US four-star general predicts US-China war in 2025, what will China do?

Recently, Mike Minihan, the four-star general of the United States and the commander of the Air Force Mobile Command, stated in a memo to his subordinate officers that the United States may conflict with China in 2025, most likely because of Taiwan question.

He said that both the United States and Taiwan will hold elections in 2024, and China may take this opportunity to try to resolve the Taiwan issue.

He urged Air Mobility Commanders to push for maximum operational readiness this year.

As a senior general of the active US military, Mike Minihan's prediction has attracted a lot of attention and heated discussions.

Although his forecast does not necessarily represent the official position of the US government and the US military, it at least shows that the troops under his command regard China as the imaginary enemy.

He predicts that the most likely factor for the conflict between China and the United States is the Taiwan issue. The timing of the elections in the United States and Taiwan is actually representative of China and the United States, and he is not alone in his prediction.

On the eve of the then US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Patricia Pelosi's visit to Taiwan six months ago, huge ripples were caused in the public opinion arena. Suddenly, the air battle over the Taiwan Strait was clouded, which is enough to illustrate the psychological expectations of many people in the society for the Sino-US conflict.

On August 3, 2022, Taipei, Pelosi and Tsai Ing-wen met.

(Associated Press)

How should China respond to the predictions of senior U.S. military generals and the risk of Sino-U.S. conflict in the Taiwan Strait?

There is an old saying in China: "Although the motherland is large, it will perish if it is warlike; although the world is safe, it will be dangerous if you forget the war." Before the arrival of world unity, as long as the jungle principle still dominates the world order, this sentence is still applicable to China today. .

Judging from the current situation, whether you like it or not, the game between China and the United States will be a long-term process, and the general direction of the US policy toward China will not be easily changed. The Taiwan issue is the biggest risk point of conflict between China and the United States.

In view of this, it is of course necessary for China to make more adequate preparations in terms of military, technology, and economy to maintain a reasonable deterrent force. Only in this way can it prevent problems before they happen, and have the strength to prevent war or protect itself.

But in the long run, China should do its best to keep the conflict between China and the United States under control, strive for cooperation, and prevent full-scale decoupling.

After all, peace is not only the core value of human society, but also conforms to the overall interests of China, the United States and all countries in the world.

Mr. Xu Zhuoyun, a famous historian and emeritus professor of the University of Pittsburgh who has lived in the United States for more than 60 years, once said: "The current situation between China and the United States really worries me very much. Because the hegemony of the United States is declining, and China is the only one on the road to hegemony." may hinder his opponent. So the United States is looking for every possible opportunity to let China take the lead in causing disputes, so that he has a reason to start a war. So if China is fooled by the United States and accepted by the United States This kind of deception, sending troops to fight, is actually not good for China. Because from the perspective of geographical relations, there is a Pacific Ocean between China and the United States, and it is difficult for China to directly attack the mainland of the United States; Threat to the Chinese mainland, this is a very unfavorable situation.”

In late September 2020, the PLA continued to conduct exercises across the Taiwan Strait.

(Heyday Military)

Mr. Xu also said that Pelosi's visit to Taiwan "exacerbated my worries about military conflicts between China and the United States. Fortunately, China has maintained a rather restrained attitude." "We must clearly realize that the United States has repeatedly provoked , just want to force China to act first, and then it will have a reason to attack aggressively. China must not be deceived by it.” “The most important thing is to avoid a military showdown. This is a very dangerous thing. So China must definitely You must restrain yourself, you must not turn your face easily, you must grasp the degree of some conflicts, and do not easily launch military confrontation."

Just as it is said, no matter what time the outside world predicts war or instigates or clamors, China should remain sober and rational.

The Lord can't be angry and start a teacher, and he can't be angry and go to war.

Russia, which is dragged into the quagmire of the Ukraine war today, and the United States, which was dragged into the quagmire of the Afghanistan war, the Iraq war, and the Vietnam war in the past, are lessons from the past.

China's hard-won progress today is the result of generations of people who have "distressed the road and opened the mountains and forests" and the hard work of countless ordinary people, which should be cherished.

In today's era of globalization with nuclear deterrence, the interests of different countries and regions are intertwined to an unprecedented degree. War or conflict is no longer the most favorable means to solve problems. National competition has increasingly become economic, technological and national competition. governance competition.

Who can make the people live a better life, who can make the society fairer, who can make the economy more developed, who can make the science and technology more advanced, who can have an appeal, who can convince the world, and who can remain invincible in the competition place.

Otto von Bismarck, the prime minister who led the unification and rise of Germany, said that a country is a boat on the river of time.

Time will change everything. What China needs most at the moment is time. It is the time for economic recovery and take-off again. A time when the rule of law was sound.

As long as China does its own thing wholeheartedly, strives for peace with strength and morality, and makes contributions within its capacity to the great harmony of the world, it will naturally get a lot of help, and will eventually resolve the Taiwan issue in the most ideal way, and resolve and deal with China in the most favorable way. US game risk.

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