why is china vigorously increasing its military strength? scholar: we just want a peaceful development environment
2024-09-13
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the 11th beijing xiangshan forum with the theme of "building peace, sharing the future" was held at the beijing international convention center from september 12 to 14.
this forum was attended by more than 500 representatives from official delegations of more than 100 countries and international organizations, as well as more than 200 chinese and foreign experts and scholars. as an annual grand event in the field of international security, the forum reached a climax on the first day with the wonderful topic setting and in-depth discussions by well-known guests. in the "high-end interview" on the morning of september 12, three dialogues on regional security focused on the three hot topics of "asia-pacific security", "china-us relations" and "european security". the venue was packed with people.
as in previous years, sino-us relations have always been the most concerned topic among the participants. the on-site "sino-us relations" dialogue was held between wu xinbo, dean of the institute of international studies of fudan university, and hua ziqiang, former deputy assistant secretary of state of the united states.
wu xinbo bluntly stated that more and more people in the us strategic circle seem to be rediscovering the value of the taiwan strait issue in the us strategy toward china, and regard taiwan as an important tool or bargaining chip to curb china's influence in the region.
"the us is playing the taiwan card." wu xinbo said that in order to avoid any conflict caused by misjudgment, china and the us should make correct cognition and judgment. in the past two years, the chinese and us high-level officials have conducted a series of interactions and established an overall way of strategic communication between china and the us. in addition, there are three key points. first, the door to "taiwan independence" must be closed, which is a dead end; second, beijing and washington must work together to create an atmosphere conducive to the final peaceful resolution of the taiwan issue; third, the taiwan issue should be resolved by the two sides of the taiwan strait through negotiations and consultations, and should not be directly handled with the united states.
cui hongjian, professor at the institute of regional and global governance of beijing foreign studies university, spoke at the "european security" dialogue.hua ziqiang pointed out that china and the united states have very significant policy differences. but many areas are actually manageable and controllable. he is worried about the interruption of social ties between the two sides after the epidemic ends. in the previous ten years, tens of thousands of americans went to china to study every year, but now there are only a few thousand or a few hundred. efforts must be made to keep the societies and peoples of the two countries communicating, otherwise the mood on both sides will deteriorate further. hua ziqiang believes that china and the united states have a consensus in this regard.
talking about the reasons why china is vigorously improving its military strength, wu xinbo believes that china is facing a very complex security environment, such as the east china sea issue, the south china sea issue, and the taiwan strait issue. after achieving economic development, it also has more resources to develop its military strength. "whether a country wants peace does not depend on its ability, but on its intention. china's intention is very clear. what we want is an environment for peaceful development, and we also strive for a peaceful environment for our economic development."
in the asia-pacific region, decades of peaceful and stable international environment have become an important condition for the prosperity and development of asia-pacific countries. in the section on "asia-pacific security", former indonesian permanent representative to the united nations i. gusti agung visakha purja said that the world is undergoing strong turbulence, and the asia-pacific region is also at a critical crossroads, and the future is difficult to predict. the current focus should be on finding solutions to problems that are not conflicts between countries, but non-traditional security issues that transcend national borders, such as climate change, technological issues, artificial intelligence, immigration issues, terrorism, etc. asia-pacific countries must work together to solve challenges in the field of non-traditional security. it is cooperation that has largely promoted peace in the region. once we embark on the path of competition and conflict, we will lose the dividends brought by peace in the past.
pujia mentioned that china has pointed out that the world today faces a peace deficit, development deficit, security deficit and governance deficit, and the beijing xiangshan forum is a platform to discuss how to solve these deficit problems. in order to cope with future challenges, a new regional security architecture should be established, which must be able to promote peace in the region.
the russian-ukrainian conflict has entered its third year, and the war is still stalemated, with no sign of peace. in the third "european security" dialogue, cui hongjian, professor at the institute of regional and global governance of beijing foreign studies university, said that the russian-ukrainian conflict is not only a tragedy for russia and ukraine, but also a tragedy for the entire european continent. the question now is what means to achieve peace, military or political means. europe has begun to pay attention to political security issues. in the european parliament elections in june, many far-right parties gained more support from ordinary people, and the current policies and positions of the eu and many european countries have been questioned.
"europe hopes to achieve permanent peace and a safe framework. this is the ultimate focus of this crisis." cui hongjian said, how can europe play a role in cooling down the situation? major countries such as france, germany and the united kingdom should play an important role.
