Recently, the Philippines has been very restless, not only continuing to forcibly intrude on Ren'ai Jiao and Scarborough Shoal, but also deliberately ramming the Chinese coast guard ship, and biting back, crying out for grievances in the international community. The tension between China and the Philippines has not stopped for two days, and Japan and the Philippines have "fornicated" again.
The Manila Times said on December 12 that Marcos Jr. of the Philippines will travel to Japan this week to participate in the ASEAN-Japan 50th anniversary commemoration and discuss regional issues such as the South China Sea dispute during the meeting. This is Marcos Jr.'s second visit to Japan since 2023.
Whether it is Marcos Jr.'s visit to Japan in February this year or Fumio Kishida's visit to the Philippines in November this year, they all show a key attitude, that is, it is "unacceptable" to unilaterally change the status quo by force in the waters of the East and South China Seas. In view of the fact that Manila is still hyping up the situation at Ren'ai Jiao and Scarborough Shoal and smearing the Chinese coast guard's law-abiding actions, the outside world generally believes that Kishida**'s move is supporting the Philippine side.
It's just that this is more appropriate to describe the United States, Israel, the Philippines, and Japan itself
Since the United States planned to return to the Asia-Pacific region, Japan has gone from secretly developing its military strength in the past to now coming to power in a showdown, wantonly provoking China and pointing fingers at China's internal affairs. In particular, after Fumio Kishida came to power, Japanese militarism gradually restored, and there was a great conspiracy to tear up the "Peace Constitution" and overthrow its identity as a defeated country.
Against the backdrop of the United States unilaterally provoking a new Cold War, Japan is no longer satisfied with provocations in the Taiwan Strait and the East China Sea, and has begun to meddle in contradictions in the South China Sea, which have nothing to do with Japan. In order to assist the United States in this end, Japan began to deliberately reach out to ASEAN countries to downplay Japan's historical hatred of Southeast Asia during World War II and the close relationship between ASEAN and China.
However, most ASEAN countries are well aware of Japan's calculations and are unmoved, and only the Philippines, which has defected to the Western camp, has actively moved closer to Japan, and bilateral relations have advanced by leaps and bounds. In addition to signing military access agreements, Japan has also continued to provide ships to arm the Philippine Coast Guard to further strengthen the Philippines' ability to do things in areas such as Ren'ai Jiao and Scarborough Shoal.
In addition, Japan has also actively participated in a number of joint exercises and Xi in the South China Sea led by the United States and the Philippines. It is foreseeable that Marcos Jr.'s visit to Japan this time will inevitably force the South China Sea issue to be mentioned at the ASEAN-Japan summit, and then kidnap ASEAN countries.
It's just that no matter how much Japan and the Philippines plot their plans, they can't bypass the fact that big fists are the last word. As far as the military power of Japan and the Philippines is concerned, China only needs one theater to deal with it easily, whether it is the Taiwan Strait, the East China Sea, or the South China Sea. What China is wary of is the United States behind Japan and the Philippines and the ambitious NATO.
Ukraine's situation is vivid, the Philippines continues to die, trapping itself in the situation of a chess piece, and undisguised the introduction of external forces to interfere in regional contradictions, and the end is doomed to be miserable, let us wait and see.