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Recently, the Philippines has not only illegally beached Ren'ai Jiao, ignored the mainland's fishing ban, illegally invaded mainland waters many times, and even provoked the mainland on many occasions because of the South China Sea issue.
In the face of such a situation, the mainland has also issued a new policy, and said that in the face of illegal intrusion on Ren'ai Jiao, the mainland coast guard can directly arrest people.
This response did not stop the Philippines, but continued to provoke, even openly re-invading areas such as Ren'ai Jiao and Scarborough Shoal on the mainland.
Later, it conducted joint military exercises with the United States and other countries in an attempt to threaten the mainland.
The reason why the Philippines dares to be so tough is because of a treaty signed between the Philippines and the United States, with which the Philippines has constantly added fuel to the fire on the South China Sea issue.
So what exactly did the Philippines and the United States sign? Why is the U.S. military still not protecting the Philippines?
South China Sea issue
Recently, the Philippines has repeatedly entangled itself in the South China Sea issue, and in order to illegally occupy Ren'ai Jiao and Scarborough Shoal, it has even sent Philippine personnel to illegally beached at Ren'ai Jiao.
After being stopped by China, the Philippines did not withdraw the illegally beached ship and related personnel, but instead made another provocation at this time.
However, no matter what the Philippines does, it cannot change the fact that the South China Sea has belonged to the mainland since ancient times, and the mainland has indisputable sovereignty over Nanhai Zhudao and its adjacent waters.
This is not just the mainland's "empty words," but there are many historical documents and relevant cultural relics to prove it, which shows that the mainland's sovereignty over Nanhai Zhudao and its adjacent waters and the historical status of related rights are legitimate.
Moreover, according to international law, in order to determine whether a place belongs to a certain country, four conditions must be met: the earliest discovery, the earliest name, the earliest development and management, and the earliest continuous administrative jurisdiction.
These four conditions can be met by us as far as Nanhai Zhudao is concerned, so we can say that Nanhai Zhudao has been a territory belonging to the mainland since ancient times.
It was not until the middle of the 20th century that the U.S. military stationed in the Philippines, which was supposed to be a U.S. military base, suddenly developed Scarborough Shoal and used it as a shooting range to carry out military activities on Scarborough Shoal.
Subsequently, the Philippines directly divided Scarborough Shoal into its exclusive economic zone, and dispatched warships to patrol Scarborough Shoal and its adjacent waters on several occasions, and even clashed with our fishing boats.
However, the Philippine provocation did not end there, and Fei Philippines also arrested mainland fishermen many times, claiming that mainland fishermen were "illegally entering" and "illegal fishing", and handed them over to the judicial authorities for processing.
It can be said that the Philippines' behavior was very excessive, and it has repeatedly carried out provocations and ignored the mainland's warnings, and the reason why the Philippines dares to act in this way has a lot to do with the relevant treaties signed by the United States.
U.S.-Philippines Joint Defense Agreement
Just recently, the Philippines launched a provocation against Chinese ships in order to be able to deliver supplies to beached vessels and related personnel of beached vessels, and also wanted to break through the blockade line.
The mainland did not turn a blind eye, and immediately dispatched the Chinese coast guard, and dispatched with a very tough attitude, directly controlling the Philippine personnel, not only sabotaging the opponent's inflatable boat to a certain extent, but also seizing eight rifles from the other side.
After suffering such a big loss, the Philippines naturally did not want to stop here, but judging from the photos at the scene, the Filipino personnel did not dare to resist at all when facing our coast guard personnel.
In order to save face, the Philippines turned to the United States for help, after all, after Marcos Jr. came to power, it became closer and closer to the United States, and even openly made "anti-China" remarks.
To this end, the Philippines has also come up with the "US-Philippine Joint Defense Agreement," an agreement signed between the United States and the Philippines before, in which it stipulates that if the military personnel of either side are killed or injured in a foreign conflict, the other allied country should shoulder the obligation of collective defense.
As for the current situation, the Philippine authorities believe that the situation of the Sino-Philippine conflict has applied to the provisions of the "US-Philippines Joint Defense Agreement" and hope that the United States can help at this moment.
Marcos Jr. had high hopes for this agreement, and even used it as a confidence for the Chinese side to challenge, but surprisingly, the US side did not respond to this, and only issued a painless statement, and the incident was over.
This has made the Philippines anxious, and it has repeatedly tried to prove that the current situation applies to the US-Philippine Joint Defense Agreement, but has been met with refutations one after another.
"Hollow rice balls"
According to the agreement, when the Filipino personnel carried out a provocation a few days ago, someone was injured and injured his finger, so the US military should make a military threat to China, but so far, there has been no trace of US military help.
You must know that this is not the first time that the Philippines has provoked China on the South China Sea issue, and the confidence of their provocation is this joint defense agreement, and the United States has also issued many statements saying that it will protect the Philippines, and has supplemented the treaty many times since then.
At that time, the United States was willing to sign this treaty because the Philippines already had the will for national independence after World War II, and extended some actions.
The United States also knew that it should adapt to the current situation, and it was basically impossible to continue to maintain the colonial rule of the past, so it expressed its compliance with the independence of the Philippines.
However, the independence of the Philippines was not without any problems, and although the Philippines became independent, it retained the US military base in the Philippines under the guise of protecting the Philippines in order to continue its influence in Southeast Asia.
And the Philippines readily agrees that this is a military boost that cannot be ignored for the newly independent country.
Subsequently, they signed a joint defense agreement, which stipulates the scope of protection between the two sides and ensures that friendly and cooperative relations can be maintained between them.
Moreover, Marcos Jr.'s father, Marcos Sr., is also a pro-American representative, and it can be said that the support of the United States is inseparable from the fact that their father and son can reach the pinnacle of power in the Philippines.
Therefore, in Marcos Jr.'s view, the United States will definitely help, but to his surprise, in the face of the conflict between him and the mainland, the United States not only did not take any assistance action, but even showed that it did not mean to trigger the joint defense treaty.
At the same time, the Western media went into the water one after another to interpret the agreement, saying that the current South China Sea issue does not apply to the US-Philippines joint defense agreement, and this matter has nothing to do with the United States.
Even the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom wrote a paper on the issue, in which he detailed that neither the US-Philippine Joint Defense Treaty nor the subsequent supplementary treaty addressed the Philippine archipelago in the South China Sea.
Therefore, it is very normal for the United States not to protect, and this conclusion also makes the United States breathe a sigh of relief, after all, from the current point of view, whether it is the Philippines or other places, the United States is in a disadvantageous state.
For example, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict secretly instigated by the United States, because of the Houthi bombing of "Eisenhower", the bombing of American freighters and their allies, and even the blockade of the Red Sea.
Somali forces and Allah in Lebanon have launched bombing attacks on Israel, leaving Israel to turn to the United States for help.
This has already caused a headache for the United States, but the Russian-Ukrainian war has a new mess, after the US military bombed Russian cities, Russia did not say that it would end here, and immediately counterattacked, which has become a mess.
Now, the Philippines has once again provoked China and caused a conflict, and the US military will naturally not strike again, after all, the United States is now facing enough problems.
Marcos Jr. should realize that the conflict between China and the Philippines still needs to return to the negotiating table, hold peace talks and consultations on the South China Sea issue, and resolve the South China Sea issue peacefully.