Sharing extracts from an interesting opinion piece by Mr Hu Bo, Director of the Peking University Centre for Maritime Strategy Studies titled 'US military threatened by COVID-19 still insists on showing off might' [Thread]
"The US Pacific Fleet and US Indo-Pacific Command Headquarters are most vulnerable to the coronavirus"
"As the most powerful military force in the world, with the highest level of combat readiness, the US military's failure to contain the virus has been disappointing"
"The crux of the problem, however, lies in the fact that the US military is facing a dilemma that is impossible to deal with"
"Since the outbreak of the pandemic, the US military has been faced with the dilemma of simultaneously strengthening prevention and control of the epidemic while being ordered to intensify military competition with China and Russia"
"Although coping with the pandemic is now the primary task of the US military, it still maintains a significant presence in the West Pacific Ocean, unwilling to show weakness to the outside world"
"The US military is now refusing to release more details on confirmed COVID-19 cases within its ranks. This is to avoid revealing a weakness while continuing its patrols in sensitive areas"
This (BRI/MSR) --> "With increased national strength, China will naturally expand the range and intensity of its activity, and will safeguard its inherent maritime interests more resolutely and pursue a more open and inclusive international maritime security order"
"While it's understandable that the US military will continue to demonstrate a certain degree of vigilance, the US remains close to paranoid about the "China threat" theory"
"With its preoccupation of the "China threat" theory, the US is failing to recognize that the coronavirus pandemic is its main adversary, not China" [End]
Source: english.chinamil.com.cn/view/2020-04/1…
Source: english.chinamil.com.cn/view/2020-04/1…
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