A new round of confrontation between China and the Philippines has taken place in the South China Sea.
This time, it was not at Ren'ai Jiao, the focus of the dispute between China and the Philippines, but on Xianbin Jiao.
Why is there another incident on Xianbin Reef?
On May 11, the Philippine President's Office issued a statement saying that it had deployed two ships to a disputed area in the South China Sea, accusing China of building "artificial islands" there.
Subsequently, a Philippine Coast Guard spokesman further said that China may carry out "small-scale land reclamation" activities at Xianbin Reef, and dozens of Chinese ships have already appeared at Xianbin Reef, including research vessels and naval vessels, and the Philippine Coast Guard will go to the area and maintain a "long-term presence" at Xianbin Reef.
The news from the Philippine side is that China is carrying out "land reclamation" activities at Sembin Reef, and the time is not short.
And this time, the Chinese side not only sent research ships and naval vessels, but also dozens of Chinese ships to guard the vicinity of Xianbin Reef.
It can be said that the scale of the Chinese side this time is quite large.
As for why the Chinese side is menacing this time, it will be so unceremonious?
In fact, this also has something to do with the current provocative attitude of the Philippines in the South China Sea.
On the one hand, it is because the Philippines has fully turned to the United States, not only further opening military bases to the US military, but also approving the deployment of US medium-range missiles on Luzon.
This is a blatant provocation against China.
Another reason is that Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos's tough attitude has indeed touched China's bottom line.
Originally, there was a gentlemen's agreement between China and the Philippines, but Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos can be said to have completely denied it.
At the same time, the Philippine side also flatly denied the "Ren'ai Jiao transportation and replenishment model" reached by China and the Philippines.
In the face of the Philippines' behavior of not going down the steps, but also biting back.
The Chinese side is indeed angry.
Therefore, China's dispatch on such a large scale and its appearance at Xianbin Reef this time is indeed to knock the Philippines.
After all, the geographical location of Sembin Reef is quite special, and the data shows that it is located on the east side of Ren'ai Reef, which means that it is closer than the distance between Ren'ai Reef and the Philippines, and only 200 kilometers away from Philippine Palawan.
If the Chinese side really blows sand and reclaims the island at Xianbin Reef, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos will definitely not be able to sleep at night!
Of course, at present, the Chinese side has not responded to whether it will build an island in Xianbin Jiao, China's response is only to confirm that the sovereignty of Xianbin Jiao lies with China, and no matter what kind of activities China carries out in Xianbin Jiao, it is reasonable and legal, and the Philippines cannot be allowed to point fingers here.
Therefore, the Philippines' clamoring to send warships to monitor China's actions at Xianbin Jiao and calling on China to stop its actions at Xianbin Jiao is completely fool's dream!
Xianbin Reef is part of China's territory, and China will not allow the Philippines to point fingers here for any activities on its own territory!