WASHINGTON/BEIJING - When a Chinese warship came within 150 yards of a US destroyer in the Taiwan Strait on Saturday (June 3) and forced it to slow down, it was the second time in a matter of days in which Chinese and US military personnel came close to a major incident. Late last month a Chinese fighter jet flew in...
WASHINGTON/BEIJING - When a Chinese warship came within 150 yards of a US destroyer in the Taiwan Strait on Saturday and forced it to slow down, it was the second time in a matter of days in which Chinese and US military personnel came close to a major incident.
Under President Xi Jinping, China has embarked on what US officials say is one of the largest peacetime military buildups in history. The United States says such patrols defend the right of all countries to sail in international waters. "I think what we are seeing is likely a general encouragement, maybe even incentive scheme for unit commanders to be aggressive when the opportunity presents, which is at the unit level encouraging more reckless behaviour," said Jennifer Parker, a defence expert at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
"In my view, this is the number one scenario that leads the US and China to war, and less so Beijing seizing a feature in the disputed South China Sea or attacking Taiwan," he said.Making the situation more dangerous are the starkly different views of the US and China about the source of the problem.
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