According to media reports, the Philippine Congress recently passed a bill called "Plan for the Demarcation of Artificial Islands in the Sea", which is extremely arrogant, that is, "all artificial islands built in the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines shall be owned by the Philippine government." It is reported that the bill was initiated by a Philippine congressman, and the country's senate president considered "this a very good amendment bill" and passed it "without hesitation".
Due to the numerous maritime disputes between China and the Philippines, the country has long falsely claimed that some of China's islands and reefs in the South China Sea, such as Scarborough Shoal and Ren'ai Jiao, are its so-called "territory", and the 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone extending outward has included more of China's islands and reefs in its "territory". Therefore, if the Philippine Congress passes this bill, if it is just a bluff to embolden itself, it is not a big problem. If they want to play real and try to invade and occupy China's Nansha islands and reefs by military means, then a sea war between the two countries will be inevitable.
Obviously, with the current size of the Philippines, even with the support of the United States and some other external interference forces, it will absolutely not dare to provoke a maritime conflict with China. Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte had previously warned the country's anti-China forces that if the Philippines went to war with China, the consequences would be the death of millions of Filipinos. So, don't look at the current Marcos administration's barking fiercely on the South China Sea issue, but they dare not ignore the former president's warning, because the facts are clear, once the Philippines dares to provoke a military conflict with China, the result will be a dead end.
It's one thing for those in power in the Philippines to not have the strength to engage in a military confrontation with China, but it's quite another to take advantage of it. Of course, the Marcos administration is not honest at all, and they do not dare to go to war with China over the South China Sea, but that does not mean that they will stop provoking. However, the Philippines provoked China, and the result was that it was beaten the most ruthlessly. According to media reports, a spokesman for the China Coast Guard said that on the 15th local time, a ship from the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources attempted to trespass into the waters near China's Scarborough Shoal. When repeated warnings were ineffective, the China Coast Guard took measures such as route control and forced eviction of Philippine vessels in accordance with the law, and handled them professionally and standardly.
Prior to this, a Philippine Coast Guard patrol vessel wandered in the waters near China's Scarborough Shoal for nine days, during which time it repeatedly tried to trespass the waters near Scarborough Shoal. In this regard, a spokesperson for the China Coast Guard pointed out that China has indisputable sovereignty over Huangyan Dao and its adjacent waters, and the China Coast Guard has consistently carried out rights protection and law enforcement activities in waters under China's jurisdiction in accordance with the law, and resolutely upheld national sovereignty and maritime rights and interests.
China is one of the world's largest economic and military powers, with a large naval and air force to defend its homeland and defend its country, as well as a coast guard law enforcement force that can crush neighboring countries to defend rights and enforce the law in waters under China's jurisdiction. In contrast, the Philippines relies on backward patrol vessels aided by the United States, Japan and other countries, and is not worthy of being a rival to the Chinese coast guard. Therefore, in the face of China's strong coast guard law enforcement force, the Philippine Coast Guard has relied on the support of the United States to continue to carry out abusive provocations on China's Nansha islands and reefs, such as Ren'ai Jiao and Scarborough Shoal, all of which have ended in failure.
In fact, China is fully capable of reclaiming Scarborough Shoal and Ren'ai Jiao, expanding them into outposts where troops and advanced weaponry can be deployed, and can be used to strike at the Philippines if necessary to reclaim territory and territorial waters under their control. However, out of the need to maintain stability in the South China Sea, and at the same time to leave the Philippines with a little diplomatic room for maneuver, China has not only carried out the island reclamation project at Scarborough Shoal and Ren'ai Jiao, but also did not even get rid of the wrecked ship that the Philippines illegally ran aground on Ren'ai Jiao, which has actually given the Philippines enough face. If the Philippines continues to lose face, China will only be able to teach them a lesson when necessary, and let them feel the pain of provoking China.
It can be seen from this that the Philippines does not have that diamond diamond, but it has to go to the porcelain work, and the country's parliament has passed relevant bills in an attempt to assign some artificial islands and reefs of China's Nansha Islands to its own, which is purely self-inflicted. Therefore, when Philippine ships attempt to trespass on Scarborough Shoal, the relevant measures taken by China to regulate it are to make them clear that the Spratly Islands have been China's territory since ancient times, and anyone who invades it will have to pay the corresponding price.