The situation in the South China Sea is surging, the Philippines ignores the results of China-Philippines communication, escalates provocations again, and at a critical moment, another neighboring country also takes advantage of the situation to take action. After four days of silence, the Chinese side responded with three sentences.
The Philippines provoked again, and its neighbors acted.
According to the latest news, the Philippine military suddenly made a new move a few days ago, carrying out an airdrop operation of a propeller light transport plane on China's Ren'ai Jiao, and delivering supplies and supplies to the Philippines illegally "beached" **Sierra Madre.
The Philippine military's sudden action has undoubtedly added fuel to the already tense situation at Ren'ai Jiao. You must know that just four days ago, the Philippines and China held the eighth bilateral consultation meeting on the South China Sea issue, at which China and the Philippines reached an important consensus and agreed to properly manage maritime differences, especially the situation at Ren'ai Jiao, through friendly consultations.
It seems that the Philippines has learned the ability of the United States, the architect behind the situation at Ren'ai Jiao, to "say one thing and do another", and has always been unwilling to give up making a fuss about the Philippine shipbreaking and the Philippines' illegal plot in the South China Sea.
It is worth mentioning that just as the Philippines was hyping up the Ren'ai Jiao issue, Vietnam also took advantage of the situation and claimed sovereignty over the Xisha and Nansha Islands. It is not difficult to understand that this series of provocative actions by the Philippines and Vietnam is bringing greater threats to stability in the South China Sea.
In fact, in the past, China and Vietnam have always had differences over sovereignty in the South China Sea, but both sides are clear that the common interests of the two countries far outweigh their differences, and because of this, the differences between the two sides have been better managed. Now that the South China Sea is surging, Vietnam has suddenly come out to "make trouble", which inevitably makes people think that this is taking advantage of the situation of the United States and the Philippines to follow the trend to provoke disputes in the South China Sea in an attempt to maximize Vietnam's interests in the South China Sea.
The Chinese side responded with three sentences.
It has to be said that the actions of the Philippines and Vietnam are an infringement on China's sovereignty and territorial integrity. One is to tear up the commitments and the results of the negotiations and stir up trouble in the South China Sea, and the other is to take advantage of the opportunity to gain some benefits and lead to increased tensions in the South China Sea.
As a major country in the region, and even more so a responsible major country, it is necessary for China to play its greatest role in the peace and stability of the regional situation. In response to the various provocations of "taking advantage of the fire" and causing trouble, the Chinese side responded with great clarity after four days of silence.
China's spokesman Wang Wenbin pointed out that "China has sufficient historical and legal basis to prove that the Xisha Islands and Nansha Islands are China's territory; China was the first to discover, name, develop and operate these islands, and continues to exercise sovereign jurisdiction over them. China has always opposed the illegal claims made by relevant countries on China's territory and will continue to firmly safeguard its sovereignty. ”
China's three sentences explain China's sovereign rights and interests in the Nansha and Xisha Islands from three perspectives, and at the same time express China's determination to resolutely defend its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests. For the sake of the overall situation, China is willing to resolve its differences in the South China Sea through peace talks, but the Philippines and Vietnam should understand that this does not mean that China will allow it to challenge China's sovereignty in the South China Sea.
The Philippines should think clearly about the consequences of its own "luring the wolf into the room" and cooperating with the unreasonable provocative actions taken by the United States in the South China Sea, and Vietnam should know that the US-Vietnam relationship is far less stable than the US-Philippines, and that maintaining China-Vietnam relations and stabilizing the regional situation is an effective means to maximize its own interests.