On the afternoon of May 8, Colonel Zhang Xiaogang, spokesman of the Ministry of National Defense, released a message on recent military issues.

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  Reporter: According to reports, the US Defense Minister has demanded the formulation of a 2025 national defense strategy, emphasizing deterrence to China in the Indo-Pacific region. The US military also plans to establish a large pre-installed combat readiness warehouse in Subic Bay, Philippines by 2026 to store weapons and equipment and logistics supplies. What are your comments?

  Zhang Xiaogang: In order to maintain its own hegemony and personal interests, the US has repeatedly argued about China, trying to turn the Asia-Pacific into a "powder barrel" and turn some countries into "cannon fodder", which seriously damages the security and well-being of the people of the regional countries. Facts have repeatedly proved that being an enemy of the United States is dangerous, but being a friend of the United States can be fatal. We advise the relevant countries not to attract wolves into the house or be willing to be chess pieces, and to destroy the hard-won peace and stability of the Asia-Pacific.

[Editor in charge: Wang Jinzhi]