The Philippines summoned Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian and said that his speech was confusing, causing the outside world to pay attention to the Philippines' shock, although China has taken a tough attitude, what frightens it even more is that ASEAN countries do not support its position.
Once it chooses to rely on the United States, it needs to maintain a hostile attitude towards China, and how to strike a balance between the two, the Philippines needs to think deeply.
On 9 May 1999, a tank landing ship flagrantly violated Ren'ai Jiao in China's waters. When our side went to negotiate, the other side took a tough attitude on the pretext that it was nothing more than an attempt to steal China's territory and expand its own territory under the pretext of using nothing more than an attempt to use an upright reason.
Ren'ai Jiao, located about 14 nautical miles southeast of Mischief Reef in Nansha Islands, has been named "Thomas Second Beach" and "Ren'ai Jiao" by China and the People's Republic of China, carrying historical memory and cultural inheritance.
The islands are located outside the boundaries of the Philippine archipelago, which was acquired from Spain in 1898. This reply was accompanied by the signatures of a large number of American historians, geographers, and jurists.
Looking back at history, the United States did not immediately affirm China's sovereignty in the South China Sea, which led the Philippines to seize the opportunity. However, the Philippines has taken this behavior to the extreme, regardless of its own face.
In 1956, Croma, a Filipino, stepped into the territory of China's Nansha Islands in the name of exploration. He imitated Columbus, hoping to be the second person to "discover the continent".
He claimed to be the first to discover the South Island and to establish a kingdom of humanity there.
It is surprising that such baseless claims have been used by the Philippines as a historical basis for occupying the islands in the South China Sea. However, in order to provoke a geopolitical conflict, determination alone is not enough, but also courage.
Since World War II, the Philippines has become more unscrupulous as the United States has become more ambitious in its ambition to dominate the world, coupled with its strong national strength.
In its quest against socialist countries, the United States' "three island chains" and its ambition to create another "NATO" in the Eastern countries reveal its attempt to firmly grasp this power that cannot be directly manipulated by capital.
Therefore, since the 70s of the 20th century, close relations between the United States and the Philippines have gradually been established, and the Philippines has opened the prelude to this conflict by occupying China's territory and waters by force.
Since 1970, islands and reefs in the South China Sea, including Mahuan Island and Feixin Island, Nankey Island and Thitu Island in 1971, Xiyue Island and Beizi Island, and Shuanghuangshazhou and Commander Reef in 1978, have been illegally included in Philippine territory for a variety of reasons.
Despite this, China has not sat idly by, has been actively striving for, and has gradually perfected its naval equipment, thus gaining strong confidence. At the same time, most of the islands, reefs and sea areas of China's Nansha Islands are also named "Kalanyan Island Group".
In the 80s of the 20th century, the issue of the Philippines' invasion and occupation of China's waters and territory attracted widespread attention. In order to safeguard China's maritime rights and interests, China and the Philippines have held friendly talks.
** Talks were held with the Philippines in 1986 and 1988 to find a peaceful solution to the dispute. Despite difficulties and challenges, China has always firmly safeguarded its territorial and maritime rights and interests and actively sought ways to peacefully resolve disputes.
It is shocking that the Philippines has ignored the agreements reached between China and the Philippines and directly intruded into our territory by boat. In 2014, the Philippine side unabashedly declared: To put it simply, my ship is my territory, all actions are legal and compliant, and no one can drive me away.
This has become the main cause of the "South China Sea dispute".
What is even more intolerable is that the Philippines has become more and more arrogant in taking its illegal actions for granted. According to statistics, from 1989 to 2015, the Philippines carried out as many as 97 illegal infringements on the property and life safety of Chinese domain names, causing damage to thousands of people.
As our ancestors said, this behavior of the Philippines means that it will surely be subject to the reckoning of history. And now all kinds of signs are also confirming this.
Since 2014, China has been trying to advance peace talks with the Philippines, but its true intentions have been repeatedly revealed, not only showing a firm following the United States, but also trying to seek support from other alliances, such as the ASEAN countries, which include 10 countries.
Although the Philippines has two strong supports, due to the ever-changing international situation, no country can wantonly infringe on the territory and sovereignty of other countries. First of all, the United States has provoked incidents in the "South China Sea situation", but China has remained calm and resolute and has not been sowing discord by the United States.
Even if you are a hegemon, you can't just go against the sky, because this may shake your foundations. The United States is also aware of this in other geopolitical conflicts.
In short, both the United States and ASEAN countries want to maximize their interests, but different countries have different national conditions and levels of development. Therefore, in a volatile international environment, it is wisest to remain neutral and seek balance, which can effectively protect the interests of all countries.
History tells us that ASEAN countries will not easily become tools of the Philippines. Vietnam, for example, has learned a lesson from its conflict with China, which is still fresh in its memory.
Therefore, ASEAN countries will be cautious about their relations with the Philippines and will not take risks lightly.
Although Japan has spent 50 years in its dealings with ASEAN countries, it still plays an important role in the history of Sino-Japanese relations. However, due to Japan's repeated propaganda of forgetting or falsifying history, this behavior has deepened the pain in our hearts.
Although China and Japan established diplomatic relations on September 29, 1972, this was not an equal exchange between the two countries, but closely related to the thaw in relations between China and the United States.
After the end of World War II, the United States entered Japan in a grand manner, and the top leaders of Japan also bowed down to it. The orders of the United States, Japan did not hesitate to carry out, even at the expense of dragging the Philippines into the flames of war.
On December 17, the ASEAN-Japan Special Summit was held in Tokyo, Japan.
The Philippines and Japan jointly hyped up the "China threat theory", but the rest of ASEAN was unmoved. After careful consideration, the Philippines realized that even with the support of the United States and Japan, the stability and development of the country would be affected if it lacked the full support of neighboring countries.
As a result, the Philippines** began to reconsider its foreign policy and seek to strengthen cooperation with neighboring countries in order to achieve the prosperity and development of the country.
During Wang Yi's tenure as the Philippines' Chief Minister, he stressed: "China-Philippines relations are at a critical juncture, and the Philippines needs to think carefully about its own direction. If the Philippines continues to collude with external forces with ill intentions to try to encroach on China's waters and territory, then China will resolutely safeguard its rights and interests in accordance with the law. ”
China has always adhered to the demeanor of a great power and reminded all forces with evil intentions to carefully consider their pros and cons.