As the Chinese and Philippine frictions were upgraded in the South China Sea, Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China and the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who was visiting Southeast Asia, criticized the United States to redeem the Renai Reef (the Philippines) to ignite the Confucian, destroying the South China Sea PeaceTranquility, serving the geopolitical strategy of the United States.
Wang Yi is also the director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.This is the first time that the highest -level diplomatic officials in China have spoken for the first time in China.
According to the news released by the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, when Wang Yi talked about the situation of the South China Sea during the visit to Singapore and Malaysia, Wang Yi named "the United States and other forces may not be chaotic in the South China Sea, and keep making waves in this sea".Rebelling the controversy of Renai Reefs to ignite the fire, provoking right and wrong between China and the Philippines, encouraging confrontation, destroying the South China Sea and Ping An, and serving the geopolitical strategy of serving their own beauty. "
Wang Yi shouted to the regional country, saying that "must be vigilant behind the scenes of blackness" must be "be vigilant" and control the main right of maintaining the peace and stability of the South China Sea.
He also said that China has repeatedly proposed the differences in the existing differences with the Philippines through bilateral dialogue, hoping that the Philippines adheres to the consensus reached in the past, cherish the mutual trust of the accumulation of bilateral relations, and follow the Chinese side as soon as possible to seek control and control of the sea at sea as soon as possible.Effective ways of the situation.
The Philippines recently pointed out that the Chinese Maritime Police Ship intercepted the Philippine Coast Guard ship and supply ships to the Renai Reef on August 5, and fired a water cannon to the Philippine ship.
The incident was subsequently upgraded to the United States and the Philippines.The Philippines summoned the Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines on August 7 to protest; the US Defense Minister Austin talked with the Philippine Defense Ministers Torodo the next day, accusing China's behavior of "destroying the status quo" and "directly threatening regional peace and stability."
Austin also reiterated that the US -Philippine defense treaty is suitable for the Philippine ships, aircraft and armed forces in the Pacific Ocean, including the Philippine Coast Guard.
Wu Shicun, chairman of the Council of China-Southeast Asia Nanhai Research Center and chairman of the Huayang Marine Research Center, analyzed in an interview with Lianhe Morning Post that in Beijing, the signal released by Austin in the U.S. Philippine Defense Cross"Protect you", "rather than calling on everyone to keep restraint and solve the dispute between China and the Philippines through peaceful negotiations."
Scholars: South China Sea sovereignt
However, Xu Ruilin, a senior researcher at the Nanyang University of Technology, Nanyang University of Technology, believes that China has accused the United States of "behind the scenes" and "ignore the sovereignty of the South China Sea and other sovereignty in the Philippines.The facts of interests ".
The Philippine Navy dragged the Madele Mountains landing ship to the South China Sea in May 1999, deliberately let it strand in the benevolent reef, forming actual control over the sea area.This controversial sea area is in the Philippine exclusive economic zone, but China also advocates owns the sovereignty of the sea area and has repeatedly requested the Philippines to remove the stranded warship.
China and the Philippines have been rubbing once this year.In February, the Philippines pointed out that the Chinese maritime ship used military -level laser to target a ship of the Philippine Coast Guard in this sea area, causing a crew to temporarily blind.
Xu Ruilin pointed out in an interview that behind the recent friction between the Chinese Philippines in the South China Sea, it is a change in the relationship between the three countries of the United States and the Philippines. This is related to the strengthening of the US -Philippine military connection after Macco came to power.
He said: "In this triangle relationship, China found that it is getting more and more excluded, in a more unstable position, especially the US -Philippines to increase the military base under the strengthening of defense cooperation agreements.Sword refers to Taiwan. "
In February this year, the United States and Philippines agreed to expand the 2014 US -Philippine strengthening defense cooperation agreement. Four military bases in the Philippines were used for the use of the U.S. military. Three of them are located in the northern part of Luzon Island.It is only about 400 kilometers from Taiwan.
China -Philippine friction may affect the consultation of South China Sea Behavior Guidelines
The recent friction of the Chinese and Philippines in Renai Reef is expected to have a shadow on the consultation of the South China Sea Code.
The consultation process of the South China Sea Code of Conduct in the past few years has taken a positive direction in July this year.In order to speed up the consultation, the two sides adopted a set of guidance principles.
However, Wu Shicun was worried: "Renai reefs are so big that it is difficult to sit down and talk about ... (negotiation) requires a stable, loose, harmonious, and a certain external environment."