How did the provocation of the Philippines in the South China Sea escalate?

On the morning of October 12, the Philippines once again launched a provocation in the South China Sea, which was severely controlled and evacuated by the Chinese maritime police. The reason is again, because just five days ago, during the National Day holiday, the Philippines blocked several official ships and boldly broke through the island of Yellowstone, when the Philippine ships were also specifically divided into five directions, while advancing to the sea area of Yellowstone, it became clear that it was to test the Chinese maritime police's law enforcement efforts.

However, to the "disappointment" of the Philippines, China has deployed at least nine law enforcement ships on Huangyan Island, and there are also many coast guard ships in the surrounding areas, including Renai Reef and Zhongye Island, that can support them, not to mention the fact that there are also warships in the southern theater. Cruise. In the end, when these Philippine ships approached Huangyan Island, they were caught red-handed by the China Coast Guard and had to drive back in disgrace.

Unexpectedly, the Philippines not only did not give up, but also began to try to launch a new round of provocative activities in the South China Sea. This time, they set their sights on Tiantian Reef again.

According to the spokesman of the Chinese Maritime Police Office, Liu Deer confirmed that on the same day, two Philippine official vessels illegally broke into the waters near China's Nansha Islands Railway Reef, after being intercepted and warned by the Chinese Maritime Police, one of the Philippine vessels 3003 has ignored the warning of the Chinese side, intentionally rushing to the law enforcement of the Chinese Maritime Police 2159 boat, causing a collision between the two sides.

Although both Philippine ships were eventually driven away, from this provocative action, it can be seen that the Philippines is going more and more excessive. From the live video released by the main station, it can be seen that the Chinese Coast Guard law enforcement boat was sailing in a straight line, the Philippine ship 3003 suddenly changed its route and passed straight in front of the Chinese Coast Guard law enforcement boat, causing the side of our ship to collide with the left rear side of the Philippine ship.

Today, China has also obviously changed the response measures, the Philippines after each initiation of provocative activities, the Chinese side will almost always publish the first time on-site video, discontinuing the attempt of the Philippine side to hype and distort the facts. and from the scene can clearly be seen, the operation of the Philippine side is very unprofessional and dangerous, in the end, who is in the provocation business, who is intentionally making the case, has been clear.

It should be noted that in recent years, the small Marcos government has significantly increased the frequency and intensity of provocations in the South China Sea, and it is likely to have a certain relationship with the changes in the situation in the Philippines.

Because of the corruption of the air defense engineering, the small Marcos government has triggered huge public complaints, and there have been many large-scale demonstrations in the country, and the little Marcos cousin, the Speaker of the House of Representatives Romualdz, was also forced to resign directly because of corruption issues.

In this context, the intensification of the provocation in the South China Sea, in fact, has the meaning of transferring domestic contradictions, even its dangerous actions, creating crash accidents, is also very likely to create big news, attract the attention of the domestic people, incite national emotions.

Such an approach is actually very dangerous. It not only undermines the stable relationship between China and the Philippines that has been hard-won, but may even cause direct conflict between China and the Philippines.

However, China's repeated calls for returning to the track of dialogue and exchange and jointly promoting the implementation of the "South China Sea Code of Conduct" have been ignored by the Philippines. Therefore, no matter how you look at it, the Philippines' provocation in the South China Sea is extremely irresponsible.