Although the "shoulder to shoulder" joint military exercise between the United States and the Philippines has ended, the Philippines' provocation against China has not stopped. Xianbin Reef is likely to become the next key node in the Sino Philippines confrontation.
Why do you say that?
In the middle of April, the South China Sea Bureau of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China "Haiyan 3301" survey vessel, Yuexia Fishery Finger 20027, and Yuexia Fishery Finger 20030 fishery guidance vessel conducted scientific research operations in Xianbin Reef. This is China's sovereign territory, and there is nothing wrong with what we do.
However, the Philippines has had an impure motive. Since April 18, when it dispatched the Rabin Coast Guard ship "Teresa Magbanua" to dock in the sea area near the Senbin Reef, it has also photographed and collected marine life. From April 27 to May 3, according to the track map, the track of the Philippine coast guard ship was very strange, and even sent divers to dive under the water of the small sandbar on the Xianbin Reef for field exploration.
This series of actions means that the Philippines seems to want to repeat the incident of illegal "sitting on the beach" and ship breaking on the Ren'ai Reef.
Because of the lesson of Ren'ai Reef, our maritime police now have very strict control over the islands and reefs in the South China Sea, which can be said to be 24 hours a day. If the Philippines wants to break through the reef, it must choose the right position, so it will send a coastguard ship to cover it, and it will stay for more than half a month. Even if no suitable location is found, the Philippines has also obtained a large amount of hydrological data to prepare for the subsequent plot here.
Although it is uncertain, the Philippines does have a criminal record. In 1996, the Philippines blew up China's sovereignty over Xianbin Reef, Xinyi Reef, Half Moon Reef and Huangyan Island, declared that this was a place without owners, and began a long process of wrangling with China.
However, the destruction of the logo does not represent sovereignty. This is China's inherent territory. If the Philippines wants to occupy this place, China will never back down.
Under such circumstances, China dispatched 3303 and 4202 coastguard ships to carry out bag clipping on both sides of Philippine 9701, and a dozen fishing boats near Xianbin Reef also acted at the same time. At present, it is not clear about the confrontation, but Brigadier General Taraila, spokesman of the Philippine Coast Guard, announced that China has carried out "small-scale reclamation and land reclamation" in Xianbin Reef. The Philippine Coast Guard will send a ship to monitor China's "destruction of marine ecology" and report it to the international community.
It can be seen from this that although the Philippines is still not determined to disturb the South China Sea and occupy China's territory, China's attitude is obviously tough, and has begun to fill the sea and build reefs. Although the Philippines has shouted, the Xianbin Reef itself is China's territory, and the Philippines can only stare.
In the final analysis, it is because of the support of the United States that the Philippines has the confidence to covet the South China Sea. In addition to the forced invasion of Ren'ai Reef and Huangyan Island, the Philippines also illegally invaded the Limulus rattan Reef to lay fishing gear, and boarded the Tiexian Reef to carry out the so-called "scientific research". Now it has begun to plot Xianbin Reef, which shows that the Philippines intends to launch "attacks" on the South China Sea in many ways.
However, there is an insurmountable military gap between China and the Philippines, and it is not difficult to dredge sand to fill the island technically. Once the Xianbin Reef is reclaimed into an island, permanent buildings can be built on it later, including military bases, aircraft, ports of call, etc., and control can be carried out on it, which can also cover the military bases opened by the Philippines to the United States.
In addition to sand blowing and island filling, the China Maritime Safety Administration announced a no sail zone to warn the Philippines with practical actions.
The Guangdong Maritime Safety Administration had previously issued a navigation warning. From 6:00 to 21:00 every day from May 6 to 12, shooting training was held in some areas of the South China Sea, and no entry was allowed. It is hoped that the Philippines can understand China's meaning and do not continue to provoke, or the consequences will be borne by itself!
Special statement: The above content (including pictures or videos, if any) is uploaded and released by users of "Netease" on our media platform, and this platform only provides information storage services.
Notice: The content above (including the pictures and videos if any) is uploaded and posted by a user of NetEase Hao, which is a social media platform and only provides information storage services.