2023 for:South China SeaIt's been a rough year. After Marcos Jr. of the Philippines decided on the strategy of turning to the United States in an all-round way and being willing to be an anti-China lackey of the United States, the Philippines has significantly accelerated the pace of provoking China's sovereignty in the South China Sea. Their actions were influenced by ChinaCoast GuardFor a whole year, the Philippines has been repeatedly kicking the "iron plate".
On December 9 and 10, near the end of the year, the provocations in the Philippines reached a "climax". They sent several official ships to forcibly invade Scarborough Shoal andSecond Thomas Reef, but all were affected by ChinaCoast GuardThe boat's water cannon "entertained". In the waters off Scarborough Shoal, a Philippine shipCoast GuardThe antenna of the ship's communications equipment was blown out by water cannons and had to be immediately returned to the Philippine mainland;InSecond Thomas ReefIn the sea area, an attempt was made to illegally transport a beached shipArchitectureShips with supplies were sprayed with water cannonsEnginedamaged and eventually by the PhilippinesCoast GuardThe boat was towed back to Palawan. China's strong counterattack has made the Philippines a little more restrained.
Although in September of this year, after we used water cannons to "entertain" Philippine ships, AFP Commander-in-Chief Brauner had threatened that they would treat China's actions as "."Acts of warBut after the water cannon "reception" on the 9th and 10th, Philippine *** committee spokesman Malaya said that ChinaCoast GuardThe use of water cannons does not belongActs of war, and the PhilippinesCoast GuardThe ships were also armed with water cannons, which they did not use because they were used to extinguish fires and were not used in order to maintain the so-called "moral high ground". It's just laughable, PhilippinesCoast GuardThere has never been a concept of "morality", they are undisciplined and misbehaved. Ten years ago, they chased a Taiwanese fishing boat and opened fire, resulting inFishermenThe loss of life has triggered the ** of the Taiwanese people. And now they suddenly remembered the "moral high ground"?
The Philippines does not dare to deal with ChinaCoast GuardThe only reason for the use of water cannons is that our strength in the South China Sea region far surpasses theirs, and if force is used, they have no hope of winning at all. The only hope the Philippines has now is to seek support from more countries outside the region. Over the past week, both the Philippines and the West have been hyping us upCoast GuardIn the incident of the use of water cannons, the United States, Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom, and India** all verbally supported the Philippines. Some Philippine think tanks hope that the United States will send a military escort to Philippine ships to forcibly enter China's waters, but the United States resolutely refuses. These Philippine think tanks can't answer the question: Why should the United States take risks for you?Are you Jews?Do you have giant oil fields?
Carlos, commander of the Philippine Western Command in Palawan, said in an interview that the Philippine military does not believe that China will use military useDeal with Philippine ships to avoid a U.S. response under the U.S.-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty. But he expects the Chinese side to continue to use water cannons and may even use collisions to expel Philippine ships. He also said that the Philippine side "will not allow" the Chinese side to board the Philippine vessel. It's just that the Philippines is in the heart of a villain. We're not anti-smuggling or anti-illegal fishing, weCoast GuardWhy are you boarding your ship?Our water cannons are enough. As for the collision of ships, there have been several recent incidents in the PhilippinesCoast GuardThe collision between the ship and the Philippine vessel was all the result of the Philippine vessel deliberately blocking the advance of our vessel. We have long presented the scene ** and ** as evidence. In fact, Carlos also acknowledged that the Philippines does not have any good ways to deal with it, saying only that they are ready to "brainstorm and conduct war simulations to deal with upcoming contingencies."
On December 12, 2023, the Philippine Congress passed a bill appropriating 100 million pesos (about $1.79 million) in the 2024 budgetSecond Thomas ReefBuild a permanentArchitecture。ThisArchitectureIt will be located next to a beached wrecked ship. We **, around China and the Philippines in 2024Second Thomas ReefThe struggle will be even more intense. China will never let any of them be shippedArchitectureThe material of the Filipino ships approachedSecond Thomas Reef。For the Philippines hope inSecond Thomas ReefBuild permanentlyArchitectureWe can wait and see.
There is a huge gap between the Philippines' predicament in the South China Sea and its hopes for China's strategy. The Philippines can only rely on enlisting more foreign countries to help them. They hoped that the United States would send a ** escort Philippine ship to forcibly enter China's waters, but the United States did not agree. Some think tanks in the Philippines could not answer why the United States was risking its life to serve them, and what did they have that deserved such support from the United StatesThe Philippines needs to recognize itself and adjust its strategy, try to reconcile with its neighbors, and seek a peaceful solution, rather than blindly relying on others to help them provoke China. In 2023South China Sea, PhilippinesThe situation is not calm, and we hope that the two sides will be able to resolve their differences and disputes in a peaceful and stable manner.