The late-night operation of the China Coast Guard was confirmed by Gan Yu, spokesman of the China Coast Guard, that four Philippine personnel had illegally intruded into the reef of Scarborough Shoal in recent days. The Chinese Coast Guard issued a warning in accordance with the law and drove them away. Not long ago, the Philippines directed and staged an "airdrop" farce at Ren'ai Jiao, and within a few days, the Philippines went to Scarborough Shoal to provoke, and four Philippine people even dared to "step on the spot" near Scarborough Shoal.
Combined with the current relevant reports inside and outside the Philippines, Sister Lan believes that Philippine President Marcos has deep intentions in doing this. First of all, the illegal intrusion of Philippine personnel into the reef of Scarborough Shoal was the day before Marcos' visit to Vietnam. As soon as the spokesman of the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry made inappropriate remarks and showed covetousness for China's sovereignty over the Nansha and Xisha Islands, Marcos immediately announced that he would visit Vietnam, apparently in an attempt to draw Vietnam into the gang and jointly wait for an opportunity to invade and occupy China's islands and reefs in the South China Sea. In advance, the Philippines deliberately created an incident around Scarborough Shoal, and the Philippine side also knew that it would be absolutely impossible for the four people to break through the defense of the Chinese coast guard, but they only wanted to use this incident to show their antagonistic position with China and seek "unity of position" with Vietnam.
Second, on the day of the Philippine personnel's illegal intrusion into Scarborough Shoal, a major incident occurred in the Philippines. The two major families, represented by Marcos and former President Rodrigo Duterte, held rallies in Manila and Davao City, respectively, in a move that marked a complete break between Marcos and the Duterte family, the political allies who had single-handedly supported him in the past.
Since Marcos took office as president of the Philippines, Duterte has strongly opposed his move to "pro-US and contain China" and involve the Philippines in the great power game because of his drastic changes in the domestic and foreign policy of the Duterte era, especially around the situation in the South China Sea. Duterte denounced Marcos as an "addict" in his speech on the same day, and his son, Davao City Mayor Sebastian, said bluntly that Marcos did not bring progress to the country and should step down.
Although Marcos is the president, the Duterte family has deeper roots in the Philippines, and from the perspective of public opinion, Marcos's cousin Romualdez is obviously not as popular as the vice president and Duterte's daughter Sarah in the next presidential election. Therefore, Romualdez tried to "amend the constitution" and change the Philippines from a "presidential republic" to a "parliamentary republic" in order to empty the power of the president, which caused a lot of controversy in the Philippines.
What should Marcos do in this situation? The only thing he can count on is a large number of pro-American forces in the country. Marcos' actions are not only to occupy China's islands and reefs in the South China Sea, but also to push the Philippines to side with the United States, so as to gain the support of the pro-American faction in China and overpower the Duterte family.
Therefore, the Philippine personnel trespassed on Scarborough Shoal this time to build momentum to win over Vietnam, and second, to curry favor with the United States and seek political benefits for Marcos.