's US wanted to rewrite WWII order, how about US should tell Taiwan to abandon 11dashline first?
It's no use reasoning with you colonists, CCP put 100,000 Americans in bodybags and sent them home after Korean War and Vietnam War, then American youth became draft dodgers.
CCP will burry you 1 million American LGBT soldiers in Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Ukraine, Israel, Cuba, Mexico, don't be draft dodger this time, it's you started then it's not you can decide when to end.
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