Japan countered us! After two close encounters between Chinese and Japanese military aircraft in the West Pacific, Japan turned around and stood with the Philippines to hold joint exercises, putting pressure on us! On June 16, according to a report by Russia's Sputnik News Agency, shortly after the standoff between Chinese and Japanese military aircraft, Japan quickly took action. Russian media reported that recently, Japan and the Philippines held a "maritime cooperation activity" joint exercise near Luzon Island in the South China Sea.

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer "Haruka" participated in the exercise and conducted training to simulate torpedo launches from two ships at targets. Additionally, the ship's helicopter took off from the Philippines' "Miguel Malvar" and landed on the "Haruka," while also conducting anti-submarine warfare training. Meanwhile, when Japan and the Philippines were taking joint actions, we sent two warships for surveillance and tracking.

Clearly, after the activities of our two aircraft carriers in the second island chain and the standoff between Japanese reconnaissance aircraft and our aircraft, which triggered diplomatic disputes, Japan suddenly joined forces with the Philippines for military actions. It is estimated that this is Japan's attempt to exert pressure on us by counterattacking. The message conveyed by Japan seems to be that when Chinese warships do things Japan doesn't want to see, Japan can also do things that China doesn't want to happen.

From Japan's actions, we clearly see that although economic and trade relations between China and Japan are relatively close, in the military field, Japan remains a follower of the United States' Indo-Pacific strategy. Japan intends to cooperate militarily with the United States to further compress our operational space, and to incite disputes and disrupt stability. However, now the military balance between China and Japan has reversed, and Japan's military actions will not change this trend or alter our powerful ability to shape peace.

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