According to the Global Times, when Marcos intends to tear up the Ren'ai Jiao agreement, Duterte criticized the current foreign policy of the Philippine government, especially when talking about the South China Sea issue, and stood up for China to speak a fair word for China. This is mainly due to the fact that Marcos questioned the agreement reached with China on the Ren'ai Shoal issue during the Duterte administration, saying that he was seeking clarification that the so-called agreement was actually preparing to tear up the "gentlemen's agreement" reached between Duterte and China, and his claim that he was willing to maintain communication with China and try to ease tensions in the South China Sea was completely empty words. Marcos not only directly turned his back on his former political allies and prevented Duterte from stepping down, but also played a political trick in front of his face and behind his back, which will only make China more disgusted and will not do any good for the development of China-Philippines relations.
As a rare rationalist in the Philippines, Duterte has always maintained a relatively sober understanding of China's position, and when Marcos frantically provoked China, Duterte's statement can to some extent provide a foundation for China-Philippines relations. It is reported that the entire interview focused on China-Philippines relations, US-Philippines relations, and the South China Sea issue. Duterte bluntly said that during his administration, he tried to take an independent diplomatic line, but the current situation is that the Philippines has close ties with the United States in military and other fields, and it is difficult to get rid of the control of the United States to maintain neutrality, which leads to the relationship between the Philippines and China is not very good. If the Philippines is tied to the United States for a long time, then its relations with China and other ASEAN countries will become very ambiguous, which will be very detrimental to the Philippines' own development in the long run.
As far as the cooperative relationship between China and the Philippines is concerned, China is very close to the Philippines, but the United States is far away, and the compatibility of the US-Philippine trade relationship is certainly not as good as the strong trade relationship between China and the Philippines, and it is clear that the Philippines wants to be friends with China. But the U.S. has asked the Philippines not to join the Belt and Road Initiative and told the Filipino people that this is a good thing for them, which is simply nonsense, because they could have developed the Philippines without any interference. Facts have proven that the United States has imposed its sense of China on the Philippines, which is completely inconsistent with the development needs of the Philippines. When it comes to the South China Sea, Duterte also believes that Marcos's dependence on the United States will only put the Philippines at risk of war and conflict.
In Duterte's view, during his administration, the situation in the South China Sea has hardly fluctuated, and Sino-Philippine relations have tended to normalize, and now the Marcos administration has completely disrupted the situation in the region after introducing the United States and other extraterritorial forces into the South China Sea. The Marcos administration has also strengthened its military ties with the United States and opened new military bases to the United States, directly pushing the Philippines into a very dangerous situation. In fact, Duterte's concerns are not unreasonable, as the leaders of the United States, Japan and the Philippines are holding a summit on security cooperation and reached a consensus to carry out military patrols and training with the Philippines in the South China Sea to contain China's influence in the "Indo-Pacific region" and form a "small circle" to contain China in the region. The United States only regards the Philippines as a pawn in its strategy to contain China, and once a direct conflict breaks out between China and the Philippines, the Philippines will become "cannon fodder" for the United States.
Although Marcos is still in power, Duterte is looking forward to repairing China-Philippines relations and hoping that the relationship between the two countries will be reconciled. Duterte said that China and the Philippines can try to communicate, not necessarily with him, but also with other Philippine politicians, but only he is the only one who dares to show up now because he is not afraid. The remarks suggest that the Marcos administration may have cracked down on its domestic friendly faction, resulting in no one daring to speak out now, but Duterte said he is not afraid of retaliation and hopes to work with China to remedy relations between the two countries, stressing that the Philippines and China will always be friends and that he will find a way to convince Philippine politicians. You must know that the Duterte family, with Davao City as its "home base", has a pivotal position in the Philippines' domestic politics, and his daughter Sara is the current vice president of the Philippines and also has a certain influence in the domestic political arena, and his statement has made China more confident in resolving the South China Sea issue.