With the deepening of the contradictions between China and the Philippines and the infiltration of the United States, the Philippines not only did not gain much benefit from the confrontation, but gradually led the Philippines into the abyss.
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And this abyss will first affect the Philippine economy. According to the data earlier, the number of tourists in the Philippines has fallen to a large extent compared with before the epidemic, and the main reason for this decline is the decline in Chinese tourists, since Marcos Jr. chose the path of confrontation, the number of tourists from China has fallen by more than 80%, although the loophole of the decline in Chinese tourists has been partially made up by Japanese and South Korean tourists, but this still cannot resist the trend of the Philippine economic downturn.
And this just hit the soft underbelly of the Philippines, as a tourism country, the Philippine economy largely relies on tourism to drive the development of the national economy, and now as the main source of Chinese tourists has decreased significantly, the impact on the Philippines can be described as considerable, not only that, the large withdrawal of Chinese entrepreneurs has also made the Philippine economy appear for a time in a situation of lack of success, affected by this, the Philippine people are generally dissatisfied with Marcos Jr.'s confrontational policy.
In addition, the Philippines is playing with fire, although the joint military exercise with the United States is large-scale and has a good momentum, and it is also a gimmick in the name of the participation of 16 countries, but the Philippines always has to face the situation after the withdrawal of US troops, and the United States cannot always deploy a large number of troops in the Asia-Pacific region, and even if there is, with the scheming of the United States, it is absolutely impossible for him to really help the Philippines in accordance with the so-called agreement, that is to say, the Philippines seems to be uniting with the United States, but in fact, only the Philippines is struggling to support it in the Asia-Pacific situation.
At the same time, the mainland has also made ample preparations for the US-Philippine military exercises; some time ago, the mainland also designated a no-entry zone in the South China Sea and held a vigorous live-fire exercise, and the number of mainland ships of all kinds in the South China Sea has also increased by a large margin.
According to Philippine statistics, there are about 100 of these vessels, and it is clear that this is a response to the recent joint exercises between the United States and the Philippines, which is the first time in mainland China that the situation in the South China Sea has reached a rather tense tipping point, and it is only one step away from eruption.
But what is surprising is that even at this juncture, the Philippines still chooses to go to the black, and even its attitude is more resolute than that of the United States, and at the 19th annual meeting of the Pacific Naval Forum held on the mainland, even the United States accepted the invitation, but the Philippines deliberately ignored the invitation, which has to make people speechless about the attitude of the Philippines.
Obviously, the Philippine side is well aware of what the theme of this annual meeting is, so the choice of the Philippines, as the main culprit in disrupting maritime security in the Asia-Pacific region, determines whether the Asia-Pacific region will move toward peace or confrontation, and this is also a friendly signal from the Chinese side asking the Philippines to resolve maritime disputes in the Asia-Pacific region through peaceful means.
In the face of the Philippines' lack of oil and salt, the mainland also responded, saying that friendly settlement is the principle that China has always adhered to, but if it violates the mainland's territorial security and tramples on the mainland's national rule of law, then it will also usher in countermeasures from the mainland.
This is not just a joke, at present, with the sharp reduction of Chinese tourists and the large-scale parade of Chinese ships in the South China Sea, the pressure from the Philippines will only increase, and the United States will never rush into the war because of the Philippines, so for Marcos Jr., he is just a lonely person in the Asia-Pacific region, with the Philippine people's growing call for peace, how long can Marcos Jr. stay on the throne of the Philippine leader?