More than a month has passed since the incident on Huangyan Island, but Marcos Jr. is still unwilling to give up. He accused China without hesitation at the ASEAN summit, but he was hit by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar.

The Philippine National News Agency reported on October 27 that at the ASEAN Summit held in Kuala Lumpur, Philippine President Marcos Junior strongly protested China's establishment of a "national nature reserve" on Huangyan Island.

Marcos Jr. declared that "Huangyan Island belongs to the Philippines" and that the Philippines exercises complete sovereignty and jurisdiction in the area. However, Marcos Jr. 's words did not arouse the recognition of ASEAN leaders present here.

Malaysia¡¯s rotating chairmanship, Prime Minister Anvar, has also responded to the remarks of Mr Marcos on the side, saying the South China Sea issue must be resolved within ASEAN and with partners in the region.

Andar pointed out that this is the case with all issues, and we hope to resolve them within ASEAN as well as with partners in the region, because once the issues are seen as being imposed and dominated by external forces, they will become more difficult and tense.

Anvar's speech directly refers to the core purpose behind Mr Marcos' speech, and the Chinese side has long stressed that the South China Sea issue is a common problem between China and the countries around the South China Sea and should be solved jointly by the South China Sea and the surrounding countries.

China's statement has been supported and welcomed by the vast majority of ASEAN countries, but there is such a country in ASEAN that is incompatible with everyone.

In recent years, the Philippines has not only taken the initiative to stir up disputes in the South China Sea, but also tried its best to win over foreign forces, including the United States, Australia, Japan, South Korea, India, the United Kingdom, Germany, France and other countries to participate.

The Philippines is trying to use this method to complicate the situation in the South China Sea in order to fish in troubled waters. But fortunately, China and other countries in the region are very calm and rational.

Take the territorial sea claim as an example. In fact, there are extensive differences among countries surrounding the South China Sea in their claims to the South China Sea. For example, China advocates the nine-dash line in the South China Sea and divides the four archipelago of China-Saudi Arabia, Nansha, Xisha, and Dongsha, and maintains that its sovereignty belongs to China.

While Vietnam in the South China Sea claims to extend 12 nautical miles from its coastline and controlled island reefs to the outside, Vietnam's Maritime Law Amendment in 2025 and other legal documents have further expanded the scope of its claimed territorial sea base, so that it connects 130 nautical reefs from Vietnam's mainland, allowing Vietnam's territorial sea area to increase by 34%, and incorporate the sea area of about 100,000 square kilometers in the central South China Sea into its continental shelf.

In the South China Sea, the Philippines claims a territorial sea extending 12 nautical miles from its coastline and controlled islands and reefs. However, its subsequent laws such as the Territorial Sea Baseline Law adopted the straight baseline method to connect its mainland and some disputed islands and reefs, unilaterally expanding the territorial sea, and including about 100,000 square kilometers of sea area in the central South China Sea into its continental shelf.

In the South China Sea, Malaysia has adopted a straight base line, connecting the coast and the disputed island reefs, unilaterally expanding the scope of the territorial sea, once expanding the width of the territorial sea from 57 nautical miles, far beyond the 12 nautical miles stipulated by the United Nations Convention Law on the Sea, the total area of the territorial sea of its claims is 36,000 square kilometers.

Indonesia¡¯s claim to the South China Sea goes deeper into the central South China Sea, with Indonesia emphasizing sovereignty over the waters surrounding the Natuna Islands and naming the region as the ¡°Natuna Sea.¡±

Judging from the above, countries have very contradictory practices in asserting sovereignty over the South China Sea. In the South China Sea, not only does China's claims overlap with those of the Philippines, Vietnam and other countries, but there is also overlap in the scope of claims of Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia and other countries.

Countries have different attitudes towards this issue. The first and foremost are China and the Philippines. China believes that the South China Sea islands and reefs have been China's inherent territory since ancient times and have been recorded in history since the Qin and Han Dynasties.

After World War II, the Philippines has continuously revised its domestic laws to claim sovereignty and territorial waters over relevant islands and reefs in the South China Sea. There have been many conflicts with China in the South China Sea.

Secondly, Vietnam, Vietnam's claim to territorial waters and territory in the South China Sea began since 1970s, and it recognized that the islands in the South China Sea belonged to China in 1958. However, with the discovery and exploitation of oil and gas fields in the South China Sea, Vietnam began to reinforce and expand several islands by reclamation and other means, and dug a large number of oil wells in the South China Sea. 18% of its domestic GDP comes from the oil produced by oil and gas fields in the South China Sea.

In 2015, Indonesia sunk 106 ships, including Chinese fishing vessels, in order to safeguard its so-called territorial and territorial sea sovereignty, but in recent years China and Indonesia have begun to establish intergovernmental cooperation on the South China Sea issue, and the territorial sea dispute between China and Indonesia is gradually gaining effective control.

Finally, Malaysia and Brunei, although there are contradictions between them and China's claims, have always taken moderate measures to communicate with China and control differences. Therefore, they are relatively objective and fair countries in the South China Sea dispute.

In fact, to put it bluntly, except for China, the countries surrounding the South China Sea all value the oil and gas resources under the seabed of the South China Sea. Of course, it cannot be said that China does not value it, but if there are no such resources under the seabed of the South China Sea, China will still advocate harmony and harmony in China's sovereignty over the islands and reefs of the South China Sea.

Because the four islands are the place where Chinese ancestors lived and fished for generations and generations.Now China is pushing countries around the South China Sea to participate in the Code of Conduct of the South China Sea, which is hoping that countries around the South China Sea can jointly develop and utilize South China Sea resources.

Vietnam and other countries exploit oil and gas resources in the South China Sea, but Vietnam and other countries do not have technology for deeper waters, while China has relevant technology. Therefore, if countries around the South China Sea are willing, China can provide technology, and countries in the South China Sea only need to participate in the framework built by China, and a mutually beneficial and win-win situation will surely be formed.