The Philippines has repeatedly provoked China on the South China Sea issue, causing China-Philippines relations to come to a "crossroads".
The Philippines "does not die with a thief's heart".
The Philippines and China recently held their eighth consultation on the South China Sea issue, during which the two sides reached a consensus and agreed to further improve the sea-related communication mechanism and properly manage the sea-related contradictions and differences through friendly consultations. It has been learned that a few days ago, the Philippines once again dispatched a small plane to carry out "airdrop supplies" to the broken ship beached at Ren'ai Jiao.
In addition, the head of the Philippine military said that it plans to develop islands and reefs in the South China Sea and purchase more ships and radar and other equipment. The Philippine defense secretary also said the Philippines is planning a "stronger" military campaign with the United States and its allies to counter China. It seems that on the South China Sea issue, the Philippine side is still "unswerving", and the so-called commitment is just a "smoke bomb" released by the Philippines.
The reason why the Philippines continues to provoke China lies in the support of the United States. The United States regards the Philippines as a geopolitical pawn and inspires the Philippines to create chaos in the South China Sea in order to contain China. The Philippines is trying to seize island and reef resources in the South China Sea with the help of the US strategic plan, turning a blind eye to the dangerous consequences of "luring the wolf into the house".
According to the news, Marcos of the Philippines also issued an invitation to the United States and other allies to establish a maritime alliance in the South China Sea to facilitate the joint development of energy in the South China Sea in the next step.
Another country is coming**
Here, the Philippines has not stopped, resulting in the continued cooling of China-Philippines relations, and Vietnam has also come to join in the fun. According to ** news, Vietnam recently publicly claimed that Vietnam has "sufficient legal basis and historical evidence" to prove that it has so-called "sovereignty" over the so-called "Paracel Islands" and "Truong Sa Islands".
It is necessary to emphasize that the so-called "Huangsha Islands" refer to China's Xisha Islands, and the "Changsha Islands" are China's Nansha Islands. Vietnam's so-called "sovereignty" claim is completely groundless and unreasonable demand.
In response to Vietnam's attempts against the Xisha Islands and Nansha Islands, Chinese spokesman Wang Wenbin pointed out that China has always opposed relevant countries' illegal claims on China's territory and will continue to firmly safeguard its sovereignty. Wang Wenbin said that the Xisha Islands and Nansha Islands are both China's territory, and this has a sufficient historical and legal basis. China was the first to discover, name, develop, and operate these archipelagos, and continues to exercise sovereign jurisdiction over them.
Vietnam would be mistaken if it thinks that China and the Philippines are mired in tensions over the South China Sea issue and that they can take advantage of the situation to "maximize" their interests in the South China Sea. China has sovereignty over most of the islands and reefs in the South China Sea, including the Nansha Islands and the Paracel Islands and their adjacent waters. The territorial issue has always been China's core issue, and China will never concede a single step.
At the same time, both Vietnam and the Philippines should understand that peace and stability in the regional situation are the most beneficial situation for themselves, and if they blindly set off storms in the South China Sea, they are using their own interests to safeguard the further implementation of the US strategic plan.