Recently, Biden's arms sales to Taiwan and the defense budget bill passed by Congress have involved Taiwan, which has led to sudden tensions in the Taiwan Strait.
At the same time, at this critical juncture, the situation in the South China Sea is not calm, and the Philippines has suddenly hyped up the "China threat", which has made the situation in the South China Sea even more complicated.
Philippine Ambassador to the United States Romualdez has publicly claimed that the South China Sea is more likely to trigger a "world war" than the Taiwan Strait, and is trying to stigmatize China's legitimate and reasonable rights protection actions in the South China Sea.
The situation in the South China Sea has remained unstable since August due to the Philippines' forcible incursions against China's islands and reefs in the South China Sea, particularly Ren'ai Jiao, despite the dissuasion of the Chinese Coast Guard.
At a time when the conflict at Ren'ai Jiao is escalating again, what is the intention of the Philippines to make such remarks?
In fact, since the beginning of this year, the unilateral actions of the Philippines have led to the continuous escalation of the situation in the South China Sea.
In this context, some voices believe that the situation in the South China Sea may be more dangerous than in the Taiwan Strait.
For example, Guo Zhengliang, a scholar in Taiwan, believes that as Chinese mainland's infrastructure construction in the South China Sea gradually improves, the United States will not be able to withstand further construction actions by Chinese mainland, especially around Scarborough Shoal.
If Chinese mainland starts construction on Scarborough Shoal, it will mean that the threat of the United States and the Philippines in the South China Sea will be greatly reduced.
If Chinese mainland begins to build Scarborough Shoal, the United States is likely to take the risk and launch air strikes.
But whether it is in the South China Sea or the Taiwan Strait, the core of the problem is the United States' attempt to threaten China's sovereignty.
It is legitimate for the PLA to defend its sovereignty.
If it were not for the forcible intervention of foreign forces represented by the United States, there would be no risk of large-scale conflict in either the South China Sea or the Taiwan Strait.
Moreover, it is inappropriate for the United States to intervene in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea in itself.
Therefore, even in the event of a conflict, the blame can only be placed on the United States.
As far as the Philippine ambassador's remarks are concerned, it is likely that the real purpose is to hype up the situation in the South China Sea in order to attract more attention from the United States.
After all, the Philippines knows that without the support of the United States, it is simply not capable of provoking China in the South China Sea.
However, it is worth noting that in this process, the Philippines, despite its arrogance on the South China Sea issue, has made it clear that it will not intervene in the Taiwan Strait issue and will abide by the one-China principle.
This may be one of the few desirable points in the Philippines' Marcos** China-related policy.
Of course, the Philippines' non-involvement in the Taiwan Strait does not mean that it will sit idly by on the South China Sea issue.
At present, Biden** has not intervened in the situation in the South China Sea, but the situation in the Taiwan Strait is increasingly risky due to the agitation of the United States and the Taiwan authorities.
At the end of November, the Ministry of National Defense made it clearer that the PLA would maintain a "state of combat readiness" and resolutely defend its sovereignty and would never be weak.
This has made the Philippines worry that the United States is too focused on the Taiwan Strait issue, so it hastily hyped up the situation in the South China Sea in the hope of attracting the attention of the United States.
China has multiple ways to respond to the Philippines' provocations in the South China Sea.
One way to do this is to tow away damaged vessels that are illegally beached in the Philippines.
Previously, China had refrained from doing so because of its relationship with the Philippines.
However, there has been recent news that China has amassed a large number of ships near Second Thomas Shoal, possibly to dismantle or tow away damaged Philippine vessels.
Such a move would shatter the illusions of the Philippines once and for all and make it realize the serious consequences of provoking China's sovereignty.