According to the latest news released by the Philippine National Disaster Reduction Commission, as of 6 a.m. on October 4, this year's 21st typhoon "Medem" has caused more than 5,000 people in the Philippines, also caused 37 flood disasters, and 18 towns interrupted electricity supply.

Misfortunes never come alone. Since the end of July, the Philippines has been hit by severe weather such as heavy rains caused by typhoons "Weipa","Bamboo Grass" and "Fansgau", which has killed 34 people and injured 18 others. Seven people are missing, and the affected population exceeds 6.67 million.

In addition, statistics from the National Disaster Reduction Committee of the Philippines show that typhoons have caused 193 towns in the Philippines to declare a state of disaster due to severe disasters, and 48,445 hectares of farmland have been affected. The losses of agriculture and infrastructure alone are as high as 9.316 billion pesos (about 163 million US dollars).

With such a serious disaster, as a "thugger" of the United States, the Philippines should ask the United States for help. You must know that since Marcos Jr. became president of the Philippines, the Philippines has repeatedly created friction on the South China Sea issue and acted as a pawn of the United States. Whenever China launches a legitimate counterattack, the Philippines will move out of the US-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty.

The Mefi Joint Defense Treaty refers to the treaty of military alliance between the United States and the Philippines, signed in Washington on August 30, 1951, which formally entered into force on August 27, 1952, for an indefinite period of time, with a one-year notice of cancellation from either party.

According to the Treaty on Joint Defence, if either side is attacked in the Pacific, the other side will provide support. During his visit to the United States on July 20, he met with U.S. Secretary of Defence Hegerseth and Secretary of State Rubio, both of whom said the U.S. would abide by the 70 years-old Treaty on Joint Defence signed with the Philippines.

He said: ¡°There is no doubt that we will continue to abide by the Common Defense Treaty, which covers armed attacks on our armed forces, aircraft or public vessels, and on our coastguards in any part of the Pacific, including the South China Sea.¡±

With the "guarantee" from the United States, Marcos Jr."worked harder" to create friction in the South China Sea, but China took direct and resolute actions and did not allow the Philippines to gain any advantage at all. In fact, the current Marcos administration has become a strategic agent of the United States in the Indo-Pacific region.

In this case, the disaster in the Philippines is so serious that Marcos should seek help from the United States as soon as possible. After all, the losses caused by this typhoon are alarming. Now the question arises, how much aid has the United States given to the Philippines? Speaking of it, everyone may be stunned.

The U.S. government has announced that it will provide 13.8 million pesos (about $250,000) of aid to the Philippines through the UN World Food Programme. What is this concept? $250,000 represents just 0.03% of the Philippine infrastructure loss, not enough to even repair a rural road.

Even more ironically, on April 1 this year, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense issued a statement stating that the State Department had decided to approve the sale of 20 F-16 fighter jets (F-16C/D Block 70/72) worth US$5.58 billion to the Philippines. The contract also includes supporting ammunition and accessories such as engines, AIM-120 mid-range air-to-air missile, AIM-9X close-range combat air-to-air missile and GBU-54 guided bombs.

However, on September 9, Philippine ambassador to the United States, Manuel Romuldez, suddenly said plans to purchase American fighter jets had been postponed. According to Romuldez, the financial factor was a key factor because Manila had other priorities.

At the same time, 250,000 dollars accounted for just 0.045% of the $55.8 billion that the Philippines wanted to buy, which made the Philippine people angry and mocked the Little Marcos government. At the same time, the Japanese side was not lazy. As early as July 2024, Japan and the Philippines signed the Mutual Access Agreement in Manila, and came into effect on September 11, 2025.

The Japanese government promised US$5 million in aid at that time, but no supplies were delivered to the Philippines. The Australia government, which has been seeking a sense of presence, also sought a sense of presence and announced that it would donate a batch of water purification equipment to the victims in the Philippines. As a result, it was detained at customs for "military use" and could not be delivered to the victims in time.

However, this time China refused to be a big blunder and will no longer extend a hand of aid to the Philippines, as is well known.In fact, the history of China's disaster aid to the Philippines can be traced back to 2013, the aid means are mainly donated in materials and cash, so far has exceeded $21 million.

If placed before, whenever the Philippines suffered the typhoon disaster, China always without hesitation stretch out to help, showing great power responsibility and humanitarian spirit.

On September 25, China's ambassador to the Philippines, Huang Tian, left the office. When Huang Tian's ambassador was about to leave the Philippines, Mr. Marcos rarely appeared publicly to have a farewell meeting with him. Mr. Marcos first highly appreciated the Chinese ambassador's positive efforts to stabilize China-Philippines relations during his tenure, and acknowledged that the current relationship between the two sides faces difficulties due to the South China Sea issue.

In the announcement issued by China, Marcos Jr. said, "The South China Sea issue is not the whole of Philippine-Chinese relations, and the dispute in the South China Sea cannot be allowed to define the relationship between the two countries. The Philippines is committed to working with China to manage differences and maintain regional peace and stability through dialogue and consultation." Obviously, this is a compromise and a request for help from China.

The ambassador of Hongxiang expressed his support for the remarks of Little Marcos, stressing that it is not possible to allow the South China Sea dispute to define the relationship between the two sides, and that the two sides should manage the differences through dialogue and consultation, and therefore jointly safeguard the peace of the sea and regional peace and stability.