In recent days, the Philippine Coast Guard's coast guard has claimed to have spotted China dumping coral crushed near Sembin Reef in preparation for a small-scale reclamation of roads.
According to the coast guard's remarks, only Chinese vessels were seen on a nearby reef in the Philippines where a large number of coral crumble piles were found, and China finally intervened.
In fact, China has an absolute advantage in the South China Sea, because the mainland's territorial waters in the South China Sea are actually very large, which can be seen from the map.
Friends who know about geography can find clues from it, and the mainland's territorial waters in the South China Sea have always been feared and coveted by other countries.
However, despite its size, the South China Sea is only one of the marginal seas in the western Pacific Ocean, with a natural area of more than 350 square kilometers.
The eastern part of this coast is the western coast of the Philippines, and from such a close distance, it is indeed normal for China's land reclamation to be seen by the Philippine Coast Guard, after all, it is the closest.
In the South China Sea, excluding the area of natural areas, the mainland has 2.1 million square kilometers of territorial waters.
This is not the first time China has carried out such an operation for land reclamation, after all, the South China Sea is China's South China Sea.
In 2012, China established a city in the vast South China Sea called Sansha, which is under the jurisdiction of Hainan Province and is now the southernmost prefecture-level city in China with the largest area but the smallest land area.
Because of the small land area, the population of Sansha City is also the smallest compared to other cities, and it is full of high temperature, high humidity, high salt and high radiation throughout the year.
We have set up 10 community jurisdictions here, including the Xisha Islands, the Nansha Islands, and the Zhongsha Islands, and there are nearly 280 sandbanks and reefs in all of them.
Seven of the artificial islands were expanded by China through sand blowing and reclamation, in order to prevent other neighbors from illegally occupying the South China Sea, so these seven islands have since become unsinkable aircraft carriers in the South China Sea, so that the naval power can be fully exerted here.
This is because China has absolutely mature experience in both technology and resource development in the field of land reclamation and road construction, and has sufficient human and financial resources to support the behavior of land reclamation.
In addition, the infrastructure construction of the seven islands in the South China Sea has also given China absolute military support, protected the land area, and laid an effective foundation for future development.
It is precisely because China has such a tight deployment that the presidential office issued a statement so quickly after the Philippine discovery at Sembin Reef, which was explained by spokesman Tariera.
On May 11, the Philippines dispatched one ship to act as a surveillance, and two other ships rotated through the area.
So how important is Sembin Reef that has caused such a big surprise to the Philippines?
First of all, the location, Sembin Reef is only 130 kilometers away from the Philippine island of Palawan, so if China has its own artificial islands or military deployments here, it will still have a great impact on the Philippines.
Xianbin Reef is located in the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea control area of the mainland, the overall structure of Xianbin Reef is very special, it is an atoll composed of many reefs, of which the southeast area of the atoll is directly into the sea, reaching a depth of 22 kilometers.
Therefore, although Xianbin Reef is far away from the mainland land, its geographical location is still very superior.
In addition to being relatively close to the Philippines, Xianbin Reef is less than 50 kilometers away from the Lile Basin, one of the four major oil-rich areas in Nansha on the mainland, and although it is 1,150 kilometers away from Hainan Island, it does not affect the mainland's control of Xianbin Reef at all, because administratively, Xianbin Reef is directly under the jurisdiction of Nansha District, Sansha City, Hainan Province, China.
In fact, the mainland's attention to Xianbin Reef began as early as 1987, when China's Nansha comprehensive scientific expedition team conducted a comprehensive survey of the Nansha Islands in 87 years, and set up an expedition mark on Xianbin Reef.
In 1992, the mainland also built the first generation of stilt houses on Sembin Reef, but it was only three years old, and it was blown up by the Philippines in 1995 due to the Mischief Reef incident.
Another major reason why Xianbin Reef will be concerned by the Philippines is that Xianbin Reef is very suitable for land reclamation.
The overall reef area of Xianbin Reef has reached 84 square kilometers, and the shallowest water depth is only 3.6 meters, and once the reclamation is completed, the water depth around Xianbin Reef will increase sharply.
This means that as long as the port is built in the right place, Senbin Reef can accommodate all types of vessels, regardless of tonnage.
Because of its proximity to the Lile Basin, Xianbin Reef can also become a transit base for resource development in the future, so the reclamation of Xianbin Reef is a very good choice for China.
Therefore, in Tariella's speech, he also directly said that it is simply shocking that China sent dozens of ships to Sembin Reef, and the Philippines also took this opportunity to send marine scientists to this place for investigation and development, and also sent many divers to dive underwater, claiming that it was to find evidence of China's reclamation, but it is not known why it was actually requested.
However, many netizens expressed their views on this island after learning the news, and at the same time, a netizen also said that he was in charge of his own field, armed and vigilant, and the construction team was finished.
Another netizen also commented on the Philippines' parking of the broken ship on Ren'ai Jiao, and he bluntly said that the broken ship should be reclaimed on Ren'ai Jiao and forced the broken ship away
In fact, China's land reclamation at Xianbin Reef is not only to deter the Philippines from having a clear understanding of this area, but also to deter other countries that support the Philippines' invasion of China's waters.
Previously, the Philippines allowed the United States to deploy missiles on Luzon Island, exposing the coastal areas of the mainland to the range of missiles, so the mainland's strategic deployment and preliminary reclamation of Xianbin Reef this time is also a response to this matter, discouraged their arrogance, and once again proved China's strength.
China has an absolute advantage in infrastructure construction, and its strong strength can already be felt from the seven islands in the South China Sea, and China has never been afraid of any provocation.
The Xianbin Reef incident has taught everyone that peaceful coexistence is the best strategic way, and that China has room for anything, but its territory is absolutely inviolable.
In fact, no matter what statement the Philippines makes about the development of Xianbin Reef, as the jurisdiction of Hainan Province on the mainland, the mainland has absolute territorial rights to Xianbin Reef.
Reclamation is only done within its own territory, which is China's best response to the world.
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