Recently, the Philippines' attitude toward China has taken a 180-degree turn, and recently, Marcos has been busy reiterating the one-China policy.
Obviously, the Philippines ** is listening to the Chinese and going back to "read more". Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief and felt that the Philippine side's wavering attitude had stabilized a little. However, Vietnam suddenly attacked China, claiming that it has "sovereignty" over the "Paracel Islands" and "Changsha Islands", and while challenging China's bottom line, it has also picked up the "baton" in the hands of the Philippines.
Come to think of it, is this really just a coincidence? China and Vietnam jointly built the China-Vietnam community some time ago, and with the further development of China-Vietnam cooperation, all countries on the Indochina Peninsula have followed suit and established with China to build a community with a shared future, which almost covers ASEAN member states.
At this time, think about it, who should be the most restless? That's right, the United States. As everyone knows, the United States has always wanted to undermine China's relations with ASEAN, but the economic benefits that China can export have brought tremendous opportunities to ASEAN countries. As far as ASEAN is concerned, China is more strong than hegemonic, so there is no reason for it to blindly deteriorate its relations with China.
Of course, the Philippines is an exception, but most ASEAN countries still don't want to completely tear their faces with China. At this time, if the Americans want to find an entry point and sow discord between China and ASEAN member states, they can only start with some so-called "disputed areas" and start to make trouble.
Just like Vietnam, after shaking hands with China and further deepening the cooperative relationship, suddenly turned around. I can't help but think that this matter may have some connection with the United States.
I think that from Vietnam's point of view, although China is a very important partner of Vietnam, due to the huge deficit, the Vietnamese side will actually have ideas in their hearts, after all, China is mainly Vietnam's import market. But the United States is different, the United States for Vietnam, mainly exports, Vietnam and the United States can achieve the best surplus.
Therefore, economically, the cooperation between Vietnam and the United States is also very close, and Vietnam may also hope for the protection of the United States in the so-called sovereignty dispute. But at the same time, Vietnam does not dare to take too many risks, after all, once the choice between China and the United States is made, Vietnam is likely to become a "victim" of the great power game in the end, which Vietnam does not want to see.
So in my opinion, maintaining independence is one of the core ideas of these ASEAN countries, and you can't take sides with anyone, but sometimes you need to stand up and brush up on your presence.
And it is precisely because of the recent series of cooperation between Vietnam and China that there have been big moves. The Americans, behind their backs, may put pressure on the Vietnamese side out of unease. This is why Vietnam has to stand up, take over the "anti-China stick" in the hands of the Philippines, and come out to prove that it is "independent."
It is also very likely that the Americans are taking this opportunity to "knock" on China, telling us that even without the Philippines, there are countries such as Vietnam that can shout at China, and the United States still has a lot of chess pieces in its hands. Another is to prove that the United States, although deeply involved in the Middle East war, still has the ability to meddle in the affairs of the Asia-Pacific region.
Of course, this is just a conjecture, whether it is Vietnam or the Philippines, the vacillation of the attitude of ASEAN countries, in fact, for us, it is already not strange. However, please make it clear to the Philippines, Vietnam and other countries that when the United States "passes the microphone", it can only end up becoming "cannon fodder"!