Seeing that it could not gain an advantage from Ren'ai Jiao, the Philippines changed its strategy and began to "flex its muscles" to China and show its force to China. So, why does the Philippines have the audacity? Who is his backer?
As a leader on the side of the West, Marcos Jr. inherited the double standard of the United States. He has just concluded negotiations with China, announcing that the South China Sea issue will be resolved peacefully; Immediately afterward, they began the bombing of Second Thomas Shoal and began their military operations.
Marcos, Philippines**.
The Philippines revealed a few days ago that the Philippines and Vietnam are about to sign an agreement on strengthening maritime patrol forces, and the specific details are not yet clear, but in view of the current unstable situation in the South China Sea, Vietnam has declared its sovereignty over China's Xisha Islands and South China Sea Islands, and the joint actions of the Philippines and Vietnam are obviously aimed at China.
In addition to this, the United States has also announced that it will finance the construction of an air base in the Philippines, and has made it clear that this is a provocation against China.
The Philippines is working on its own, with the help of the outside world. The Philippine Army's expansion project on Thitu Island has been completed, and a set of Japanese-made FPS-3 MES active phased array radars will be installed on the island, and India and Russia will jointly fund the development of BrahMos ultrasonic flying missiles.
For the United States, funding the construction of a new air base in the Philippines is an important U.S. strategy and an element of the U.S.-Philippines defense agreement. In doing so, the United States can not only strengthen its military presence in the South China Sea, but also help the Philippines develop air power, and it can also use it to disrupt the South China Sea, distract China, and limit its further development.
For the Philippines, their hopes of using their wreck to occupy Second Thomas Shoal are getting slimmer, and when the warship is dismantled, the Philippines will no longer find an excuse to confront China. Under such circumstances, the Philippines has targeted Thitu Island, which is also an important position in the Sino-Philippine dispute.
Whether it is receiving financial assistance from the United States or sending troops to Thitu Island, it is all for the purpose of "flexing muscles" to China. Although China and the Philippines have reached an agreement, it has not had any substantive effect, and the South China Sea will still be in a state of chaos.
However, Meifei's self-confidence made her forget two things.
First of all, the Philippines is only a small country after all, there is no US army, and there is no military action, and China's navy alone is enough to crush the Philippines. Besides, the Philippines simply does not have the ability to make **, modern warfare requires a lot of money, can the Philippines afford it?
During Duterte's administration, the Philippines has enjoyed a round of economic growth brought by China, and the Philippines has also emerged from poverty. However, with Marcos in power, the relationship between China and the Philippines has gradually shrunk, and the Philippine economy has suddenly fallen to the bottom in the Chinese environment.
Second, the Philippines seems to be favored by the United States, but is the United States really involved? The Russian-Ukrainian war has been going on for more than two years, and the United States has been letting its allies take the lead, while it is sitting behind the back to reap the benefits of the fisherman, and has no intention of entering the war at all. As soon as they saw that the situation was not right, they immediately stopped their support for Ukraine.
The United States wants to build the Philippines into the Asia-Pacific region"Ukraine", even Ukraine is like this, and the situation in the Philippines will not be much better. In the absence of strength and confidence, the Filipinos' vain attempt to challenge China by force is simply a foolish thing that does not know the height of the sky.
As far as China is concerned, the Philippines' series of military exercises against Thitu Island have made China "unable to retreat", and this is a matter involving national sovereignty, which China will never tolerate. Therefore, when China and the Philippines went to war in the South China Sea, the first to be attacked was Thitu Island, and the Chinese People's Liberation Army formed a "product" shape in Subi Reef, Fiery Cross Reef and Mischief Reef, and the Philippines spent a lot of money to purchase a large number of missiles and military power, which is simply not comparable to us.
The Philippines will not have any chance at all, and can only be beaten. I hope that the Philippines will get acquainted with each other and not provoke China, otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable.
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