Recently, there is a strong news that has come out.
That is, China is hosting the Western Pacific Forum, and it has sent invitations to all member and observer countries.
The United States, Russia, France, India and other countries have sent luxury lineups to participate in the forum.
However, it is surprising that the Philippines, as a member of the Western Pacific Forum, did not attend this grand event.
The explanation given by China was that China had sent invitations to all the participating countries.
This means that China sent an invitation, but the Philippines chose not to come.
And while the Philippines did not send people to China to participate in the conference, what is it doing in China?
It is reported that the Philippines and the United States are holding a side-to-shoulder naval exercise in 2024.
The exercise was huge, with more than 16,700 troops, and for the first time, the Philippines set up an area outside Philippine territorial waters facing Taiwan and the South China Sea.
It can be said that the Philippines did not come to participate in the meeting this time, but instead followed the United States in conducting provocative military exercises in the South China Sea.
This attitude has been expressed clearly enough.
That is, the attitude of the Philippine military is the same as that of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, that is, it has completely turned its face with China on the South China Sea issue and has completely closed the door to peace talks in the South China Sea.
Marcos made it particularly clear that the Philippines would invoke the U.S.-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty if any Filipino personnel died in a conflict in the South China Sea.
This is how the Philippines raised its knife against China in the South China Sea.
In the face of the menacing attack of the Philippines, China is also taking a multi-pronged approach.
During his recent visit to Indonesia, the Chinese foreign minister made it clear that he should be highly vigilant against cobbling together various "small circles" in the region, oppose any attempt to create bloc confrontation and bloc confrontation, and also said that he would speed up the consultation on the "Code of Conduct in the South China Sea".
At the same time, the Chinese foreign minister also visited Cambodia. China clearly wants to exert force from within ASEAN and counteract the influence of the Philippines and the United States moving closer together.
And in addition to the foreign minister's action, our defense minister is also taking action.
A few days ago, the Chinese defense minister visited Vietnam and reached a series of agreements with Vietnam, the most important of which was that the two sides signed a memorandum of understanding on the establishment of a hotline between the Southern Theater and the Vietnamese Navy.
The establishment of hotlines between China and Vietnam is widely seen as sending a signal to the Philippines.
After all, Vietnam is also one of the countries in the South China Sea, and there are disputes with China in the South China Sea.
But Vietnam has chosen to put the dispute on hold with China, or rather, to avoid conflict, to set up a hotline.
This signal is very clear, it is to tell the Philippines.
Vietnam knows how to handle its relations with China in the South China Sea, but the Philippines, backed by the United States, Japan and other countries outside the region, is stirring up trouble in the South China Sea, which is creating trouble and deliberately stirring up disputes.
The South China Sea issue should be left to the South China Sea countries to solve by themselves, instead of introducing other countries to intervene!