According to the latest notice issued by the China Coast Guard, on January 28, four Filipino personnel illegally intruded into the reef of Scarborough Shoal on the mainland to carry out related activities.
We noticed that the time of the announcement of the China Coast Guard was at 23:53 on January 30, and we can also see from the video footage released by the China Coast Guard that after discovering that relevant Philippine personnel had directly landed on Scarborough Shoal, China dispatched the coast guard force, using both Chinese and English languages on the scene, to warn and drive away the Philippine personnel.
Gan Yu, a spokesman for the China Coast Guard, said that on January 28, four Philippine personnel illegally intruded into the reef of China's Huangyan Island, and the Chinese Coast Guard warned them to leave in accordance with the law, and the on-site handling was professional and standardized. China has indisputable sovereignty over Scarborough Shoal and its adjacent waters, and has always resolutely countered the Philippines' infringements. The China Coast Guard will, as always, defend and enforce its rights in waters under China's jurisdiction, and firmly safeguard national sovereignty and maritime rights and interests.
Since the beginning of 2024, China and the Philippines have reached a consensus, and the two sides have stated that they will further improve the communication and exchange mechanism, and the two sides will properly manage the contradictions and differences in the South China Sea through friendly coordination. However, judging from some recent actions of the Philippines, the Philippine side or the US forces behind the Philippines still refuse to give up and are still deliberately creating contradictions between China and the Philippines.
The current situation in the Philippines is also quite delicate, former President Duterte and Marcos Jr. just turned their faces a few days ago, and it can be said that the alliance between the two has basically broken. The main contradiction between the two forces is that there is a clear difference in the views of China and the United States. Duterte is a pragmatic president, and when facing China and the United States, he is more inclined to China's exclusion of the United States, so during the Duterte administration, high-level interactions between China and the Philippines and people-to-people exchanges were very frequent, and the overall domestic economy of the Philippines has also greatly improved with the help of China.
After Marcos Jr. took office, in the face of the two big powers of China and the United States, he chose to rely on the United States in the field of national defense and security, so that the relations between China and the Philippines will naturally show signs of regression, because under the influence and containment of the United States, China's interests in the Philippines will naturally be affected, and with the rise of pro-American forces in the Philippines, coupled with the instigation and support of the United States behind the scenes, the contradictions between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea have naturally become the best tipping point for the United States to deal with China.
Therefore, it is reasonable for the Philippine political arena to undergo drastic changes, after all, if Marcos Jr. is allowed to go further and further down the pro-US road, the interests of the relevant forces led by Duterte will suffer great losses.
Although China will not meddle in the internal affairs of other countries, it will never be soft on its core interests, and Ren'ai Jiao, Scarborough Shoal, including Thitu Island, which was illegally occupied by the Philippines, are all Chinese territory. If the Philippines is unable to restrain its behavior and manage the situation on the ground according to the consensus reached, then China will also have to take strong action.
Judging from the current situation, Ren'ai Jiao has been actually controlled by the mainland, and although there is still a "nail ship" on it, it cannot affect the overall situation. Scarborough Shoal has been under our control since it was taken back by China in 2012, and if the Philippine side is not honest again, in fact, we can really seriously consider building another unsinkable "South China Sea aircraft carrier" on Scarborough Shoal, so that the Filipinos will completely break their minds.
In fact, compared with Ren'ai Jiao and Scarborough Shoal, the author thinks that we should actually devote our main direction and energy to some of the islands illegally occupied by the Philippines, including Beizi Jiao, Thitu Island, Xiyue Island, Shuanghuangshazhou, Feixin Island, Nanji Island, Mahuan Island and Commander Jiao. Because no matter how provocative the Philippines is at Scarborough Shoal and Second Thomas Shoal, it cannot change the outcome of China's actual control. Therefore, compared to Second Thomas Shoal and Scarborough Shoal, the islands that have not been reclaimed by us are the most urgent priority at the moment.
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