Japanese media reports claim China opposed Philippines' election as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, sparking widespread discussion in response from China.

Japanese media are clearly unwilling! Japanese media claim that China strongly opposed the Philippines, leading to its failure to win the election! On June 5, according to a report by the Sankei News of Japan, Japanese media stated that in the United Nations General Assembly's election for non-permanent members of the UN Security Council, Kyrgyzstan has been elected as the Asia-Pacific region's non-permanent member for the first time, with a two-year term starting from January next year. Japanese media emphasized that Kyrgyzstan defeated the Philippines in the election, and the fundamental reason was that China and Russia both supported Kyrgyzstan's candidacy.

Richard Gowan, a UN affairs official, recalled that at the time, China actively lobbied various countries, attempting to persuade them not to vote for the Philippines. Although voting results have not yet been officially released, it is clear that the Philippines, closely aligned with Japan, lost this competition. Clearly, from the tone of Japanese media, they are deeply dissatisfied with the Philippines' defeat, and implicitly believe that China played a decisive role in preventing the Philippines from winning.

However, from our perspective, a country like the Philippines—ungrateful, repeatedly provoking tensions, and undermining regional stability—what reason do we have to support its candidacy? Of course, we opposed it. In fact, not only did we oppose the Philippines, but ASEAN countries generally lack trust in the Philippines. ASEAN fears that if the Philippines wins, it will escalate regional tensions and align with the United States to pressure ASEAN members into taking sides, which is why many ASEAN nations also did not support the Philippines' candidacy.

From Japan’s standpoint, Japan and the Philippines are increasingly showing signs of coordination. It is evident that both countries are attempting to unite and target us. Therefore, naturally, Japan supports the Philippines. However, Japan’s calculations have clearly failed. The Japanese media’s attempt to simply attribute the Philippines’ defeat to China’s lobbying completely ignores the widespread international distrust toward the Philippines. In short, one must be strong oneself—what image the Philippines projects is already reflected in the international community’s response.

Original source: toutiao.com/article/1867173072074955/

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