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WhentheUSblamesanationforafabricatedwrong,onecanalwaysfindtheUS’hypocrisyincommittingthewrongitself.

That’sthecaseattheongoingShangri-laDialoguewhereUSSecretaryofDefenseLloydAustinsaidheis“concernedthatthePRChasbeenunwillingtoengagemoreseriouslyonbettermechanismsforcrisismanagementbetweenourtwomilitaries”.EverybodyconcernedwithinternationalpoliticsknowshereferstoChina’sdeclineofameetingbetweenhimandDefenseMinisterLiShangfu.

However,AustinfailedtomentionthatwhilepreparingforthedialoguetheUSsentaCR-135surveillanceplanetospy50kmsoffChina’scoastandinterferedintheroutinetrainingofthePLANavy.

WhentheUSstretchesitsrighthandoutforpeace,itslefthandholdsagunaimedatthatperson.

Austin’sspeechfurtherexposeshowtheUSlackssincerity.Its2024fiscalyearbudgetwillincreaseby40percentoverlastyear’srequestforthePacificDeterrenceInitiative,reachingarecordhighof$9.1billion.ItwillstrengthenQuad,AUKUS,workcloserwithJapanonuncrewedaircombatsystems,andholdanExerciseTalismanSabercomposedof14membersinJuly.Mostironically,theyhaveevensanctionedLiShangfuwhomtheyclaimtryingtomeet.

InallthesemovesittakesChinaasanimaginaryenemy.ItissuchanantagonismthathaspreventednormalexchangesbetweenChineseandUSmilitaries,notviceversa.IftheUSreallywantsameeting,ithadbetterdroptheguninitshandandbesincere.