"Globalization" has created inextricable relations between the economies, politics, cultures, etc. of various countries, which on the one hand will bring new development opportunities to various countries, and on the other hand, many inevitable conflicts will be generated accordingly.
Because the conflicts caused by various frictions are not terrible, the most troublesome thing is the trouble caused by those who have the heart!
In 2016, there was a country that called itself a "beacon of civilization" and directed itself to perform a farce, which thought that through the "farce" it would bring psychological deterrence to the mainland, but it slapped itself.
It all started with an international arbitration case in 2013...
The International Trial Tribunal, which staged a farce
In 2013, a dispute over the ownership of Scarborough Shoal between the mainland and the Philippines was formally launched at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague.
It is worth mentioning that there are two arbitral institutions in The Hague, the Netherlands, called the Hague Arbitration Tribunal, one called the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague and the other called the United Nations International Court of Justice at The Hague.
Although the names between the two are a bit similar, when it comes to authority, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague is far inferior to the United Nations International Court of Justice in The Hague.
(Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague)
The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague is a civil arbitration institution established in 1910 with the support of the Carnegie Foundation in the United States.
It does not have the same powers as the United Nations International Court of Justice at The Hague, such as judgments and enforcement of laws. In particular, in cases involving international disputes, the outcome of its trial does not have the authority to convince the international community.
The reason why the Philippines will abandon the United Nations International Court of Justice at The Hague and choose to hand over this important territorial dispute case to the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague is because behind this dispute, the United States, the big man behind the scenes, has contributed to it.
The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague has deep ties to the United States and will naturally become the first choice of the Philippines and the United States, after all, the United Nations International Court of Justice in The Hague is not something that any country wants to control.
On the day of the trial, the scene was very funny.
In this courtroom, which should be solemn, none of the judges who appeared in the courtroom were Chinese, and none of the judges was likely to fight for the legitimate interests of China, because among these five judges, the president was an authentic Japanese, and the remaining four judges were Americans and Filipinos.
(United Nations International Court of Justice at The Hague)
Which of these people is a judge who is likely to speak out for China?
Apparently not.
Therefore, the outcome of this dispute case can already be known from the lineup of judges alone.
This trial was a farce staged by the United States and the Philippines together, their one-man show, and in the end they got the result they wanted, but before they could rejoice, they were beaten in the face by the Un.N. International Court of Justice at The Hague next door!
Just after they announced the results of the trial, the UnHoath International Court of Justice in The Hague immediately published its opinion on its official website, saying that the outcome of the trial of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague had nothing to do with the UN International Court of Justice in The Hague.
This kind of posture of not hanging high on its own is actually that the United Nations International Court of Justice in The Hague is in disguise to face the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, and is not responsible for or recognizes the outcome of the trial of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague.
What authority can there be on the outcome of the trial, which is not recognized by the International Court of Justice at the United Nations in The Hague? At the end of the day, it's just a self-defeating drama between the United States and the Philippines.
The behavior of the United Nations International Court of Justice in The Hague has obviously disgraced the United States, the "big brother" who has always been proud, in the international arena, so the US authorities are ashamed and angry, and decide to take the threat of force against China, hoping to rely on violence to show their strength to the international community, so as to deter other countries and save face.
In this way, this black hand, who was originally just hiding behind the scenes and pretending to be a "peacemaker" between China and the Philippines, finally unloaded the disguise of self-deception and walked to the front of the stage.
This time, however, the United States has clearly miscalculated, because the country that has always been striving to become the hegemon of the world has ignored the fact that today's China is no longer the China that can be slaughtered by others, let alone the Qing Dynasty that will only bend the rules, but the new China that is thriving and getting stronger!
Soon after, the U.S. authorities sent ships to the South China Sea on the mainland.
This move by the US side dooms it to pay a very high price for its provocative acts against the mainland!
The historical origins behind the Sino-Philippine conflict
The dispute between the mainland and the Philippines over Scarborough Shoal did not arise suddenly, dating back to the 1990s.
At that time, the Philippines began to frequently make various small moves near Huangyan Island and sailed warships into Huangyan Dao.
In 1998, four mainland fishing boats fished in the waters off Scarborough Shoal but were stopped by the Philippine naval fleet, and 51 fishermen were illegally detained by the Philippine military for half a year.
In May of the following year, the intrusion of Philippine warships intensified, and a Chinese fishing boat was directly sunk!
Since then, the philippines' illegal behavior has intensified, with no intention of stopping.
Since the beginning of the 21st century, the Philippine side has committed many robberies and illegal seizures against mainland fishermen in the waters of Huangyan Dao, and as many as 32 fishing boats have been illegally infringed by them, and more than 400 fishermen have been disturbed by them!
In April 2012, Philippine warships conducted a one-by-one inspection of Chinese fishing boats operating in the waters off Scarborough Shoal.
One of the fishermen who was investigated, Xu Detan, still had palpitations when he later recalled the incident.
He described the situation: "The Filipino soldiers turned off the Beidou satellite position monitoring system and radio communication equipment on the ship, searched and photographed everywhere with cameras, and let us stand in the sun for four hours, not allowing us to speak. ”
It is as if the Philippines has assumed the posture of a master on China's turf.
In the face of the Philippines' provocations, the mainland cannot turn a blind eye.
On April 10 of the same year, the mainland sent the "China Maritime Supervision No. 84" and "China Maritime Supervision No. 75" formations to Huangyan Dao to protect the safety of mainland fishermen and escort them out of the waters of Huangyan Dao, where Philippine ships were in trouble.
(China Maritime Supervision No. 84)
By mid-April, the mainland had dispatched a 50-day cruise to the waters of Huangyan Island by the Chinese Fishery Administration 44,061 vessels, and then the most advanced Fishery Administration 310 vessels to the South China Sea to protect fishermen.
Prior to this, the mainland had already made a statement to the outside world that China had unquestionable sovereignty over Huangyan Dao, which had always been part of China's territory, and demanded that the Philippine side should not carry out various acts of intrusion on Huangyan Dao.
However, the Philippine side did not take the mainland's warning seriously at all, and arrogantly stated that it would submit the issue of the ownership of Scarborough Shoal island to an international arbitration institution for trial, which showed that the Philippines did not repent at all!
Therefore, in early May of the same year, when Fu Ying, Vice Foreign Minister of China, met with Cai Fuju, chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Philippine Embassy in China, she made it clear that China was ready to deal with the Philippines after it expanded the Huangyan Dao issue!
(China Maritime Supervision No. 75)
So, what is the ownership issue of Scarborough Shoal?
First of all, there is no doubt that Huangyan Dao is indeed part of Chinese territory!
As we all know, Huangyan Island is located in the South China Sea region of the mainland, and the South China Sea is divided into four parts: Zhongsha Islands, Xisha Islands, Dongsha Islands and Nansha Islands, Huangyan Dao is one of the islands in the Zhongsha Islands, and it is also the only island reef that is exposed to the water.
During the Western Han Dynasty, there were already people on the mainland who left traces of activities on the Xisha Islands; by the Tang and Song dynasties, whether it was the Nansha Islands, the Zhongsha Islands or the Xisha Islands, they were all listed as the legal jurisdiction of China, and they were also clearly under the jurisdiction of Qiongzhou County at that time.
By the time of the Qing Dynasty, the Nansha Islands, the Zhongsha Islands, the Dongsha Islands and the Xisha Islands were all under the jurisdiction of the central government.
Therefore, from ancient times to the present, these four archipelagos are the territory of the mainland, and Huangyan Dao, located in the Zhongsha Islands, is undoubtedly part of China's territory!
(China Fishery Administration 44061 ship)
Since it is the territory of the mainland, it should be under the jurisdiction of the mainland, and the Philippines' act is an act of invasion, where is the reason to refer the conflict issue of Scarborough Shoal to the international arbitration institution?
Even if in the end, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague gives the result of the trial that belongs to Huangyan Island to the Philippines, which is contrary to historical reality and will never be internationally recognized, and China is even less likely to recognize this trial result!
Territory is sacred, and sovereignty is an indispensable and important part of a country's many powers, so as long as it involves territorial issues, the mainland must not make any concessions!
As mentioned earlier, the outcome of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague was not recognized by the United Nations International Court of Justice at The Hague and China, and the Philippines and the United States became angry.
In particular, the United States has openly sent a fleet to the waters of the South China Sea on the mainland in an attempt to use violent means to force the mainland to enforce the verdict of the arbitral institutions on Huangyan Dao!
However, at this time, the mainland's naval strength can not be underestimated, although at this time the mainland's aircraft carriers are relatively small, but that does not mean that we dare not confront hegemonism!
(China Fishery Administration 310 Ship)
In order to make the United States and the Philippines realize the principle that "China's territory is inviolable," the mainland decided to conduct an unprecedented military exercise in the South China Sea!
Military exercises to force the retreat of enemy warships
At the end of June 2016, the Continental Navy actively entered a state of readiness and was ready to confront U.S. warships at any time.
At the beginning of July of the same year, the three main fleets of the Chinese Navy gathered in the waters of the Paracel Islands and the Spratly Islands and carried out the first round of military fact bomb exercises.
At this time, the fleet of the United States had arrived near the South China Sea, and the first round of live-fire exercises taken by the Mainland Navy was the first warning to the US warships and a downward threat from the Continental Navy to the US warships.
In fact, even if the mainland has come to this step, it is still willing to give the United States a chance to correct it when it knows it is wrong and retreat in spite of difficulties.
This is because the mainland has always adhered to the principle of "peaceful coexistence and common prosperity and development" in international exchanges. Therefore, if the United States immediately stops its acts of armed provocation at this time, the mainland will certainly generously expose this matter and not think too much about it.
However, when they heard about the movement of the Continental Army's fact bomb exercise, the US warship formation did not choose to retreat, but chose to drive to a hidden place to hide itself, always keeping a close eye on China's dynamics.
This is obviously the Refusal of the United States to give up its ambition to undermine the territorial sovereignty of the mainland!
Since the United States is so ignorant of current affairs, there is no need for continued tolerance.
As a result, the mainland navy's live-fire exercises quickly entered a more powerful and powerful point.
During this exercise, the mainland dispatched hundreds of capital ships from the East China Sea Fleet, the North Sea Fleet, and the South China Sea Fleet, and they sailed toward the South China Sea in a neat and orderly manner.
The moment these ships entered the waters of the South China Sea, they immediately launched a military exercise with real guns and live ammunition.
According to the analysis of foreign media at that time, the mainland's military exercise did not set goals, that is to say, there was no situation of "pointing to which to fight" in this military exercise, and all ships that appeared in the waters of the South China Sea, even no matter which country they belonged to, would become targets!
Therefore, this military exercise is not only prepared by the mainland in order to deter the United States, but also a "big chaos" for the mainland to test its own naval military strength!
In order not to harm other innocent ships in this "great chaotic fight" and to prevent ships from other countries from mistakenly entering the scene of our military exercise without their knowledge, the mainland issued a statement to the outside world long before the military exercise began, saying that China was about to conduct live-fire exercises in the waters of the South China Sea and that no vessel was allowed to enter.
And once a ship of any country ignores China's statement and breaks in by mistake, Then China will not bear any responsibility for any unexpected situation!
Presumably, at this time, no country will be stupid enough to hit the muzzle of the gun, right? I'm afraid that I hate not being able to stay farther away from the waters of the South China Sea!
In order to make this military exercise large enough, in addition to sending a fleet, the mainland also sent 4 admirals to sit in the seat, who commanded all the troops participating in the live-fire exercise, and while conducting the live-fire exercise, they always kept a close eye on the situation of the US aircraft carrier to protect the safety of the waters of Huangyan Dao!
If the United States can leave with interest in this regard, then China and the United States will naturally be at peace with each other. But if the United States does not retreat, then the Chinese fleet passing through the waters of the South China Sea and the Chinese Naval Aviation Aircraft hovering over the South China Sea will aim their guns at the US aircraft carriers!
Once the cannon is fired, it is bound to sink the US aircraft carrier!
The military exercises were in full swing.
At this time, the silence of the South China Sea has been completely broken! The air flies the mainland's naval aviation aircraft, the sea surface travels the continent's large fleet, and the nuclear submarines under the seabed are like giant whales... Shells come and go, blowing up rolling waves, and the cannon fire reflects the sky and the sea into a bright and brilliant light!
From a distance, you can only glimpse from the flames that look like thousands of fireworks rising into the air and exploding in unison, you can see how fierce this military exercise is!
The deafening explosion resounded throughout the land of the South China Sea, not only inspiring the national soul of the Chinese people, but also singing the high song of China's current rise and rise!
In the face of this situation, the US fleet has long lost its confidence in coming, and can only quietly shrink in a corner, praying not to be discovered by the Chinese warship, praying that it can escape the disaster in this "surprise" prepared for it!
However, the United States, which thought its whereabouts were perfectly hidden, did not know that their fleet had long been discovered by the mainland, because their fleet had been a caged bird and a turtle in an urn since it was close to the South China Sea!
At that time, the J-6 fighter group sent by the mainland was inspecting the skies over the waters off Huangyan Dao, deliberately deviating from the original course at the closest distance to the US aircraft carrier fleet, and displaying the missiles equipped on the plane, revealing a posture that could be fought at any time. This proud scene was successfully filmed and broadcast on the newscast.
This is another opportunity for our army to go down the ladder for the US aircraft carrier fleet.
The United States, which has always followed China's dynamics, must know that its whereabouts have been exposed, and the tension of the situation does not allow them to continue to be lucky.
You know, although the aircraft carrier has an unshakable position in the sea combat, but it is said that "too rigid and easy to fold", the most fatal weakness of the aircraft carrier is that the ability to resist blows is not strong, once the enemy warship finds the trace and launches the attack, the probability of being sunk is very high!
Therefore, the US aircraft carriers, knowing that their hiding places had been exposed, immediately instigated, taking advantage of the gap at the end of China's first round of military exercises, they fled to the waters of the Philippines like rats that stole and could not be eager to escape!
This confrontation ended with China's victory without a fight, and the face of the United States once again fell to the bottom and became a big laughing stock in the international community!
Since then, the mainland has conducted a second military fact bomb exercise, and in order to make the United States completely dead. At the same time as the military exercises, our side also made public the trajectory of the US formation near the waters of China at that time.
In this way, both the United States itself and any country in the world will realize the fact that the United States fleet can retreat completely is not lucky, but the benevolence of the continental navy!
If the United States still dares to invade, we dare to raise the muzzle of the gun and return fire!
The disgraced United States gave up completely, and after July 26, 2016, they completely withdrew from the mainland sea, and there was no trace of it!
On the huangyan island dispute, China has once again won the battle!
Today, the powerful countries will never tolerate the evil forces
At this point, one thing that is very curious is:
Why should the United States not hesitate to send aircraft carriers to help the Philippines get the mainland's Scarborough Shoal? What makes the United States so obsessed with the mainland's Scarborough Shoal?
In the final analysis, it is necessary to return to the question of "interests".
China's rise has made the United States, which has always wanted to be the world hegemon, feel a huge crisis, saying that there is no room for two tigers in one mountain, and although the mainland has always advocated peaceful exchanges, it is inevitable that it will become the object of hatred of the United States.
Therefore, whenever the mainland is a little bit turbulent, the United States is like grasping the handle, targeting and smearing China everywhere, and constantly making all kinds of small moves in an attempt to cause harm to the mainland!
Such an example, a casual check is a handful!
This time, the United States participated in this dispute, but also had selfish intentions.
Because Huangyan Island has rich oil resources, this makes Huangyan Island a fragrant food in the eyes of the United States.
We all know that the United States is a developed country, an industrial power, and its demand for oil has always been very large!
But even the United States knows that in today's era of widespread peace, it is no longer wise to grab it openly.
Therefore, when it saw the Philippines and the mainland competing for Huangyan Island, the United States saw a glimmer of hope, and immediately chose to spare no effort to help the Philippines, staged one farce after another, not to mention, and also dispatched aircraft carriers!
Because once it helps the Philippines successfully occupy the mainland's Scarborough Shoal, then the United States as a supporter will certainly be able to profit a lot from it!
The Wishful Thinking of the United States has been played loudly, but today's China is no longer the object that any country can easily calculate!
This live-fire exercise that shocked China and foreign countries is the most powerful proof!
With this military exercise, the mainland has achieved the goal of "surrendering soldiers without a fight," which not only resolved the crisis, but also accumulated valuable combat experience for the mainland navy's maritime operations, which is of great significance to the development of the mainland navy.
After the military exercise, the United States and the Philippines knew that the battle for Huangyan Island was already a fool's dream, so these two countries that had come together because of common interests and were in cahoots actually turned their faces and staged a dog-eating drama!
They condemn each other, complain about each other, and lash out at each other at every turn!
After seeing the strength of the mainland and the fiasco of the United States, the Philippines immediately changed its posture and asked the mainland to repair the relations between the two countries. This has undoubtedly given the United States another slap in the face!
epilogue
What the struggle between the United States and the Philippines will turn out to be irrelevant to the mainland, and in this conflict, the continent has gained greatly by successfully establishing its majesty and position at sea.
From now on, the South China Sea region on the mainland will surely usher in a long period of peace and stability.
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