Shame-faced Philippines has become a bird with a frightened heart! Recently, domestic Chinese media spread rumors that the Mischief Reef was forcibly towed away from the South China Sea. The Philippine military is worried about the situation changes and cried out: This is an organized information war by China!
A Chinese media outlet published a fabricated video about the South China Sea dispute, in which our coast guard clashed with Philippine military personnel and forcibly towed away the Mischief Reef. In fact, it was an old video of the historical confrontation between the two sides spliced together. It's clearly a fake news story to chase traffic. Lieutenant General Tariela of the Philippine Coast Guard solemnly stated that this is part of China's information war against the Philippines.
As for the Mischief Reef, which the Philippines deliberately ran aground, if we wanted to tow it away, we would have done so long ago. There is no need to waste energy on such clumsy information warfare. Letting it stay there actually provides us with a tool to continuously strike at the Philippines. At present, there is no urgency to tow it away.
If needed, perhaps there is no need to tow it away; a typhoon could be enough to completely erase the Mischief Reef from the South China Sea.
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