Less than 48 hours after the Philippine foreign minister made overtures to China and called for dialogue, the Philippine ambassador to the United States made bold remarks and openly interfered in the Taiwan Strait.
Philippine Foreign Secretary Manalo
Philippine Foreign Minister said on the 25th that the Philippines hopes to meet with China next month to discuss the South China Sea issue. Regarding the recent friction between China and the Philippines at Ren'ai Jiao, he said that it was a "misunderstanding" and an "accident", in short, he wanted to dilute the contradictions between the two sides as much as possible.
Originally, this statement may have meant that the Philippines had figured it out and wanted to solve the problem rather than create it, but the Philippine ambassador's remarks to the United States once again overturned the efforts of the Philippine foreign minister.
Sputnik News Agency reported on the 27th that Philippine Ambassador to the United States Romualdez mentioned the growing differences between China and the Philippines in an interview, and he believed that the dispute between China and the Philippines on Ren'ai Jiao may or spread to the entire "Indo-Pacific region", because China has nuclear weapons, which may trigger a "nuclear war".
Philippine Ambassador to the United States Romualdez
He also said that the South China Sea is an entire region, through which trillions of dollars of trade passes, "Is it really necessary for one country to control the shipping lanes?" ”
Obviously, this is to incite other countries in the region to unite with the Philippines and oppose China's sovereignty over the South China Sea, because so much money "cannot be made by China".
If it's all this logic, isn't it who is forcing whom? What is the point of formulating rules and order in different countries and territories?
However, since ancient times, Ren'ai Jiao has been China's territory, and now the Philippines wants to overthrow it and start over and join other countries to take advantage of China. Whether it is about economic strength or military strength, the Philippines is not qualified to say this.
Marcos and Biden
Of course, they know that they have no chance of winning, so they want to find a partner to deal with China together, in addition to giving eye medicine to countries in the region, the Philippine ambassador also mentioned the United States.
He warned China that it should not "ignore" the US-Philippine mutual defense treaty, and the implication was to tell China that the Philippines has the backing of the United States, and we have nothing to do with them.
However, whether the United States is reliable or not, everyone knows very well, and if the Philippines thinks that if it has a "talisman" next to the United States, it will be able to do anything wrong in the region, and then it will wait to suffer a big loss.
It is worth mentioning that the Philippine ambassador also mentioned the Taiwan Strait. He claimed that the Philippine defense department believes that the situation in the Taiwan Strait will affect the Philippines, and if a conflict breaks out, Manila is likely to let the US military use those military bases to "protect Taiwan."
This is not the first time that this news has been reported from the Philippine side, and this result has been foreshadowed since they added four new US military bases last year. Whether the Philippine government wants it or not, the United States will not let go of such a good opportunity to balance China, especially since one of those military bases is very close to Taiwan Island, only about 400 kilometers.
However, aside from the US factor, the current Philippine government also has big problems and should bear full responsibility for the tension between China and the Philippines.
Duterte and Marcos
But what exactly is the Fimarkos government trying to do this? It is nothing more than two points: the first is to seize the resources of the South China Sea and let the Philippines achieve better development; The second is the consideration of the interests of Marcos Jr. and his family, who want to break the current status quo of "taking turns to sit in the bank" as president.
In fact, if it wants to have better development, the Philippines can choose other ways, and it can't be bone-to-bone with Chinese eggs. In recent years, Sino-Philippine relations have tended to be stable, and cooperation has become increasingly close, with the Philippines having products to export, while China has a large consumer base, and this cooperation is completely compatible.
At the beginning, Duterte had the foresight to deepen China-Philippines cooperation, but the current Marcos administration is blind and only wants to make a fortune from the resources of the South China Sea, which is destined to fall behind.