2024-10-05
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according to observer.com, the integrated staff and supervision department of the japanese ministry of defense recently announced that a total of eight warships from the chinese and russian navies passed through the soya strait (also known as the soya strait) between japan’s hokkaido and russia’s sakhalin island (sakhalin). strait of la perouse), eastward from the sea of japan into the pacific ocean. in addition, a chinese electronic reconnaissance ship also passed through the strait recently. according to kyodo news, this is the fourth time that the japanese ministry of defense has announced that chinese and russian ships have jointly passed through the soya strait. in 2013, after the chinese and russian navies conducted military exercises in the sea of japan, chinese ships passed through the soya strait for the first time.
looking back at history, china and russia have a long history of cooperation in the military field, and the current joint operations are particularly critical. against the backdrop of the ever-changing global geopolitical landscape, especially as the u.s.-japan alliance becomes increasingly consolidated, sino-russian military cooperation is seen as an important means of responding to western pressure. whether the deepening of this cooperative relationship will trigger an escalation of regional tensions deserves further discussion. the actions of chinese and russian warships crossing the soya strait undoubtedly attracted widespread attention on the international military stage. this action not only demonstrated the collaborative capabilities of the two navies, but also triggered in-depth thinking on the regional security situation.
in the final months of u.s. president joe biden's term, leaders from the united states, japan, india, and australia gathered in biden's hometown of wilmington, delaware. recently, the us-japan-india-australia "quadrilateral security dialogue" (quad) leaders' summit was held here. xiang haoyu, a distinguished researcher at the asia-pacific institute of the china institute of international studies, told observer.com that biden deliberately highlighted the "close personal relations" between the heads of state of the four countries through a series of reception arrangements with personal characteristics and tried to demonstrate the closeness between the four countries. the close relationship is intended to leave a "diplomatic legacy" for his upcoming term.