After being driven away from the territorial waters of Huangyan Island, the Philippines lowers the tone: not planning to send warships
After organizing ships to forcefully enter China's territorial waters of Huangyan Island and being driven away, the Philippines again actively calmed down the situation.
According to news from the Philippine media "Daily Inquirer", on the 18th, the spokesperson of the Philippine National Maritime Commission, Alexander Lopez, announced that the Philippines ruled out the possibility of sending warships to Huangyan Island, saying that the Philippines will not deploy warships in Huangyan Island to challenge the Chinese Navy. The Philippines does not want any miscalculations in the situation and still insists on resolving the conflict in the "most peaceful way".
Combined with the multiple severe warnings issued by China to the Philippines after the escalation of the situation at Huangyan Island on August 11, now the Philippines actively lowers the tone, which may be considered as the effectiveness of our warning.
However, we should also note that the Philippines lowering the tone does not mean they will stop provoking.
On August 15, the Philippines announced joint military exercises with Australia in Palawan Island and Luzon Island, including amphibious landing operations, maritime mobility, large-scale air transport, and live-fire shooting at sea targets. The military exercises will continue until August 29.
Evidently, the Philippines holding military exercises at this time clearly shows that they are trying to bring more external countries, especially American allies, to support their illegal activities in the South China Sea.
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