The old trick of the Philippines has come again, this time even taking the risk of provoking the Chinese coast guard in an attempt to fan the flames over Ren'ai Jiao in the South China Sea. Shortly after China promulgated the new Regulations on Administrative Enforcement Procedures for Coast Guard Agencies, the Philippines sent supply ships and speedboats in an attempt to forcibly deliver supplies, including construction materials, to warships stationed at Second Thomas Shoal.
In the face of the deliberate provocation by the Philippine side, the Chinese coast guard took decisive action and controlled the Philippine vessel in accordance with the law. What is even more astonishing is that the Philippines even wants to smear China for using "lethal force", which makes people question: what are they calculating?
Everyone knows that Ren'ai Jiao is an island on Chinese territory, and it is illegal for any foreign vessel to enter without permission. However, the Philippines has refused to acknowledge this fact for many years, insisting on stationing warships on Second Thomas Shoal and trying to build roads and facilities on it. This is undoubtedly a blatant provocation to China's territorial sovereignty.
Of course, the Chinese side cannot sit idly by and repeatedly warn the Philippines to withdraw from Ren'ai Jiao, but they have been ignored. In particular, in recent years, China has stepped up its efforts to defend its rights on islands and reefs in the South China Sea, making it more difficult for Philippine supply ships to approach Ren'ai Jiao. In desperation, the Philippine side used planes to drop food to the warships stationed there, but they were stopped and cleaned up by the Chinese coast guard in time.
In this provocation, the Philippines formed a formation of 1 supply ship and 2 speedboats, carrying construction materials and other materials, and made a special trip to the waters near Ren'ai Jiao to "make trouble". Not only did they ignore China's repeated warnings, but they also deliberately deliberately diverted the supply ship dangerously towards the Chinese coast guard vessel, causing the two ships to collide.
In the face of such arrogant and arrogant behavior, the China Coast Guard should indeed respond strongly. It is illegal to enter China's territorial waters in defiance of warnings, and it is even more difficult to deliberately collide with a ship. Therefore, China took decisive action and took control of Philippine ships in accordance with the law, which was completely a self-defense counterattack as a last resort. Even so, compared with the deliberate actions of the Philippine side, the actions of the Chinese coast guard are still restrained and reasonable.
It is worth mentioning that this is not the first time that the Philippines has carried out "collision" provocations against Chinese coast guard vessels. In March this year alone, Philippine coast guard ships and supply ships deliberately rammed into our law enforcement vessels, and last year they even used a "bitter trick" trick -- deliberately approaching our coast guard ships and using tail collisions to win sympathy from the outside world.
It can be seen that the Philippines does have ulterior motives on the South China Sea issue, and it has repeatedly created incidents in an attempt to exaggerate China's so-called "violent rights protection" in the international community. For example, this time, the Philippine side has tried its best to smear the Chinese coast guard for using "lethal force", which in essence is to distort the truth with ulterior motives.
Thinking about it carefully, the Philippines' approach has completely lost its basic moral bottom line. In the international community, they play the role of poor victims desperate to win sympathy in the South China Sea; However, in actual actions, it has provoked China everywhere and repeatedly hidden murderous motives. It's like a hooligan who says he's been bullied on the outside, but has the idea of hurting others on the inside.
Ironically, Philippine tricks have long been commonplace in the eyes of the Chinese people. We remember the lies they spread last year, such as the "rude ramming of a huge Chinese coast guard ship." However, in the end, the truth was completely exposed to the video as a fact - it turned out that the Philippine ship took the initiative to cut into the channel of our coast guard ship and reduced its speed, deliberately colliding to win sympathy.
In the face of such blatant and shameless acts, we have no reason to have illusions. As a responsible major country, China should insist on making no concessions on the issue of territorial sovereignty. We have sufficient determination and means to defend the motherland's maritime frontiers. At the same time, he also called on the Philippine side to cherish its friendship with China and stop repeatedly going beyond the norm and provoking the South China Sea issue.
After all, no one can resolve their differences through confrontation, and the two sides should return to the negotiating table and properly resolve their differences through diplomatic consultations. China has never denied its sincerity in maintaining friendly relations with the Philippines, and we are ready to join hands with the Philippines with the greatest sincerity to jointly safeguard peace and stability in the South China Sea.
epilogue
The Philippines is not unintentional in stumbling over the South China Sea. On the one hand, they exaggerate China's "hegemonism" in the international community, and on the other hand, they are secretly plotting to provoke the Chinese coast guard. One moment he boasts of being an innocent victim, and the other he cunningly wins the sympathy of public opinion. No matter what tricks the Philippines uses, its fundamental purpose is to gradually encroach on China's rights and interests in the South China Sea.