Ren'ai Reef has restocked! This time it can be said that the situation is a bit complicated, but what is going on?
In the past two years, there have been a lot of confrontations in the South China Sea, and almost every time the Philippines makes an "unusual" response, China will strongly oppose it.
How did it end? Next, I will first popularize the problem of Ren'ai Jiao.
There is no dispute that Second Thomas Shoal is Chinese territory.
That's right, Ren'ai Reef is very important in China, and is located about 14 nautical miles southeast of Mischief Reef in China's Nansha Islands, it is 15 kilometers long from north to south, and about 5 miles wide from east to west6 kilometers of atolls, the biggest highlight of the atoll is that it can be changed "with the change of sea water", most of it is exposed at low tide, the northern half of the ring is relatively complete, the south half of the ring is broken into several sections, forming a number of reef gates, which is conducive to China's 30-ton ships can enter the lagoon.
Of course, for a long time, Chinese fishermen have used the area as an important fishing ground and shelter from the wind, so they have also given some interesting names, such as "broken joint" or "broken joint".
Ren'ai Jiao was the first in China to complete the expedition and land on Ren'ai Jiao, leaving behind Chinese stone monuments and markers. In 1998, the Philippines provoked the second Mischief Reef incident in the South China Sea, and the Philippine military set its sights on Ren'ai Reef, about 14 nautical miles southeast of Mischief Reef.
At that time, the Philippines did not change the state of Second Thomas Shoal.
However, in 1999, the Philippines adopted a non-confrontational model, and there may have been some "premeditation", a dilapidated tank landing ship No. 57 of the Philippine Navy sailed to Ren'ai Jiao, claiming that "the bottom of the ship is leaking, and it has no choice but to sit on the reef on the northwest side of Ren'ai Jiao".
The Philippines also said that it would tow it away, but after several decades, the Philippines did not make any move, and sent soldiers in shifts to try to "de facto control".
Do you think that's possible? China will certainly not sit idly by, and as long as there are violations in the Philippines, China will inevitably take tough measures against Second Thomas Shoal. Therefore, in the past few years, the Philippines has become more aggressive in the South China Sea, trying to change the status quo of Ren'ai Jiao.
Moreover, the Philippines also wanted to station troops on Ren'ai Jiao, but was completely prevented by China, that is, in 2012, there was a "confrontation between China and the Philippines at Huangyan Dao", and then there was a "half-moon reef Chinese 560 ship grounding incident", which brought huge pressure to the Philippines, and the Philippines tried in vain to strengthen the garrison of Ren'ai Jiao and other Philippine-occupied islands and reefs in China's Nansha Islands, but the result was completely unsuccessful. Therefore, the Philippines is "stubborn" to China's Ren'ai Jiao.
Of course, China's Ren'ai Jiao is indeed very valuable, and this is what I have explained many times, so what is the value?
Clause. First, from the most ordinary value, the fish resources of Ren'ai Jiao are very rich, and the activities of Chinese fishermen in this area must also confirm this problem, so the fish resources of Ren'ai Jiao are very good for China, especially after the reduction of offshore fish resources in the future, it is necessary to carry out large-scale exploitation in these areas.
The waters near Ren'ai Jiao are rich in oil and gas resources in the waters near Lile Bank in Nansha, China, and the South China Sea is very rich in resources, and the Lile Bank area, where Ren'ai Jiao is located, is also the focus of oil and gas.
According to some known data, the oil reserves near Reed Bank in the South China Sea may reach 6 billion barrels, and the natural gas reserves may reach 55.6 billion cubic meters, and it is also said that the proven natural gas volume of Reed Bank is 9628 trillion liters, which shows that the resources in the Ren'ai Jiao area are very large.
Therefore, seeing fish resources, oil and gas resources, in fact, this is one of the reasons why the Philippines wants to occupy China's Ren'ai Jiao the most, because China's Ren'ai Jiao is too capable of changing the shortage of domestic resources in the Philippines.
And yet? Obviously, China will not allow these resources to be exploited. Therefore, the Philippines can only change this situation by occupying China's Ren'ai Jiao, however, this is not the case, even if it wants to supply the above, it has to listen to China.
Non-successful resupply of Ren'ai Jiao! But the Chinese coast guard did not "admit it" either
That's right, according to foreign media notes, the Philippines in 2The replenishment of Second Thomas Shoal was a complete success, and it was noted that there were no tensions with Chinese vessels.
What's going on? Is China really "admitted"? Actually, no, according to the Philippines, the Philippine Coast Guard ships "Cabra" and "Sindangan" encountered little resistance from China when escorting ships carrying fresh supplies to Philippine troops aboard the landing ship "Sierra Madre" stationed at Second Thomas Shoal. See? It is the transportation of "fresh supplies".
This time the situation is obviously different, and China has been talking about this issue for a long time, that is, for humanitarian reasons, China has made "temporary special arrangements" for Philippine ships transporting food, allowing them to deliver necessary daily necessities to the "beach**" of Ren'ai Jiao.
Moreover, Powell, the head of Sealight, who specializes in monitoring developments in the South China Sea, said"The Philippine resupply to (Ren'ai Jiao) is very different from the past, and China's blockade as usual has not materialized. It also confirmed that the Philippines only carried out fresh material meteorites and did not transport "illegal construction materials", so China will not take corresponding measures.
And according to foreign media, although the Kabra and Sindangan encountered the Chinese Coast Guard 5205 when they arrived at the nearby shoals of the Nansha Islands, they did not monitor the tension between the ships, which shows that the Chinese Coast Guard has grasped the supply movement of the Philippines.
Therefore, everyone should not see the successful replenishment of the Philippines and think that the Chinese coast guard "admitted", but in fact, it is not, everyone thinks a little too much.
And they also say that this unusual mildness may be the result of an agreement reached in Shanghai by the Philippines and China earlier in January, and this is the approximate situation.
Sooner or later, Second Thomas Reef will change.
That's right, for the Philippines on the **, you don't have to worry, sooner or later this abandoned ** will "collapse", as for how it will change this process in the future, my country has not publicly stated.
But Ren'ai Jiao is China's, and China can do anything on it.
Therefore, you don't need to filter and worry about the problem of Ren'ai Jiao, China's islands are Chinese at all times, no matter what the process of change is, it is the same.