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Escalate the situation! At the beginning of May this year, the Philippines released news that it would gather more than 100 fishing boats to forcibly enter Scarborough Shoal. And just after the mainland sent coast guard ships to drive the more than 100 fishing boats away from Scarborough Shoal.
According to Poster News, on the morning of May 16, Philippine Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro visited Thitu Island and once again provoked China.
Previously, Thitu Island was controlled by the mainland Taiwan Province. Later, in order to avoid the typhoon, the personnel stationed on the island evacuated from Thitu Island, and at this time, the Philippines took advantage of the situation and took control of Thitu Island.
According to Philippine media reports, the Philippine Secretary of Defense, the chairman of the Senate, and senators visited Thitu Island by plane because they wanted to attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the groundbreaking ceremony of the military barracks facilities illegally built by the Philippine Navy on Thitu Island.
It has been reported that the reason why the Philippines frequently provokes China on the South China Sea issue is due to two aspects: First, the Philippines has become a proxy of the United States, and at the behest of the United States, it is trying to provoke a local war.
Second, the Philippines wants to take this opportunity to declare its so-called sovereignty in the South China Sea to the international community. In fact, as early as April this year, the Philippines already had signs of making a big fuss about the South China Sea issue.
Whether it was absenteeism in April, the Western Pacific Naval Forum held in Qingdao, or the shoulder-to-shoulder joint military exercises with the United States in the South China Sea, the Philippines has touched the mainland's bottom line.
Subsequently, the mainland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to this, warning the Philippines not to form a faction and make a fuss about the South China Sea issue.
However, the Philippines not only did not listen, but even sent fishing boats to trespass into the waters of Scarborough Shoal on several occasions, and openly denied any participation in the internal agreement reached by China at Ren'ai Jiao.
The mainland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued several warnings to the Philippines. But the Philippines continues to go its own way, trying to escalate tensions in the South China Sea. After the Philippines forcibly occupied Thitu Island, it was reported that an airport facility had been built in the northern part of Thitu Island to allow small aircraft to take off and land.
Judging from the poster news, the news given shows that the Philippines also wants to illegally build a Philippine Navy barracks on Thitu Island in the near future.
Once the Philippine military camp on Thitu Island is completed, then the Philippines will have long-term control over Thitu Island. It also carried out military activities based on Thitu Island.
On the morning of May 16, just after the news of the Philippines' visit to Thitu Island was announced, the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the mainland also responded, saying that if the Philippines insists on going its own way, then China will take necessary measures to safeguard the sovereignty and security of the mainland in the South China Sea.
Judging from the official photos, at the same time that the Philippine defense minister landed on Thitu Island, the mainland coast guard ship had also arrived near Thitu Island. Looking at Thitu Island, the China Coast Guard 5204 ship guarding the Wire Reef can be seen in the distance.
This fully shows that if the Philippines continues to act perversely on the South China Sea issue and frequently provoke China's bottom line, then China has enough reasons to take countermeasures.
Of course, the mainland is also very clear that the Philippine side is moving to lead China to fire the first shot, and to give the United States behind it enough reasons to condemn China and impose substantive military and economic sanctions on China.
I would like to advise the Philippines to put away its careful thinking as soon as possible, after all, China's size is no longer beyond the influence of the small Philippines.
Information sources:
Philippine Defense Minister and others visit Thitu Island, Chinese coast guard ships can be seen in the sea in the distance——2024-05-17 20:11·Poster News.