On the eve of the enlarged ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting in Nanjing, Japan and the Philippines tried to join forces to encircle China in the north and south to disrupt the South China Sea. What was going on? What is our attitude here?
From June 11 to 14, the 20th meeting of the peacekeeping expert group of the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Enlarged Meeting will be held in Nanjing, including members of the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Enlarged Meeting, observer countries and the United Nations. In such a special period, the Philippines was still trying to attract extraterritorial forces to disrupt the South China Sea, and Japan was the most active. Recently, the Japanese Senate officially passed the Reciprocal Access Agreement signed with the Philippines.According to the statement given by the Philippine Ministry of Defense, the Agreement will enhance the joint exercise, practical cooperation and coordination capabilities between the Philippines and Japan's military. At the same time, the Agreement will also allow the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and the Philippine Armed Forces to conduct more joint training within each other's territory. To put it bluntly, in the future, the Philippine army can not only go north to conduct various military training with the Japanese Self-Defense Forces around the Japanese waters, but also the Japanese Self-Defense Forces can also "legitimately" go south to organize various military exercises with the Philippine army around the South China Sea. Isn't this just trying to divide one south and one north and encircle China?
Facts have proved once again that it is not China that stirs up the stability of the surrounding areas of the Asia-Pacific region, but it is a country like Japan and the Philippines that always talks about "regional security". The above actions of Japan and the Philippines not only reflect the sinister intention of the Japanese government to intervene in the South China Sea affairs, but also once again prove that the Philippine Marcos government's ambition to covet the islands and reefs of the South China Sea is still undying. In fact, similar actions between Japan and the Philippines have already begun, but in recent years, their pace of strengthening military cooperation has significantly accelerated. Before this, Japan had provided various military equipment to the Philippines many times, such as handing over the active phased array long-range aerial surveillance radar system to the Philippines, with the maximum detection distance of the radar reaching 610 kilometers. In addition, Japan also provided additional coast guard ships to the Philippines. All these actions prove that the Japanese government is "arming" the Philippines and assisting the Philippines in continuing to disrupt the South China Sea and undermining the peace and stability situation in the South China Sea. Having said that, the reason why Japan is so easily attracted by the Philippines and is so active in cooperating with the Philippines to disrupt the South China Sea is obviously profitable behind this. For the Japanese government, one of the most important purposes is to use it to seek a breakthrough for Japan to sell military equipment to the outside world, and then seek the so-called "military normalization."
The countries surrounding the South China Sea are also opposing the Philippines' behavior of constantly attracting external forces to disrupt the South China Sea, and they can't help but feel worried, otherwise the ASEAN defense ministers' enlarged meeting would not be held in Nanjing for four consecutive days. ASEAN's attitude on the South China Sea issue has always been clear, that is, to maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea, and there must be no chaos in the South China Sea. It is precisely under the clear attitude of ASEAN that the current situation within ASEAN is very embarrassing, and it can even be said to be isolated by other ASEAN member states. However, even so, the Marcos government's idea of provoking the South China Sea issue has not been dispelled. Our country's attitude towards the Philippines' unremitting actions is very clear. The Marcos government attempts to win over "small circles" and engage in group politics and camp confrontation. This approach cannot solve the problem, nor can it scare China. Regarding the infringement and provocation of some countries in the South China Sea, the Chinese military is fully capable and determined to resolutely defend the country's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests.
Just when the Japanese government officially passed the Japan-Philippines Reciprocal Access Agreement, my country's think tank released a report entitled "China's Practice to Build the South China Sea into a Sea of Peace, Friendship and Cooperation" to the world. The report clearly mentioned that "If the South China Sea is stable, the regional countries will benefit; if the South China Sea is in chaos, the regional countries will suffer." This sentence not only reflects the facts, but also issues a clear warning to the Marcos government and the extraterritorial forces that attempt to disrupt the South China Sea.
