As everyone knows, in order to deliberately create incidents and provoke contradictions in Scarborough Shoal and other places in the South China Sea, the Philippines has previously come forward with the so-called "non-governmental organization" "Atin Ito," claiming to organize more than 100 Philippine civilian ships to go to Scarborough Shoal. However, although there are a lot of boats organized by the Philippines this time, except for a few larger ones, most of the rest are small and medium-sized fishing boats, crab boats, etc., and basically many boats are going to "make up the number". However, it is very strange that this "non-governmental organization" has publicly announced that its actions have achieved three major "victories", including the successful "sailing race", the successful distribution of supplies to Filipino fishermen at Scarborough Shoal, and the successful lowering of buoys in the relevant waters. So, is this really the case?
In fact, the "victories" announced by this "non-governmental organization" can be said to be "spiritual victories" except for the first one, "holding a regatta." The reason is also very simple: these Philippine ships that tried to break into Scarborough Shoal 12 nautical miles did not actually get close to Scarborough Shoal at all.
According to a public report by Huanqiu.com, although this Philippine "non-governmental organization" unilaterally declared a "victory," in fact, these Philippine ships had already begun to "pose for photos" and "put on a show" at a position 60 nautical miles east of Scarborough Shoal. From the scene footage released by the relevant parties, we can see that a large number of Philippine ships and personnel took pictures of each other and deliberately carried out fishing operations in order to carry out provocations. Although 50-60 nautical miles is not our territorial waters, we have an exclusive economic zone of 200 nautical miles around the coast. In other words, within 200 nautical miles from the baselines of our coastal territorial sea, only our personnel and vessels can carry out economic activities. Therefore, in the face of the improper behavior of Philippine fishing boats, China's coast guard dispatched to carry out on-site control in accordance with the law.
According to the Philippine side's own account, they also distributed food, fresh water and other supplies to Filipino fishermen more than 50 nautical miles from Scarborough Shoal. However, according to the above, we can learn that when the Philippine fleet was more than 50 nautical miles away from Scarborough Shoal, it had already encountered the on-site control of our coast guard, which shows that its statement of "successful distribution of supplies" is also very "watery". In fact, according to the source, even the Philippine official ship acting as a "bodyguard" was hesitant to step forward after seeing the Chinese coast guard vessel 50 nautical miles, let alone the rest of the Philippine small fishing boats and crab boats. It can be seen that the "victory" announced by the "non-governmental organization" of the Philippines is very likely to be nothing more than a self-boasting "spiritual victory."
According to the information that is now known, in addition to the ships of our coast guard, the naval vessels of our People's Liberation Army were also dispatched at that time, and it is very likely that this was a response made by our side out of the consideration of "anticipating the enemy's leniency" and in order to be foolproof. Earlier, the Philippines had dispatched a small Cessna 208 reconnaissance plane to the waters off Scarborough Shoal to conduct reconnaissance, but it was given a radio warning by our naval vessels. At that time, it was the Navy's No. 175 "Yinchuan Ship" that issued a warning. The Type 052D destroyer is the main ship of our navy, and its overall performance can be said to be second only to the strongest Type 055 destroyer in the navy. This type of ship is equipped with 64 units of vertical hair and advanced phased array radar, and its performance is very strong, such a Type 052D destroyer has surpassed the combat power of any ship of the Philippine Navy! It can be seen that in the waters near Huangyan Dao, our navy is already "ready for battle" and is fully prepared.
To sum up, it can be seen that the Philippines has organized more than 100 ships in a "big way" this time, and its attempt to illegally intrude into China's Huangyan Dao has failed, and under our side's strict response, the Philippine ships have not even had a chance to get close to Huangyan Dao, and in the end they can only pose for a photo in the sea area more than 50 nautical miles away from Huangyan Dao and leave in a huff. The Chinese coast guard handled the matter in a lawful, reasonable, beneficial, and restrained manner, and successfully safeguarded the sacred sovereignty and dignity of the motherland, which is admirable.
Part of the sources: 1. Global Network "China Coast Guard Strong Deterrence! The farce of the Philippines' "storming Huangyan Island" ended and was withdrawn in disgrace"; 2. China.com News "Yinchuan warns Philippine aircraft: stay away from Scarborough Shoal immediately, otherwise you will bear all the consequences"