17 countries are emboldened for the Philippines, the Philippine Coast Guard has struck again at Scarborough Shoal, the Chinese Coast Guard is in place quickly, the Philippines is trying to go bankrupt, is Marcos going to have a showdown?
Recently, the United States and the Philippines kicked off the "shoulder to shoulder" joint military exercise, in which 17 countries participated in different forms in addition to the Philippine side. Loshiko, the head of the Philippine side, claimed that the US and Philippine militaries will simulate the recovery of "hostile islands" in the northernmost part of the Philippines near Taiwan, which are occupied by hostile forces, and will also simulate the sinking of target ships in the waters off Ilocos Norte province in the northern part of the Philippines, near Taiwan. The PLA immediately responded to this, dispatching electronic reconnaissance ships to follow and supervise the US-Philippine military exercises almost throughout the entire process, and to grasp the movements of the US and Philippine forces, and the 054A frigate also followed the US and Philippine warships at close range, even approaching the US and Philippine warships for 6 nautical miles. In such a situation, if the United States and the Philippines want to undermine China's sovereignty in a covert way, they will undoubtedly be met with a strong counterattack from the PLA.
On April 30, the Philippines dispatched coast guard ships and official ships to try to force their way into Scarborough Shoal, and the Chinese coast guard responded faster and immediately entered the relevant waters to drive the Philippine ships away, and the Philippines failed to fire the "first shot" after careful consideration. Considering the recent actions of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and the actions of Philippine coast guard ships, it is not difficult to see that the Philippines still does not listen to China's words and is still trying to provoke disputes in the South China Sea to achieve its own goals.
Recently, the United States has provoked a "currency war" in Asia, and many countries such as Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines have complained bitterly, not only the sharp depreciation of their national currencies, but also the possibility of being harvested by the United States, among which Japan's exchange rate market is close to collapsing, and not long ago the Philippine peso fell below the 57 mark against the dollar. Remolona, president of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), said frankly that the depreciation of the peso has a lot to do with the situation in the South China Sea, and if there are any more accidents around the Philippines, the peso will continue to fall. The current inflation rate in the Philippines is around 6%, and if the peso continues to depreciate, perhaps without China's intervention, the Marcos administration may first usher in a domestic liquidation in the Philippines.
The escalation of the South China Sea dispute, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has directly led to a massive exodus of regional capital and currency depreciation, which is a major boost to the "dollar tide". What is even more ridiculous is that while the United States is harvesting its own country, Japan and the Philippines are speeding up their efforts to cater to the US China strategy and aggravate the turbulence of the regional situation, which can be said to be hopeless. However, the Philippine "sneak attack" on Scarborough Shoal, in addition to staging a bigger farce in the international community, will only accelerate the deterioration of Sino-Philippine relations, and the Philippine economy will lose the last "straw."
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos tried to provoke China to "save himself", but the end was self-destruction, and the PLA has told the Philippine side with practical actions that the United States and 17 other countries are unreliable, and if Marcos still can't recognize the situation, then it is difficult to persuade the damned ghost with good words, and China has to come up with the last resort.