After the release of China's new map some time ago, opposition can be described as one after another, especially the Philippines and Malaysia, the two countries in the South China Sea, which have finally been unable to hold back and decided to hold a joint military exercise in the South China Sea to jointly oppose China's newly declared territorial sovereignty.
According to the Russian Satellite News Agency on September 6, citing the Manila Times, the armed forces of Malaysia and the Philippines are holding a joint naval exercise in the waters east of the Philippine island of Mindanao. The military exercise is intended to train the two countries to deal with the challenges posed by China to their sovereignty. The exercise began on September 4 and will last until September 8.
It can be seen that some countries in the South China Sea are still thieves-minded in coveting the mainland's territorial sovereignty. After the mainland released the new map, the Philippines and Malaysia were the first two countries in the South China Sea to jump out to oppose it, and Philippine President Marcos said for the first time that he would take certain actions against China. It seems that this military exercise is his so-called action.
It is worth noting that the timing of this military exercise, which began from September 4 to 8, coincided with the opening period of the 26th China-ASEAN Leaders' Summit, and the two countries chose to hold military exercises during this time period, which was obviously specially planned.
First of all, on the 4th of this month, the warships of the United States and the Philippines have already come to the edge of our "ten-dash line" to provoke, note that this date coincides with the day before the opening of the China-ASEAN leaders' summit. Its purpose is to send a signal to ASEAN countries through joint military exercises that they will confront China to the end on the South China Sea issue and force ASEAN countries to take sides between China and the Philippines. The purpose of this Philippine and Malaysian military exercise is the same, the difference is only that without the leadership of the United States, their military exercise location does not dare to be close to our "ten-dash line".
Second, whether it is the Philippines or Malaysia, if they come to the periphery of China's territorial waters to carry out provocative protests, they will undoubtedly hit a stone with a pebble. The Philippines has a lot of say here, sending ships to Second Thomas Reef several times to resupply the warship Sierra Madre, but without exception our coast guard ships have been fed back with cannons. This time, Marcos pulled up Malaysia to strengthen his courage.
But does it work? If one Philippines cannot deter China, plus one Malaysia, will China consider withdrawing the new version of the map? This is obviously impossible, China's determination to defend its national territory is unshakable, whether it is the Philippines or Malaysia, or the United States, Japan, South Korea, we will not back down in the slightest.
Now that ASEAN has surpassed the United States as China's largest export market, as long as ASEAN-China relations continue to develop, this grand situation will certainly continue in the future, whether it is the Philippines or Malaysia, it will benefit greatly from the China-ASEAN economic free ride. Isn't that much better than provoking regional tensions?
I advise the countries concerned not to "be greedy enough to swallow the elephant", if it is not yours, it will not be yours after all, and we will never be polite if you want to infringe on China's sovereignty by relying on arrogant and provocative methods.