China/Encirclement
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| USA and allies encirclement of China. |
China is geographically encircled by allies of the United States. This is part of a long-term plan, and a continuation of such concepts as Mackinder's Heartland theory and Cold War containment, which led to the encirclement of Russia before.
War against China
A 2016 RAND Corporation document titled, “War with China: Thinking Through the Unthinkable",[1] (along with comments by US officials to the effect [2]) indicates that the United States has plans ready to go to war with China within a "window of opportunity" that would close between 2025 and 2030.
For that the US Marines have done away with all their main battle tanks and other weapons systems to focus on Navy-centric warfighting.[3][4] The war would focus on challenging the Chinese Navy in the South China sea, to cause enough disturbance and through that bring about economic hardship.
Maritime Choke Points
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- Full article: Choke point
China is dependent on it's access to sea lanes for trade and import of resources. In a military scenario, the US could simply decide to not engage China's Navy directly as a first step, but close the sea lanes to Chinese ports.[5] China, unlike other countries, does have a number of these choke points to consider.[6]
History
The renewed focus officially started in 2012, with President Barack Obama's Pivot to Asia[7], a large scale redeployment of US military resources to East Asia, followed by diplomatic, economic and propaganda offensives. President Donald Trump focused on the economic aspects of the strategy, and made a major contribution to making a large proportion of the US population accepting the notion of China as an enemy.
References
- ↑ https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1140.html
- ↑ https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/us-air-force-general-predicts-war-china-2025-memo-rcna67967
- ↑ https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-marine-corps-deactivating-all-tank-battalions-thanks-china-165894
- ↑ https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2021/03/22/goodbye-tanks-how-the-marine-corps-will-change-and-what-it-will-lose-by-ditching-its-armor/
- ↑ https://geopoliticalfutures.com/chinas-maritime-choke-points/
- ↑ DeathByChina YT channel - Crouching Tiger Episode 1: Will There Be War With China? ca 14:00 - Malysia/Indonesia: Malacca Strait - Indonesia: Karimata Strait, Sunda Strait, Lambok Strait - Phillipines/Taiwan: Luzon Strait - Japan/Taiwan: Miyako Strait - Russia/Japan: Soya Strait
- ↑ https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/05/08/mdtp-m08.html