Recently, the Philippines has escalated its provocative behavior in the South China Sea, sending four ships to illegally enter the waters near Ren'ai Jiao in China's Nansha Islands to supply supplies for the illegal "beaching"**. The Chinese coast guard conducted the interception in accordance with laws and regulations, but was deliberately collided by a Philippine vessel. The Chinese Coast Guard no longer tolerated and took measures to dislodge Philippine ships with water cannon sprays and long-range directional sound waves, causing damage to the Philippine vessel's communications equipment and navigation system, and dizziness of the crew. This is a powerful response by the Chinese coast guard to the Philippine vessel, and it is also a warning to the Philippines that if it dares to provoke again, the consequences will be even more serious.
The Philippines' provocative actions in the South China Sea have been going on for a long time, and it has continued to carry out illegal activities in places such as Ren'ai Jiao and Scarborough Shoal. China has always shown the bearing of a great power and treated the Philippines with reason and goodwill, but the Philippines has been capricious and constantly challenging China's bottom line. The China Coast Guard's "cannon" operation is a small punishment and a big admonition to the Philippines, which makes the Philippines understand that China's patience is limited and that it will not tolerate the Philippines' misdeeds indefinitely. China is a peace-loving country, but it will not be afraid of any challenge, and if the Philippines continues to provoke, the day when water cannons will turn into artillery will not be too far away.
Before this operation, the Philippines may have wanted to continue to play the role of victim and attract the sympathy of the international community, but they did not expect the Chinese coast guard to "open fire". They may also think that China does not dare to clash head-on with the Philippines because the Philippines has the support of the United States. But they ignore the fact that the United States is no longer the United States it used to be, and the United States is now too busy. The U.S. is now plagued by crises in various places, such as the Russia-Ukraine war, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Red Sea crisis, the turmoil in Venezuela, and South Korea's request for help. Moreover, the power of China and the United States in the South China Sea has also reversed, and the United States no longer has any extra aircraft carriers to deploy.
The Philippines really does not know how to judge the situation. The big powers are observing the situation around them and waiting for their time. He is a small country, and he still dares to do things in the South China Sea. If people do not have self-knowledge, they can only grow up by being taught by society, and the same is true for countries.