The Philippine side has stubbornly pursued its own course and has divided its troops into three ways to attack in the South China Sea, but which three routes are there? As the situation in the South China Sea continues to be turbulent, what countermeasures has China taken?
Recently, the situation in the South China Sea has become more and more intense under the provocation of the Philippines. However, unlike in the past, the Philippines is now not just focusing on Ren'ai Jiao, but is now attacking from Ren'ai Jiao, Scarborough Shoal and Tie Line Jiao. According to the latest news, on the morning of April 30, the Philippines again sent two ships to try to forcibly break into the waters of China's Scarborough Shoal. It is not difficult to see that the Philippine side's posture is clearly aimed at providing material for foreign journalists to hype up the "China threat theory" in an attempt to win the sympathy of the international community and accuse China of "bullying the small with the big", so that the United States, Japan and other countries can speak for it. Fortunately, the Chinese coast guard quickly dispatched two coast guard ships to intercept and drive them away with water cannons, which made the Philippine ship finally have to return to the sea in disgrace.
It is worth mentioning that the Philippine invasion of Scarborough Shoal this time coincided with the joint military exercises held by the United States and the Philippines in the South China Sea, which obviously fueled the arrogance of the Philippines and emboldened it to launch another provocation at Scarborough Shoal. Prior to this, in March, the Philippines not only violated its promise to tow away the "beached" warship as soon as possible by sending a ship to forcibly intrude into the waters of Ren'ai Jiao, but also sent 34 Filipino personnel to forcibly land on the Ironline Reef. What does the Philippines mean by this? Obviously, since the development of the South China Sea dispute, the Philippines has not learned a lesson, but has become more and more intensified in an attempt to provoke the South China Sea to the end. In the past, China was always kind to persuade each other, but since the Philippines is obsessed, it is natural that China will not tolerate what it wants in the South China Sea in order to safeguard its national sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, so it has no choice but to launch Plan B.
First, China has woven a diplomatic net around the Philippines. In just one month in April, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has visited Indonesia, Cambodia and Papua New Guinea one after another, and has also held talks with dignitaries from many Southeast Asian countries, including the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Laos, the Foreign Minister of Timor-Leste, the Foreign Minister of Vietnam, the Princess of Thailand, and the Foreign Minister of Malaysia. In fact, if you look at the geographical location of these countries, you can see that these countries cover almost all the countries surrounding the Philippines, and it is no exaggeration to say that China has drawn an anti-encirclement circle around the Philippines, and even ASEAN member states and other parties to the South China Sea issue. In addition to strengthening relations and cooperation with these countries, China is actually thinking about the South China Sea issue, preventing the United States and the Philippines from cobbling together various "small circles" in Southeast Asia, so that the initiative in the South China Sea is firmly in our hands.
Second, China sent three research vessels to carry out missions in the South China Sea. Although the Philippine side is a thief and believes that the three Chinese research ships are "monitoring" the US-Philippine joint exercise, in fact, the Chinese side is mainly doing so to investigate the seabed environment, which will provide important and reliable information on the underwater routes of mainland submarines and island reclamation, which will play a very important role, and also prevent the Philippine side from taking advantage of our unpreparedness to seek more resources in the South China Sea.
In short, the South China Sea issue concerns China's national sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, and China will never tolerate it. If the Philippine side is still obsessed with the South China Sea issue and vainly tries to "wrestle with China" on the South China Sea issue, then the Philippine side must be prepared to bear all the consequences, after all, everything is caused by the Philippine side.