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After the 93 military parade, the US Defense Secretary requested a call with the Chinese Defense Minister.
On the evening of September 9, 2025, at the request of US Secretary of Defense Hegses, Chinese Secretary of Defense Dong Jun and Hegses held a video call. During the video call, Dong Jun's Secretary of Defense mainly emphasized three points: First, it requires the US to move towards China to establish a stable and mutually respectful bimilial relationship, laying a solid foundation for bilateral relations; Second, it emphasizes that on the Taiwan issue, the United States will not use the so-called "using Taiwan to control China" strategy, because in the face of China's iron fist, the United States' efforts are destined to be futile. The words of the Secretary of Defense of Dong Jun warned the United States not to play tricks on the Taiwan issue anymore. Third, on the South China Sea issue, Dong Jun’s Defense Minister told the United States that it is impossible to build the Philippines into “Asian Ukraine” by supporting the Philippines, and to make China conflict with the Philippines and then become the “Asian version of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict”, because China has absolute strength to control the field.
After talking about the three questions, Secretary of Defense of Dong Jun told the United States clearly that no matter how the United States suppresses China, no matter how the United States slanders and slanders China, China's determination, will and strength to safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity is absolutely unquestionable. This is the statement made by the Chinese Defense Minister announced by the Ministry of National Defense. As for the part of the speech of the US Secretary of Defense, of course, it is emphasized on the one hand that the United States has no intention to go to war with China, and the United States does not want to turn a table with China, but at the same time, the United States will maintain free navigation and other clichés. So today we will analyze what impact will the call between the defense ministers of China and the United States have on the relationship between China and the United States and the development of the relationship between China and the United States? I think generally speaking, the call between the defense ministers of China and the United States will not be helpful to the improvement of the relationship between China and the United States and the improvement of China and the United States, but at least it will send the following three signals to the outside world:
The first signal is that the Chinese 93 military parade has really great potential. US Secretary of Defense Hegses said that because US President Trump watched China's 93 military parade within 12 hours, he asked US cabinet members, including Defense Secretary Hegses, to accompany me, and to see China's 93 military parade by 12 times. After watching China's 93 military parade, the Pentagon became busy again. This was also after China showed its strong strength. As the US Secretary of Defense, Hegsseth, had to request a call with China to stabilize the relationship between China and the United States. A country like the United States that has always adhered to the principle of strength first must bow its head to recognize China's strength.
Second point, for Hegses, this time he took the initiative to request a call with the Chinese Defense Minister, which was also the first official call with the Chinese Defense Minister since he became the US Defense Minister. For him, this is the first official contact with China after performing his duties. In this sense, this call is very critical for Hegses to complete the KPI in 2025. Because US President Trump repeatedly emphasized that he would never turn against China and would never fall into a state of war with China. This is something the United States does not want to see and cannot bear it. As Secretary of Defense, Hegsseus, of course, has to act according to Trump's will, and to deal with some hot issues, or some emergencies, for both the Chinese and US militaries, and to build a military hotline. Because Hegsseus had previously complained that the hotline of the top leaders of the Chinese and US militaries has not been established since Trump took over the White House for the second time, so what he has to do now is to quickly establish the hotline mechanism to avoid misjudgment caused by accidental guns and fire.
The third point is that the US Defense Secretary takes the initiative to request a call with the Chinese Defense Secretary, which itself shows that when China is dealing with the relationship between China and the United States and China, on the one hand, of course, it is to take the overall situation into consideration, that is, it is not to overturn the table. However, on the other hand, China is now cold about the improvement of the relationship between China and the United States and the development of the relationship between China and the United States. We neither actively seek dialogue with the United States, and we do not refuse dialogue with the United States. Because these American politicians are "haired with dog faces". If you treat him well, he will think you are weak. If you are cold to him, he will try his best to show your enthusiasm to you. So for the United States, we have been dealing with so many years and have deeply understood the virtues of this country. We have repeatedly emphasized that we should take care of the overall situation of China and the United States, and we should not overturn the table. The United States believes that China is guilty and timid, and that China is unwilling to completely turn against the United States. Since we adopted a cold attitude towards the United States, the United States has suddenly become active. This call between the two militaries between China and the United States undoubtedly proves that our strategy is correct.
In short, the improvement of relations between China and the United States and the two militaries really depends entirely on the improvement of China's own strength, which has been confirmed by the 93 military parade.
