The wise man will stop in time when he discovers his mistake, while the fool chooses to persevere to the end for the sake of face. The current Filipino ** Marcos Jr. obviously belongs to such a fool.
Recently, representatives of Philippine business and political circles have unanimously criticized Marcos Jr.'s policy toward China.
The richest man in the Philippines suggested that China should not be so stiff, and a political veteran bluntly said: "I am ashamed of being completely ** by the Americans".
At the moment, Marcos Jr. has decided to stick to the status quo and does not intend to change his position.
Recently, when attending a summit in Japan, Marcos Jr. said: 1There is a need to expand the team of "like-minded" allies, to communicate with other countries in addition to the United States and Japan;2.He believes that the situation in the South China Sea has not eased and there is a possibility of intensification, so he plans to carry out new energy extraction projects in the South China Sea.
It is clear that there is a need to create a new alliance against China.
However, he looked around and could he really find such a so-called "ally"?
News from ASEAN has provided him with the answer.
According to official Japanese reports, a summit meeting between Japan and ASEAN was held on December 17.
Fumio Kishida and Marcos Jr. did their best to persuade ASEAN countries at this meeting, which can be described as painstaking.
Fumio Kishida has invested a lot of money and donated a lot of money!
He not only provided 400 million yen in aid to Malaysia, but also provided more than 9 billion yen in maritime security funds to Indonesia.
What's more, patrol boats were even provided free of charge.
In addition to this, there is also a blockbuster car project that it hopes will attract these ASEAN countries.
Sadly, however, things did not go as Kishida had hoped.
However, in the final joint statement, ASEAN countries did not even mention the word "China".
Of course, there is no mention of a sensitive issue in the minds of the Japanese: Russia.
Obviously, they do not want to be enemies of China and Russia.
Fumio Kishida's domestic approval rating has recently dropped to less than 20%.
Now he has poured a lot of money into ASEAN, but it has not achieved the desired results, which will lead to his domestic blame.
So for China, the question is: can we relax a little bit when things get to this point?
After all, according to normal logic, ASEAN countries have basically no intention of intervening, and given the military strength of the Philippines, it should be difficult to create a big riot.
It seems plausible to this inference.
However, I personally believe that we should not take it lightly and must prevent Marcos Jr. from taking radical action.
Continue to show victimization in the international community, and promote China's "bullying of the weak".
Between China and ASEAN countries, it has repeatedly provoked and even created civil hostility.
At present, the Taiwan Strait issue and the situation on the Korean Peninsula are our top priorities, and China really does not need to entangle with them in the South China Sea, let alone let them distract us.
After all, now that the PLA has control over the islands and resources it should occupy in the South China Sea, it is they who are anxious and uneasy.