Recently, the Philippines has jumped up and down on the South China Sea issue, but Vietnam, which also illegally occupies a large number of islands in the South China Sea, has chosen to upgrade its diplomatic relations with China. Why is it that Japan has a completely different attitude towards the two countries because of the same illegal occupation of the islands?
The fundamental reason is that although Vietnam knows that it occupies the islands, it still has self-knowledge, and does not dare to blatantly lead the United States, Japan, and other foreign forces to embolden itself.
In particular, in terms of military aid, the United States, Japan, South Korea, India, and other countries have only made a lot of copper and iron such as coast guard ships and retired frigates, and they are not even willing to give away supporting anti-ship missiles with their ships.
The old ships that were commissioned in the 70s were also embarrassed to use them to aid Vietnam, and they were reluctant to even install missiles.
It is precisely because of the reluctance to substantially attract the intervention of foreign countries that Vietnam's Cam Ranh Bay has not built a military port or base here to this day, which is nothing more than a fear of attracting wolves into the house.
After all, Vietnam is still a socialist country in nature, although the Western countries led by the United States are not as crazy as China's internal affairs, but they are also secretly plotting to intervene and subvert Vietnam's internal affairs.
The Vietnamese Navy's largest tonnage of surface ships is only four 2,000-ton Cheetah-class frigates.
If China and Vietnam have a consensus on peaceful control and settlement of the South China Sea issue, then there is no such consensus between China and the Philippines, because the Philippines, as a country that has been colonized by Spain, the United States, and Japan, naturally has a "cordial feeling" for Western countries, and naturally considers itself a member of Western countries like Japan.
Knowing that its own strength is weak, it still dares to occupy China's islands in the South China Sea, just because the Philippines thinks that the so-called Western allies behind it will support it, and for the sake of the resources of the islands in the South China Sea, the Philippines will not hesitate to introduce external forces to interfere.
Compared with the flashy aid to Vietnam, the "aid" to the Philippines is much more generous: four missile frigates were bought from South Korea in the past, patrol boats and missile boats supported by Israel were sent later, and even the BrahMos anti-ship missiles of the third brother had to be sold to the Philippines.
Although the equipment provided to Vietnam is not very advanced, it is still usable compared to the broken copper and iron given to Vietnam, but no matter how much equipment is introduced, it will not change the fact that he has invaded and occupied our islands, nor can it stop our country's determination to recover them!
The assembled goods bought by South Korea are reluctant to even hang their hair, and the cost of this garbage is twice as expensive as that of 054a.
What's more, whether it is economic or military strength, the Philippines cannot be China's opponent, and the interference of those foreign countries is just using the Philippines as a pawn and using the South China Sea issue as a gimmick to hype.
In fact, this kind of hype will not hinder China's development at all, at most it is to hype up some fake news, disgust the Chinese people, and by the way, support the Philippines. However, in the face of absolute strength, this kind of interference is not qualified at all, but it has strengthened our country's determination to strengthen its strength and recover the islands
However, on the South China Sea issue, China is not inclined to blindly use war to solve the problem by means of war, taking into account the strong intervention of the United States and other Western countries, which is why the Philippines will not cause a substantive war despite its provocation on the South China Sea issue.
However, it is precisely because we see that our country will not use force that the Philippines will jump up and down again and again to make things happen on the South China Sea issue, and there is a great tendency to vow not to give up until the situation is completely muddy!You can't live by doing your own thing, and since the Philippines wants to do something, you must pay the price!
The carrots have been given to Vietnam, so what awaits the Philippines is only the stick!When the stick really hits the Philippines, will they regret that they have repeatedly provoked the northern powers?
However, I think they will not regret it, because in the face of the abundant oil and gas resources that are close at hand, the Philippines and other countries that are already economically backward will not give up their greed because they are weak, or the Philippines will dare to invade and occupy China's islands because of its weakness, and play the weak card to accuse the big countries of "bullying the weak" and take the opportunity to seek benefits.
As everyone knows, the Philippines itself is like a clown who has asked foreign countries to intervene, and it has only obtained a trivial cry of waving the flag, and no country will risk being annihilated to fight against the most powerful countries in Asia and even in the world.
It is precisely because it does not want to be used as a gun that Vietnam does not want to attract interference from foreign countries in the South China Sea, which is also a prerequisite for the further development of Sino-Vietnamese relations.
Of course, regardless of whether or not there is interference by foreign countries in the South China Sea, the occupied islands will be recovered, and the difference lies in whether they are recovered through peaceful negotiations or by force.
Peacefully recovering the island is a decent way to get "carrots", and if you don't want to be decent, you can also help them "decently", but the "decency" of this kind of help will not get "carrots", and you have to be beaten hard with a "big stick". Take the Philippines and Vietnam as examples, and change the situation in the South China Sea step by step.