In recent years, under the guidance of Duterte, China-Philippines relations have gradually come on the right track, and the economic and trade ties between the two sides have become closer and closer. As a country with quite unique relations with China, although the Philippines and China have some differences, if they can control their differences, it is in the interests of the two countries. Unfortunately, as Duterte's term of office ends this year, the outside world begins to worry about whether China-Philippines relations will repeat the same mistakes, after all, in the early days, the two countries were once "sword-rattling", and the president at that time was Aquino III, a "die-hard anti-China faction".
The so-called "evil has evil retribution", probably because he did not do anything good during his term of office, Aquino III has a physical condition after 5 years of leaving the presidency, and as a result, he "died" this month. According to Philippine media, recently, former Philippine President Aquino III died of illness at the age of 61. Prior to this, he had suffered from serious illness and had suffered from heart failure several times. He also struggled with lung cancer, underwent dialysis for kidney disease, and underwent angioplasty surgery. As the only son of the country's late former President, Mrs. Aquino III, Aquino III has a high reputation in Philippine politics, serving as a member of the House of Representatives for nine consecutive years and then as vice chairman of the Liberal Party, participating in the 2010 Philippine presidential elections.
In the end, with his experience and family background, he won the support of many people. On June 3 of the same year, a swearing-in ceremony was held in the capital Manila to become the 15th president of the Philippines. It is undeniable that Aquino III did not inherit the political ideas of his mother, "Lady Aquino" is really named Corazon Aquino, he is the mother of Aquino III, but has Chinese ancestry, the ancestral home is in The village of Hongxue in Zhangzhou, Fujian, China. Corazon Aquino later became the first female president of the Philippines of Chinese descent, and during her tenure she always called on the Philippines to take the route of independence and self-determination, not to be a "vassal" of the United States, and to this end she drove out the American garrison.
In order to deepen the philippines' relations with China, she has visited China many times, and in 1988, she returned to Hongxue Village in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, with more than a dozen ministers and two daughters, to hold ancestral worship ceremonies. Logically, in such a Chinese family, Aquino III should continue his good relations with China, after all, Aquino III himself is also of Chinese descent. Unfortunately, he is short-sighted and hostile to China because of his western influence. After assuming the presidency, he quickly abandoned his mother's correct China policy, and the Philippines' relations with China went downhill.
In order to curry favor with the United States, Aquino III repeatedly spoke harshly against China, not only slandering China's legitimate behavior of safeguarding national sovereignty in the South China Sea, but also deliberately creating many frictions in the South China Sea. The most "notorious" thing he did before his death was probably to dominate the South China Sea arbitration case, not only unilaterally closing the door for our side to resolve relevant disputes through negotiations, but also singing with the United States and insulting China for "encroaching on neighboring countries", promoting the militarization of the South China Sea region, resulting in Sino-Philippine relations falling to a freezing point. The impact of the serious mistakes he made on the stability of the regional situation has not dissipated to this day. /ZBJ