Philippine coast guard vessels continued to provoke Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea for more than a week, ignoring the warnings of the Chinese coast guard, and finally the Chinese side had to forcibly drive them away. On the other hand, the Philippine side also carried out two provocative actions at Ren'ai Jiao and conducted a joint patrol with the US military on Chinese New Year's Eve.
It can be said that the attitude of the Philippine side clearly illustrates two problems: first, it continues to carry out provocations and create chaos in the South China Sea; Second, it will gradually increase its ability to involve and threaten the situation in the Taiwan Strait, and let the US military control the Bass Strait.
Since 2023, the Philippines has illegally made many provocations and hypes on the situation in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait. Is there another reason for "cautious war"?
In fact, we all know that behind the rampant arrogance of the Philippine side is the US and its allies, which were described by the Chinese side as "extra-regional countries" in the past, and then clearly "US intervention". For the sake of stability in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, China has repeatedly warned the US not to continue to create chaos in the above-mentioned regions, and has also made representations to the Philippines on its illegal actions.
However, the Philippine side did not manage the contradictions as agreed, but continued to provoke, so China's goodwill and restraint became unnecessary, and the reason why it did not directly sink the Philippine ship that illegally broke into it was still considered a lot.
First, the current situation is still under China's control, and China has sufficient leadership and control capabilities, and for the sake of regional peace and stability, there are various ways to choose, and there is no need to sink Philippine ships for the time being.
Second, the overall situation in the South China Sea is not easy to come by, and the entire region cannot be plunged into long-term chaos because of the intervention of individual countries.
Third, the situation of the 2016 "South China Sea Crisis" was a "maritime showdown between China and the United States", and the Philippines became an "outcast" and won the victory. In the same way, what we really want to strike at is the strength of the US military, and we must deal a heavy blow to the US military in order to ensure the stability of the overall situation.
Therefore, we have adopted a variety of ways to manage the conflict, and have adopted a variety of conventional law enforcement methods in response to the illegal intrusion of the Philippine side, and of course, there are options such as seizing ships and arresting people in the future. When necessary, the PLA will certainly defend its national interests, and the coast guard will be able to control the current situation under control.
On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, the United States and the Philippines conducted the third round of joint patrols, and the Southern Theater conducted regular patrols and exercises at night.
The Philippines will inevitably pay a heavy price for continued provocations, and the strong intervention of the United States will not be able to undermine the hard-won peace and stability in the South China Sea, the so-called "you fight yours, I will fight mine" is still applicable strategically, and we have enough initiative to respond to the provocations of the United States and the Philippines, so if the United States and the Philippines continue to violate the frequency and method of illegal intrusion in 2023 in the new year, then they will only need to face a lot of artillery fire.
After such a long period of statements and the use of a variety of conventional law enforcement methods, the Philippine side still plays the role of charger and hypeman, so in the end it can always get its wish and become the "victim" it has played for a long time.
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