The Filipinos, who had been provoking near Scarborough Shoal during the Chinese New Year, have been driven out by our patrol fleet and have restricted their routes to stop approaching Scarborough Shoal.
Now the Philippines is trying to take advantage of the loophole of the Chinese New Year to take advantage of our holiday to carry out relevant provocative activities in the region, but it has not succeeded.
Not long ago, Chinese and Philippine diplomats exchanged views in Shanghai, and as soon as the Philippine representatives returned, they began to take on such a challenge, probably because in the course of the exchange, China focused on the ownership of the South China Sea archipelago, involving countries near the South China Sea, such as China and the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia, which is a multifaceted issue.
We have agreed on exercises in the South China Sea and the norms of conduct of the countries surrounding the South China Sea, and we must abide by them. But we have also noticed that there are some other countries in this area of the sea that want to invade this area and destroy the peace of this area.
In this context, the Philippines has a foreign military base, supported by a foreign army, so they have stepped up these challenges in disputed places, in fact, they have a foreign power behind them. If that's the case, then we will also make things clear, let them do what they agreed, and let the countries near the South China Sea deal with it themselves, so that the Philippines will be even more brazen in its provocations.
The reason why the United States and the Philippines frequently conduct military exercises, China will also make some responses, let those foreign forces know that they are the hegemon of this sea area, and they cannot be in the South China Sea.