'U.S.-Japan-Europe' approach to multilateral military regime South Korea's Ukrainian shell 'support'
As European advances into China expanded, China identified Ukraine as a “pawn” for this strategy in the formation of a “US-Japan-Europe” multilateral military system, and South Korea’s support for Ukraine’s 155mm artillery shells was disclosed in foreign media.
Liu Jiangyong, a professor of international relations at Tsinghua University in China, told the New York Times, "If the United States and NATO get the last laugh in a confrontational war with Russia, they will finally form a multilateral military power system of the US-Japan-Europe." published a recent study.
The New York Times reported on the 24th that a number of studies by the Chinese government and military analysts have pointed to Ukraine as a beneficiary of important Western military and intelligence aid, "a pawn of broad strategic inducements for the United States to critically undermine Russia and China."
Professor Alexander Korolev of the University of New South Wales in Australia said, “The war and Western sanctions have accelerated Russia’s economic reorientation towards Asia. There were concerns about over-reliance, but there are no more. All political barriers that previously existed have been removed and Russia no longer worries about relying on or being dependent on China for its economic well-being."
Dutch Deputy Prime Minister Hogstra (concurrent foreign minister) visited China and had a two-and-a-half-hour meeting with Foreign Minister Qin Gang on the 24th, and said at a joint press conference, "We shared national security concerns."
In response, Reuters reported, “He did not elaborate, but said he had an open and candid dialogue with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang.”
"The planned Dutch export controls are not aimed at any one country and details will be announced over the next few weeks," said Deputy Prime Minister Opke Hoekstra, speaking at the Dutch embassy. It is necessary to actively seek contact with Beijing,” he said, revealing changes to the export control of chip manufacturing equipment.
Reuters reported that he answered "absolutely" when asked if China was the first partner for the Netherlands.
"As for the lithography machine issue, China has serious concerns about this," said Foreign Minister Qin Gang at a joint press conference. We believe in jointly protecting the rules and working together to keep global industries and supply chains stable."
"There is no indication that the Netherlands has changed its supply restrictions on the only lithography machine that will use UV light alone to etch small circuits in next-generation processor chips," Reuters reports. It is impeding China's efforts to develop a chip for use.”
Lyle J. Goldstein, a China expert at Defense Priorities, an American power group, said of the G7, “Most importantly, Japan, a power with which China harbors deep-rooted historical enmity, hosted the event, and Chinese state media reported that He accused Tokyo of carrying out 'US orders' and inflating the 'China threat' so that it could amend its constitution to rebuild its military for the first time since World War II." "I see it as colluding with the US to bring Europe into the Taiwan issue," he told the NYT.
“China is ready to double its relations with Russia after the G7 summit,” said Korolev of the University of Wales, a researcher on Sino-Russian relations. became clearer and more profound."
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in a parliamentary meeting on the 24th that "China does not report its plutonium inventory to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)," adding, "From a transparency point of view, reporting is important." demanded
The Wall Street Journal reported on the 24th, “Korea is transferring shells to the US under a secret agreement, and the US has prepared to send them to Ukraine in turn.” It has changed its stance due to the continued request of the US government, which has become insufficient.”
In a press release from the US-Japan summit in Hiroshima on the 18th, the White House said, “The two leaders reaffirmed their support for the centrality of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and in particular, in the Indo-Pacific region, four-party security dialogue (quad) countries including Australia and India, South Korea, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. He stressed the importance of increasing multilateral cooperation with countries.”
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