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"The Philippines speaks for China" sounds like a fantasy, especially since China and the Philippines have been in a very unpleasant quarrel over the South China Sea issue recently, and there are rumors of a possible war between China and the Philippines. But in fact, some high-level Philippine officials have publicly stood up for China, and said that they want to "seek justice for China".
It all started with the previous dispute between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea, where the Philippines weakened China's sovereignty over territorial waters near Scarborough Shoal and arrogantly launched provocations against the Chinese coast guard. Marcos Jr. did not continue the pro-China policy of former President Duterte, but took the Philippines into an obvious "pro-American season".
Taking the initiative to provoke China's sovereignty, no matter what country, region or organization, if nothing else, it seems that an accident is about to happen. On June 15, the China Coast Guard officially began to implement the Regulations on Administrative Law Enforcement Procedures for Coast Guard Agencies, which was issued in May, and two days later, the Philippines dispatched two inflatable boats and one replenishment vessel to illegally intrude into the adjacent waters such as Ren'ai Jiao in China's Nansha Islands.
Not only that, the Philippine supply ship also deliberately did not take the normal route and deliberately collided with the Chinese ship in normal navigation, which took the initiative to cause friction between the two countries, seriously endangered the safety of mainland border guards, and violated China's bottom line.
In addition, the friction between China and the United States has intensified, and the United States is used to being hegemonic, so it must not dare to take action, and China has never made concessions on the issue of sovereignty. The United States has nine military bases in the Philippines, and if it wants to go to war, the flames of war will inevitably burn into the Philippines.
Lambino, chairman of the Philippine Association for Chinese Understanding, even said in public that he "does not want his country to become a battlefield", and then choked up at the scene of his speech, and the true feelings revealed were moving. All this proves that the relationship between China and the Philippines is indeed very tense today, and it is well known that Marcos Jr. has been working for the Americans since he took office.
Historically, Marcos Sr. was forced into exile in the state of Hawaii because of corruption and election fraud.
According to Philippine media reports, the Marcos family embezzled $10 billion in public funds and was found to have manipulated the counting of votes in the Philippine presidential election, triggering massive mass protests.
Two years after Marcos Sr.'s death, Marcos Jr. and his sister returned to the Philippines to participate in politics, and Marcos Jr. spent 30 years rebuilding the family's popularity, and was finally elected president of the Philippines in 2022.
At the beginning, Marcos Jr. still had some friendly interactions and exchanges with China's high-level leaders, but soon he colluded with the United States and began to frequently cause chaos in the South China Sea, which was repeatedly dissuaded by China, and also dissuaded by many political leaders in the Philippines, including former President Duterte, Marcos Jr. is still unrepentant.
But it wasn't until China's sanctions hammer fell that a wealthy Chinese businessman who controls most of the economic lifeline of the entire Philippines jointly sent a letter to the Marcos Jr. government, asking Marcos Jr. to stop confrontation with China, communicate with the Chinese government with a good attitude, and not drag the entire Philippines into the water for the sake of the United States.
Ime Marcos
Now, the last straw that broke the camel's back came, and this person is also called Marcos, she is the chairman of the Philippine Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Imay Marcos, and the sister of the current Philippine President Marcos Jr.
The outside world has been speculating that the Marcos family may have a handle in the hands of the U.S. government, which made Marcos Jr. throw himself into a trap and risk making enemies with the Chinese government to carry out all kinds of deadly operations with no lower limit, and now it can be regarded as completely China off. But in this way, it may be only Marcos Jr. who has the handle, and his sister does not seem to want to do what the United States wants.
Philippine media broke the news that some local fishermen witnessed two Chinese warships sailing near the Balabac Strait, which is very close to the border between China and the Philippines, and the Chinese coast guard rarely patrolled here before. During the Duterte administration, China tacitly allowed Philippine fishermen to enter the South China Sea to conduct normal production and fishing operations.
Now that the Chinese coast guard patrol vessels are so close to Philippine territory that it's hard not to think about it. Ime Marcos watched the situation become increasingly tense, and at this time broke the shocking news.
According to Reuters, on June 25, local time, an official of the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs said that the Philippines is still trying to find a secret propaganda campaign conducted by the United States in the Philippines in 2020 about spreading lies about China's new crown vaccine in China.
The US side said that China's vaccines and "rat poison" will undoubtedly only accelerate deaths, but will not play a fundamental role in curing diseases. This rumor has seriously stood China-Philippines relations, which have broken down, at best, China will not provide vaccines, but at the cost of the lives of all Filipinos.
In order to prevent China from gaining a good international reputation, the Americans really do everything they can, and Ime Marcos has long opposed the anti-China behavior of his younger brother Marcos Jr., but he insisted on going his own way, which led to the current situation.
She also pointed out that during the pandemic, the United States set up hundreds of fake Filipino social media accounts, impersonating Filipino natives to aggressively attack Chinese vaccines. At this juncture when China-Philippines relations are in crisis, I still hope that the Philippines can see the situation clearly and not make wrong decisions that chill its own people and make the government regret it.
Resources:
Shangguan News 2024-06-27 "Philippine President's Sister: The U.S. Army's Smearing of Chinese Vaccines is 'Evil and Immoral'"
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