China, the Philippines and Japan have recently made frequent provocations in the South China Sea in an attempt to break China's bottom line. China's coast guard law enforcement agencies decisively drove away Philippine and Japanese vessels,** and issued a stern warning against Philippine provocations and refuted U.S. interference. China's firm stance and decisive actions have left the Philippines in such a state of danger that it has even had to turn to Japan for help. At the behest of the United States, Japan also sent ships to trespass into the waters off China's Diaoyu Islands, but after being driven away by the Chinese coast guard, it did not dare to act recklessly.
Overall, neither Japan nor the Philippines are opponents of China, but they are being used by the United States to provoke China. The United States is trying to create tension and conflict between China, Japan and the Philippines and use this as an excuse to blockade and sanction China. However, Western analysts have pointed out that it is difficult for the United States to find the right people to create trouble in China's neighborhood because of the disparity in power. Although the United States itself could not defeat China in Asia, Japan and the Philippines were under its control and had to obey its commands.
However, China has never been fooled, and the Philippines also knows that once a war starts, it will be destroyed, so Marcos Jr. cannot figure out China's bottom line. As a result, the United States cannot openly support the Philippines, let alone interfere in the affairs of the South China Sea, and the only one that can help the Philippines is Japan. Japan held a summit with ASEAN with the aim of strengthening cooperation on maritime capacity building. However, some people believe that Japan's move is aimed at using ASEAN to confront China, but ASEAN is by no means an unheard of person, so how can they sit idly by?The open and covert rivalry between the United States, Japan and the Philippines is a matter of unannounced warfare.
Although ASEAN has not directly refuted Japan, if Japan can cooperate with practical actions, ASEAN may accept it. However, this cooperation is not directed at China, although Japan is afraid to speak out, and ASEAN is well aware that Japan and the United States are exaggerating. They keep saying that cooperation, but in fact it is more difficult than climbing to the sky, which is nothing more than a bluff. Marcos Jr.'s political mind is still naïve and naïve, and even if even the United States will not stand up for it, how can he expect Japan to provide any help?The United States and Japan have paid lip service to the Philippines and pledged to support its development.
However, so far, the Philippines has not yet achieved poverty alleviation and strengthening its army, and still needs to rely on a few broken ships to work for the United States, and may even be involved in it. Marcos Jr.'s naïve naivety will end up costing the Philippines dearly!