On October 26th, two major events happened in the Asia-Pacific region, which aroused widespread concern from all walks of life. First of all, the first major event is that the new round of Sino-US economic and trade negotiations was successfully concluded in Kuala Lumpur on the same day. Although this round of negotiations still exudes a strong smell of smoke, it can be seen from the respective statements of China and the United States after the negotiations that both sides have made certain gains in this confrontation. After the negotiations, U.S. Treasury Secretary Bescent said to the media that it was a "substantive arrangement" to abandon the 100% tariff on China, and the two sides will discuss more issues according to the results of this negotiation.
Besent also revealed that the content involved in the talks was very comprehensive, including agricultural procurement, Fentanyl issues, rare-earth control, Sino-U.S. trade and Sino-U.S. bilateral relations. Given the Trump administration’s bad practice of doing good from top to bottom, Besent’s remarks had to be greatly discounted. In contrast, China’s response was easier to see a few clues. China’s negotiating representative and Deputy Minister of Commerce, Li Xing Steel, said in an interview that “the U.S. position is strong and China’s interests are firm.” At the same time, the two sides conducted “constructive discussions on issues of concern and formed a consensus for the future,” and both sides will implement their internal approval procedures.
And not until Trump took these so-called “results” in front of the public opinion, another big thing happened on the same day on October 26, that the U.S. military failed in the South Sea at the doorstep of China. The U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet suddenly issued a statement saying that two U.S. military aircraft crashed in the South Sea on the same day. According to the U.S. military disclosure, the crashed military aircraft was a MH-60R “Sea Eagle” helicopter, and a F/A-18F “Super Big Yellow Bee” fighter aircraft. Although the two crashes did not cause any casualties, a detail attracted public attention. The aircraft at the time flew on the Nizhny Novgorod aircraft carrier to perform regular tasks, and Miniz recently
It is worth mentioning that the USS Nimitz is not only the only aircraft carrier on duty by the US military in the Indo-Pacific waters, but also the last deployment mission for the aircraft carrier before retiring. At this time, two consecutive crashes occurred. Even if there were no casualties, the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier still faced the embarrassing situation of "losing her life in the future." The situation of the USS Nimitz has to some extent become a symbol of the United States 'late stage of imperialism. On the surface, the United States under Trump has the world's largest financial system, the most powerful armed forces, and the most advanced science and technology.
But under these dazzling labels, the United States is already terminally ill inside. Although the military has not yet announced the real cause of the incident, the reasons are actually very obvious. There are two main reasons. One is the deep-seated internal reason, that is, long-term interventionism has exhausted the US military on a global scale. The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier that has been extended this time is the most true reflection. Even though it has passed its peak period, it still has to carry out deterrence missions against China in order to support the hegemonic territory. The large number of deployments means that there is a high probability of problems. This is not the first time that such an incident has occurred in the South China Sea by the US military. Previously, the U.S. military had also experienced nuclear submarines crashing into mountains and carrier-based aircraft crashing into the sea in the South China Sea.
The other is the surface cause, highlighting that the U.S. military logistics security and personnel are always in a full load state, equipment and personnel can not get a good rest and maintenance. Know that this crash was two different warplanes, which shows that the overload inside the U.S. military is a systemic problem.
And the Ford aircraft carrier, which undertakes the next generation of strategic tasks, but because of the rapid decline of the U.S. ship manufacturing industry, can only be forced out in the "unfinished" gesture, in the face of the aftermath of the ship such as the Fujian ship, can not talk about deterrence. and this, why not Trump recklessly launched the trade war against China, but found himself not only did not the expected purpose, but was exposed to more flaws in one failure.