The Philippines provokes China but overlooks a greater threat nearby.

Recently, the People's Liberation Army has conducted multiple exercises in the South China Sea, with the sound of cannons booming. In addition to the display of strength by three 10,000-ton Type 055 destroyers, a "heavyweight guest" also made an appearance.

Since Marcos took office as the President of the Philippines, he has been creating troubles and provoking China in places like the Scarborough Shoal and the Reed Bank. The United States has also gathered its allies to conduct joint military exercises with the Philippines, supporting its illegal claims and infringements. The PLA is never afraid of trouble, and as the Philippine military clamors wildly in the South China Sea, China is also prepared for emergencies.

CCTV releases the Nansha military exercise footage: The ship's gun fires fiercely In the South China Sea, full firepower is unleashed! Recently, CCTV released the live-fire exercise footage of the PLA Type 071 landing ship, Wuzhi Mountain. In the video, after detecting the enemy target, the crew responded calmly and quickly launched decoy rounds to interfere with the enemy's line of sight. Subsequently, the gun operators adjusted the firing parameters, and the ship's gun fired fiercely, successfully eliminating the threat.

When the outside world was speculating about the specific location of Wuzhi Mountain's exercise, the Philippine media "exposed" it, claiming that it conducted an amphibious landing drill at the Shenbin Shoal. It is worth mentioning that the Type 071 landing ship rarely exercises in the South China Sea, and this exercise is seen as an important turning point in the PLA's attitude towards the South China Sea.

The PLA held such a grand military exercise naturally because the Philippines took the lead in provocation, and its actions are becoming more and more excessive.

A while ago, the Philippine Coast Guard dispatched its most powerful coast guard ship to forcibly appear around the Xianbushan Shoal, claiming to prevent China from land reclamation on the reef.

But in fact, everything is just an excuse. The Philippines just wants to replicate the situation in the Ren'ai Reef, intending to use these two coast guard ships to achieve another kind of "beach sitting," staying at Xianbushan Shoal.

It is worth mentioning that in 2016, the Philippines had sent an old ship to attempt to "sit on the beach" at Xianbushan Shoal, but it was quickly towed away by China. Now it is still not giving up and wants to repeat the old tricks. Moreover, this time the coast guard ship sent out is an advanced model purchased from Japan in recent years, which is much stronger than the previous old ship.

But no matter what the Philippines does, China's territorial sovereignty is absolutely inviolable.

The Philippines should have thought about the consequences when it made such a move. As expected, the Philippine media reported that more than 100 Chinese ships were found at Xianbushan Shoal, including civilian ships, coast guard ships, and PLA warships. Xianbushan Shoal is originally China's territory, and any action taken by the PLA around it is normal.

The roar has not subsided, and the Philippines has made trouble again The PLA held the exercise, and the Philippines not only pretended not to understand but also made trouble again, which may hide a more sinister purpose behind it.

A few days ago, the Philippine side released a video, claiming that it raised the Philippine flag at Xianbushan Shoal to commemorate the Philippine Independence Day. This news caused a sensation, but what is the truth? The Philippines just raised the national flag on its own ship, intending to create "publicity" in this way and show loyalty to the United States at the same time.

In addition to these meaningless tricks, the Philippines is also brewing the so-called second "South China Sea Arbitration." According to CCTV military news, experts have warned that everything the Marcos government has done in Ren'ai Reef and Huangyan Island is inseparable from the so-called "South China Sea Arbitration."

Encouraged by the United States, the current Marcos government is doing everything possible to make trouble on the South China Sea issue.

Previously, China deeply exposed the illegality and invalidity of the so-called "South China Sea Arbitration," which not only cannot solve the South China Sea issue but has also become an excuse for some forces to stir up the situation in the South China Sea.

Now, the Marcos government wants to do it again, which is of no benefit to the current situation. The Philippines wants to continue brewing the second so-called "South China Sea Arbitration," obviously feeling that it has tasted the sweetness in the first arbitration.

Perhaps for the Marcos government, "impacting" the Chinese coast guard defense line near Ren'ai Reef and deepening the US-Philippine military alliance is the "benefit" brought by the so-called "South China Sea Arbitration." But the fact is that this is not a "benefit," but may be the beginning of a worse situation. The entire ASEAN, except for the Philippines, no one is willing to believe the "sweet words" of the United States, and the result is that the Philippines is isolated by other ASEAN countries.

Focusing only on China, but ignoring a greater threat? In recent years, the Philippines has been staring at China, trying every means to "cheat" on the South China Sea issue, intending to occupy China's reefs. But Philippine politicians have said that the Marcos government has ignored a greater threat around it.

It is worth mentioning that there are not only China and the Philippines in the South China Sea sovereignty claimants, but also Vietnam, Malaysia, and other countries. Former Philippine presidential spokesperson Digalao said that Vietnam is the biggest threat to the Philippines.

The Philippines is relentless against China, and Vietnam is seizing the opportunity to "make a fortune quietly." Digalao said that since the beginning of this year, Vietnam has been filling the sea and land, and the area has doubled, and Vietnam is the only country that has taken islands from the Philippines.

Compared with the "grand momentum" of the Philippines, the Vietnamese government has been secretly building islands, and under this strategy, the area of Vietnam's islands in the South China Sea has increased significantly.

Among them, Vietnam's largest outpost base, Boleao, has increased from 238 acres to 412 acres. It is worth mentioning that Vietnam is not only expanding the area of the reef but also has stationed more than 2,000 soldiers.