Under a series of "sugar-coated shells" from the United States, the Philippines has been arrogantly unable to distinguish between the north. As soon as the US-Philippine "shoulder-to-shoulder" joint military exercise ended, the Philippines couldn't wait to provoke China and did four things in a row.
First, after China released through the media the evidence of the recording of the "new model" of China-Philippines agreement on Ren'ai Jiao, the Philippine Secretary of Defense threatened to hold the recorder accountable, advocating that China's actions violated the Philippine Anti-Eavesdropping Act, and that the Philippine government would consider expelling the Chinese diplomats involved.
Second, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs announced that it would begin imposing stricter visa controls on Chinese nationals next week, citing the need to attract high-quality tourists and reduce the entry of undesirable people.
Third, the Philippines spread rumors that China is reclaiming land at Xianbin Reef and has sent a fleet to conduct so-called "seabed exploration" activities nearby, and Philippine patrol ships have continued to "stay and stay" near Xianbin Reef in China's Nansha Islands for 25 days, interfering with China's marine research operations in the waters near Ren'ai Jiao.
Fourth, the Philippine South China Sea abusive NGO "This Is Ours" gathered a group of so-called "local fishermen" to carry out a raid on Scarborough Shoal.
According to Philippine media tracking, more than 200 people will participate in the event planned by the organization, and from the 14th to the 17th, "more than 100 fishing boats" will break into the waters near Scarborough Shoal and throw some "symbolic buoys" devices. The reason why the Philippines dares to make unscrupulous provocations at Scarborough Shoal is nothing more than betting that China will not dare to blow up Scarborough Shoal and what to do with the fishermen.
However, this time the Philippines is destined to steal chickens and rice, and the Chinese coast guard has already laid a wide net on Scarborough Shoal in advance. On May 13, CCTV successively released three important news related to Huangyan Island.
First, the China Coast Guard conducted regular training in the waters off Scarborough Shoal. Subsequently, CCTV released aerial images of Scarborough Shoal for the first time, which shows that China is always locked in the wind and grass of Scarborough Shoal. Finally, the central media released the details of the Chinese Coast Guard's Chuanshan ship carrying out sea life-saving training in the waters off Huangyan Island.
The regular training of the Chinese coast guard at Scarborough Shoal is, on the one hand, completely cut off the possibility of the Philippines intruding into the lagoon, and on the other hand, it is a declaration of sovereignty and informing the international community who is the real owner of Scarborough Shoal. The Philippines uses fishermen as "meat shields" to promote abuses in the South China Sea, and China is not used to it.
Of course, China is much more than that. Militarily, on the 13th, the Chinese troops participating in the China-Cambodia "Golden Dragon-2024" joint exercise arrived at Sihanoukville, Cambodia. The China-Cambodia joint exercise will help consolidate the iron-clad friendship between the two countries and jointly maintain regional peace and stability.
On the diplomatic front, at the invitation of Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Brunei's Minister in Charge of Foreign Affairs, Ariwan, visited China from May 13 to 15, which is also a follow-up to the wave of China-ASEAN diplomacy.
In the past few days, Indonesia, Singapore and other countries have called on China one after another, saying that they will not side with the United States between China and the United States.
Not only that, China has also taken the initiative to attack the United States and the Philippines at the recent China-ASEAN Senior Officials' Consultation, solemnly concerned about the deployment of intermediate-range missiles in the Philippines, and criticized the US for seriously turning back the clock on history and seriously undermining regional peace and stability.
Indonesian experts pointed out that the deployment of intermediate-range missile systems in the Philippines is a mistake by the United States against ASEAN and a provocation against China.
In the final analysis, the United States has co-opted a Philippines, but it has offended the entire Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) except the Philippines, and in fact it has done something that has cost loss and made money. Southeast Asian countries have now begun to vote with their feet, telling the United States and the Philippines that other countries in the region will not follow and will resolutely oppose the tricks played by the United States and the Philippines in the South China Sea.
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