In the Philippines' "Christmas Replenishment" operation that once again forcibly intruded into Ren'ai Jiao in China's Nansha Islands, the Chinese Coast Guard launched on-the-spot countermeasures and rare near-real-time broadcasts.
The incident is not isolated, the day before, three Philippine official ships illegally intruded into the waters around Scarborough Shoal in China's Zhongsha Islands, and China took measures to control the ships in accordance with the law.
Philippine footage shows three Philippine vessels "Datu Sanday", "Datu Tamblot" and "Datu Bankaw" from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) attempting to carry out a resupply operation, but were attacked by the Chinese coast guard vessels 3305 and 3302.
Water cannon interception. According to the Philippine side, the Chinese coast guard vessel continued to fire water cannons until noon, and cooperated with the Chinese fishing boat to carry out the interception mission. The China Coast Guard had to respond with water cannons after a radio warning.
In the disparity of strength, the Philippine ship could not withstand the water cannon attacks of the Chinese coast guard, the crew could not move on deck, and the cockpit was also affected by the water mist. The China Coast Guard was relatively restrained and did not jet the cockpit for long periods of time to avoid serious impact on the vessel.
The Chinese coast guard has shown restraint in its confrontations with Philippine vessels. Although the Chinese ships have a clear advantage in size and equipment, and can even use ** to drive away, they chose to use water cannons to drive away, showing the restraint of the Chinese side in dealing with this incident.
The incident occurred in the early morning of December 10, when Philippine vessels illegally intruded into the waters of Ren'ai Jiao in the Spratly Islands in an attempt to illegally "beach" the area to deliver supplies.
The Chinese Coast Guard took control measures against Philippine vessels in accordance with the law, but the Philippine vessels ignored the warnings of the Chinese Coast Guard and took dangerous actions to deliberately ram the Chinese Coast Guard vessels, causing scrapes. This series of incidents shows that the Philippine side has been planning for a long time, and even has a complete set of mobilization mechanisms.
They first instigated a large number of fishing boats to assemble, and then sent fishery administration ships to resupply, trying to illegally enter the 12-nautical-mile waters of China's islands and reefs in this way, and then realize the actual existence, and cooperate with various ** to carry out propaganda and package themselves as victims.
It is worth noting that the Philippines is facing a series of serious incidents at home, including attacks, and traffic accidents, but the Philippines is focusing its attention on China policy. In the recent big **, Philippine Coast Guard vessels provoked near China's Oxbow Reef and accused China of having 135 fishing boats anchored at the reef.
In addition, the Philippine House of Representatives passed a resolution on December 8 condemning China's "illegal land reclamation" activities in the South China Sea. In this regard, China made it clear that the so-called "resolution" of the Philippine side is deliberately distorting the facts and slandering and smearing China.
In the South China Sea affairs, the Philippines has no right to criticize China, and China firmly opposes this. Obviously, the Philippines has been deliberately hyping up the South China Sea issue and gradually escalating its provocations against China. China has decisively changed its approach to the Philippines, showing restraint while also taking a firm stance.
However, we must also recognize that the Marcos family in the Philippines has always been inclined to **, so it may be unrealistic to expect from them.
Philippine Coast Guard Commander Gawan revealed that they plan to build a large patrol ship base in Subic Bay, near the South China Sea, for which they will borrow from Japan to build five patrol ships up to 97 meters long, with a total investment of 5$2.5 billion.
As a result, China is bound to take strong action in response to any destabilizing situation in the South China Sea. The struggle in the South China Sea is bound to be a long-term process, and its sovereignty brooks no provocation and China will never compromise.