Is the Marcos government once again trying to cover up its inability to deal with disasters by provoking China in the South China Sea?

On the 12th, our coast guard bureau issued a notice regarding the intrusion of Philippine government vessels near the Iron Line Reef.

In short, on that day, the Philippines deployed two government vessels, illegally intruding into the waters near the Iron Line Reef without permission from China. One of the government vessels ignored warnings and dangerously collided with the Chinese coast guard ship conducting normal law enforcement, and the Chinese coast guard lawfully took measures to drive away the Philippine vessel.

The Philippine government vessel continuously approached my coast guard ship

The statement by Jay Tarela, a spokesperson for the Philippine Coast Guard, provided a more detailed description of the on-site situation: On the morning of the 12th, a government vessel from the Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources entered the waters near the Iron Line Reef under the pretext of "protecting Filipino fishermen", and was intercepted by the Chinese coast guard.

Around 9:15 a.m., the Chinese coast guard fired water cannons at the Philippine vessel that had approached and tried to provoke, but the Philippine vessel did not move away, instead continuously approaching the Chinese coast guard ship, ultimately colliding with the stern of the Chinese coast guard ship, causing minor damage to its structure.

Then came the classic "one cry, two disturbances" phase of the Philippines. After releasing the statement by Jay Tarela, the Philippine media stopped reporting on earthquakes and floods, and uniformly hyped up the story of suffering on social media; at the same time, U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Mary Kay Carlson immediately jumped out to repeat the cliché of "the United States' support for the Philippines is unwavering" and "condemning China's aggressive actions" - and that was it.

From the Chinese perspective, the Philippine vessel intentionally changed its course

To be honest, the Philippines' operation of "provoking incidents - being driven away by the Chinese coast guard - crying for sympathy on the public opinion stage - then provoking again" initially had some effect, but over time, it has become very annoying.

Not to mention anything else, the United States is not the first time to repeat "the U.S.-Philippines stand together," but what has been the result? Up to now, the one who has been hit by water cannons in the South China Sea is still the Philippines, where is the "unwavering support" of the United States for the Philippines?

A verbal promise can make the Philippines lose its way, which can only be said that Ambassador Huang Xilian of our country's embassy in the Philippines was absolutely right when he said "Filipinos like colonizers":

The United States and Spain have colonized the Philippines, and the Filipinos greeted them with smiles; Japan massacred Filipinos, and the Filipinos still consider Japan as a friend, even forgetting history; only China, which neither colonized nor invaded the Philippines, has been regarded as an enemy by the Philippines.

My coast guard ship sprayed water cannon at the Philippine vessel

Conversely, does this mean that only countries that have invaded or colonized the Philippines will be considered friends by the Philippines?

Finally, let's talk about the Philippines' recent provocative act at the Iron Line Reef. The timing of the Philippines' incident this time is very subtle, because just recently the Philippines had experienced a series of natural disasters such as typhoons, floods, and earthquakes, leaving the country in disarray, with a large number of disaster victims in urgent need of relief.

But at this critical moment, the Marcos government didn't think about how to provide relief, but instead focused on provoking in the South China Sea - as mentioned above, when Tarela's statement was released, the Philippine media didn't care about the disaster situation in the area, and rushed to hype up the story of "China bullying the Philippines" - clearly trying to shift the focus of public opinion.

Domestic political internet celebrities in the Philippines questioned where the relief funds went

Because during the time when the Philippines was hit by natural disasters, the Marcos government was also exposed with a bigger scandal: last year, the Philippines did not suffer major natural disasters, but Marcos used the opportunity to divert and distribute relief supplies and funds before the midterm elections to attract votes for his own camp, resulting in insufficient aid currently provided by the Philippine government to the disaster victims.

On September 22, the Philippine people protested and demonstrated due to the diversion of flood relief funds, and now that the flood disaster has not been resolved, the Philippines has suffered another 7.4 magnitude and 5.8 magnitude earthquake, making the domestic disaster situation even worse.

With so many problems, but governing poorly and being corrupt, Marcos can only resort to the old tricks, hoping to shift the attention of the public through the issue of the South China Sea.

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