Since the Marcos family took power in the Philippines, it has continued to escalate "friction" in the South China Sea. Joint cruise with the United States, Canada, Australia, etc. In particular, around 9 December, the USS "Giffords" first visited Ren'ai Jiao at night, and then Philippine official ships continued to attack Ren'ai Jiao and Scarborough Shoal in an attempt to deliver repair materials and supplies to the beached ship. China's coast guard took decisive action and used high-pressure water cannons to expel Philippine official ships, during which the Philippine official ships deliberately scratched our coast guard ships. We immediately issued a notice that the Philippines is fully responsible.
The Philippines' escalation of provocations in the South China Sea is not just a matter of being supported by the Philippines and acting randomly, this is the Philippines' national strategy in the South China Sea, by gathering the "forces of the China threat theory" in the international community, with the pitiful appearance of the weak country, with the small to bully the big, to gain international sympathy, and further encroach on China's inherent territorial waters in the South China Sea, so as to expand its own territory.
In line with the foreign policy of the "Five Cardinal Principles", China has adhered to its own bottom line and has always restrained the responsibility of a major country. In fact, we took a step-by-step approach. In 2012, there were Philippine troops stationed on Scarborough Shoal, and when we sent the navy to prepare to "clean up the Philippines", with the notice and assistance of the United States, the Philippine defenders abandoned the island and fled, so the actual control of Scarborough Shoal is now in our hands.