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On May 6, China released a recording of the Sino-Philippine agreement on Ren'ai Jiao, which slapped the Philippines in the face, and ironclad facts proved that the Philippines was lying.
Previously, the Philippine side denied the existence of the "gentlemen's agreement" and claimed that Ren'ai Jiao belonged to them, but China's just actions angered the Philippines, and on April 10, the Philippine security adviser jumped out and shouted for the expulsion of Chinese diplomats who "eavesdropped".
So will the Philippines really do that? If the Philippines does act, China will retaliate.
The recording was a phone call between China and a Philippine vice admiral about the "new model" of ships stationed at Ren'ai Jiao, but on April 27, the Philippine defense secretary said that the current administration was not aware of any agreement on the South China Sea dispute since 2022.
The Philippine foreign minister also said that there were rumors that there was an agreement between China and the Philippines, and on May 5, the Philippine defense secretary once again made a backswing, saying that China was lying and denying that China and the Philippines had a gentlemen's agreement or the content of a new model.
He said that only the president of the Philippines is qualified to reach an agreement with China, and also said that he would find out the person in charge of the recording and expel the Chinese embassy staff related to the "eavesdropping".
The reason why China released the recording is to defend China's reputation is a fact, and since the Philippines has lied, it has to bear the embarrassment of "losing face", which is self-inflicted, not caused by China.
Decades ago, the Philippines sent a broken warship to shore Ren'ai Jiao, and out of the spirit of humanitarianism, China made special arrangements for the Philippines to deliver daily necessities to the ship.
After negotiations, the Philippine side promised to tow it away, but it has not fulfilled its promise, and 25 years have passed, and the broken ship is almost scrap metal and has not been towed away.
When the United Nations Law of the Sea enforced the law of the sea, which expanded the area of coastal states, small countries around the South China Sea, including the Philippines, began to compete for rights to the Spratly Islands.
What is ridiculous is that in October last year, the Philippines illegally transported materials to a beached warship near Ren'ai Jiao, and China repeatedly shouted warnings, but the other side still ignored it and still deliberately crossed the bow of the ship on the mainland, causing slight friction.
A few days later, the Philippines sent two coast guard ships, one official ship, and one supply ship to intrude into the waters to be returned.
This needs to be said that during Duterte's term of office, at the end of 2021, China and the Philippines reached a gentleman's agreement.
In September 2023, China invited a Philippine envoy to China to reach an internal understanding on the additional difficulties in the management of Second Thomas Shoal.
At the beginning of this year, China and the Philippines reached a "new model" of transportation and replenishment at Ren'ai Jiao, which was confirmed by the Philippine defense secretary and national security advisers.
Why is the Philippines capricious and stealing bells? Experts believe that the reason why the Marcos government in the Philippines continues to provoke China is to strive for more interests.
The Philippine side insisted on the outcome of the South China Sea arbitration, and the new agreement did not match the rights and interests they wanted, so they completely denied the existing agreement.
The reason why he is capricious is because of factional strife at home, and in the end it was the pro-American faction that prevailed, and the Marcos government wanted to maintain the same "political correctness" with his related personnel at home, and use this to gain bargaining chips from the United States, Japan and Australia.
Former President Rodrigo Duterte and the current Marcos have a very different policy toward China, and during his tenure, he believed that the United States should not follow instructions to confront China, and signed a "gentlemen's agreement" with China.
However, Marcos has been very close to Western countries, and on the South China Sea issue, he has taken a completely different attitude from Duterte, deepened cooperation with the United States, and held the first joint military exercises with the United States, Australia and Japan in the South China Sea.
The Philippine defense secretary claimed that the move was to build "individual and collective defense capabilities," and although China was not mentioned, the military exercises were held in disputed waters, which was undoubtedly a provocation to China.
On April 11, Marcos and the leaders of the United States and Japan held a trilateral meeting to hype up the "China threat" and pay attention to China's efforts to defend sovereignty in the South China Sea, East China Sea and other regions.
During his visit to the United States, Marcos actively sought U.S. assistance, hoping to attract $100 billion in investment, and former President Rodrigo Duterte was very dissatisfied with Marcos's holding, and he opposed the United States to increase its base in the Philippines.
Duterte said that the Philippines should not follow the United States to hostile a country, and that the South China Sea was originally very calm, but after the Americans came, the South China Sea became unpeaceful, and he was saddened by the changes in Sino-Philippine relations.
The Philippines was once a colony of the United States, and although it became an independent country after World War II, the United States arranged for a large number of pro-American forces to station troops in their government offices and stationed troops in the Philippines.
By the time Marcos was in power, many of the country's social problems had not been resolved, and in the face of difficulties, he had to hope to be tough on foreign relations in order to divert public attention.
In short, Marcos likes to hug the thighs of the United States, but because of his lack of strength, if he does not have the support of the United States, he will not dare to call China out.
The Philippines is now too arrogant, with a series of behaviors such as illegally transporting supplies to Ren'ai Jiao, touching Chinese coast guard ships, forming gangs and joint military exercises with the United States, showing off intimacy, but just jumping off the beam.
Marcos also vowed that the United States and the Philippines had signed a mutual defense treaty, and that the United States would help the Philippine military if it was attacked and killed.
The Philippines is nothing more than a pawn of the United States against China, and in the farce of the "South China Sea Arbitration Case", the Philippines did not reap the benefits, but instead paid a lot of litigation costs, which became a joke all over the world, but now it is still obsessed and still inseparable from the United States.
Could it be that the United States would really attack another country for the sake of the Philippines? It's impossible to think about.
China, on the other hand, has made a lot of efforts to address the South China Sea dispute in good faith, but the Philippines has not kept its word.
The so-called unscrupulous people have little help, and other countries will also be dissatisfied with the tension caused by the Philippines, the "gentlemen's agreement" is an ironclad fact, and the Philippines' "fox and false tiger power" is nothing but a bluff.
If China dares to use this to expel the relevant personnel of the mainland embassy, China will certainly "retaliate" and adopt corresponding measures, and the Philippines may once again become an international laughing stock.
Information sources:
Baidu Encyclopedia: Ren'ai Reef
Straight news: The Philippines reneged on its commitments in the South China Sea, and the United States profited from it
https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1798369386541641745&wfr=spider&for=pc
Yangcheng faction: The Philippine side denied that China and the Philippines had reached an agreement, and the Chinese side refuted it with "three facts".
https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1798353606032453229&wfr=spider&for=pc
Luzhong Morning News: Please intervene in the US military? This is a fox fake tiger Wei fainted
https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1796628667692120360&wfr=spider&for=pc
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