Boldly unveiled Marcos' break with China. Military means have become the main tactic, and the confrontation has escalated.
In an interview in Tokyo on December 16, Marcos of the Philippines said unflinchingly that a powerful China poses a substantial challenge to its Asian neighbors. The South China Sea issue has become a complex geopolitical challenge. The Philippines and Japan are consolidating their alliance and engaging in trilateral cooperation with the United States.
It can be seen that the Philippines has completely broken with China.
Marcos has acted like a thug, constantly beating back on China, escalating tensions in the South China Sea and hypocritically accusing China of posing a threat to its Asian neighbors.
He was the first to backtrack.
The Philippines had solemnly promised to evacuate the illegally occupied ** from Second Thomas Shoal, but 24 years have passed, and this promise has not been fulfilled. The Philippine side has not only reneged on its promises, but has also repeatedly sent official vessels and ** to forcibly break into Ren'ai Jiao in an attempt to occupy it permanently.
Marcos tried in vain to use the power of some major powers to force China to compromise on issues involving its core interests.
Recently, he conspired with Japan and agreed to send troops to each other. On the surface, they were reciprocal assignments, but in fact they invited the Japanese Self-Defense Forces to help deal with China. Such a Philippines**, even if it is negotiated by diplomatic means, I am afraid that it will be difficult to have room for maneuver in a short period of time.
We don't want military tactics to be the main strategy, but the truth is, that's no longer in our hands.
The Philippines is forcibly pushing military means into the main position.
The Philippine chief not only personally entered Ren'ai Jiao and tried to break into Scarborough Shoal with a fast attack boat, but also conducted joint military exercises with the United States, Japan and Australia to deter China. The Philippines used the US-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty to threaten China and introduce Japanese military power to deal with China. These are military preparations for the settlement of the South China Sea issue. China cannot sit idly by, but can only govern others in the way of others.
Marcos' ambitions are by no means limited to Second Thomas Shoal and Scarborough Shoal. His ambitions extend to all the islands, reefs and seas of the so-called "West Philippine Sea", involving oil, fisheries and other resources.
He is no longer compromising, and we should have no illusions. We have to deal a heavy blow to him at some point, on a reef.
Recently, our fishing boats have successfully entered the lagoon, which is an important step, but it needs to go further, such as completely blocking Second Thomas Reef, sinking the boat that caused the accident, landing on the reef, and completely clearing the "Sierra Madre" of people. In short, Marcos must be made to pay the price by military means and force him to return to the path of negotiations with our side.
If Marcos does not consciously turn to defusing tensions in the South China Sea, we will make him pay a higher price.