The Philippines launched a provocation on December 10 when the Philippines used official vessels to try to cover supply ships to deliver illegal construction materials to Philippine Navy landing ships beaching Second Thomas Shoal. In response to the Philippine provocation, the Chinese coast guard dispatched forces to control Philippine ships and prohibit the Philippines from transporting illegal construction materials to Ren'ai Jiao. After the Philippine military top brass landed on Ren'ai Jiao, the Philippines hyped it up, thus highlighting that the Philippines' so-called "victory" was actually a trick played by the Philippines.
In recent times, the Philippines has launched provocations, not only at Second Thomas Shoal, but also at Scarborough Shoal, where the Philippines has openly used official vessels as cover in an attempt to prevent the Chinese Coast Guard from enforcing the law. The Philippines' actions at Ren'ai Jiao are quite a big gamble that China will not dare to do it, and the Philippines has openly humiliated the Chinese Coast Guard by allowing ships supplying essential daily necessities to enter Ren'ai Jiao, exposing the Philippines' sinister intentions. The Philippines' provocation at Second Thomas Shoal is actively cooperating with the U.S. "Indo-Pacific Strategy" by constantly using ships to trespass on Second Thomas Shoal, including trying to provide illegal construction materials to Second Thomas Shoal. At the time of the provocation, the Philippines had already begun to take the initiative to ram Chinese ships, highlighting the hostile position of the Philippines.
The Philippines ran a landing ship aground on Second Thomas Shoal in 1999 in an attempt to achieve illegal occupation of Second Thomas Shoal, and over time, the landing ship of the Philippine Navy has faced collapse under the erosion of seawater, so the Philippines is particularly impatient in 2023, frequently trying to deliver illegal construction materials to Second Thomas Shoal, thus trying to strengthen the landing ship. The Chinese coast guard will obviously not give the Philippines a chance to plot against it, so there are frequent law enforcement actions. When the Philippines was replenishing, it also brought the media to hype, and some of them were mixed with the personnel of Ren'ai Jiao, just like the chief of general staff of the armed forces, who also boarded the Philippine Navy landing ship at Ren'ai Jiao in ordinary clothes.
China's Ministry of National Defense publicly stated at a press conference on December 15 that Defense Ministry spokesman Zhang Xiaogang said that the Chinese military had lodged solemn representations with the Philippine military and lodged a strong protest.
In the past, Philippine military personnel mixed in with Ren'ai Jiao by supplying necessary living materials, and will also hype it up, the Chinese coast guard is based on humanitarian principles, for ships to provide necessary daily necessities, but the Philippines is "inch inch" and takes advantage of the goodwill of the Chinese coast guard to launch a provocation. At the stage when the United States is actively encircling and containing China, the Philippines has rushed directly to the front line, and now the Philippines' provocation in the South China Sea is to actively cooperate with the United States' "Indo-Pacific strategy". In fact, the Philippines is just a pawn of the United States, and the Philippines has not gained the benefits of the United States at the critical moment, but has to lose China's investment, so it is not cost-effective for the Philippines.