Clash not crash
Only China could invade its own personal space. China’s navy ramming its own coast guard is the perfect image for a regime increasingly at war with its own contradictions.
Daily TribuneOnly China could invade its own personal space. China’s navy ramming its own coast guard is the perfect image for a regime increasingly at war with its own contradictions.
That’s the military might we’ve been so worried about? China, very powerful. Had two of its own ships crash into each other. In the middle of the West Philippine Sea. Looks scary from afar but if you get close, it’s plastic. Made in China.
These are the geniuses who think they’re going to run the whole ocean, who keep saying they’re a civilization with 5,000 years of wisdom. Five thousand years of history. Still no right of way. Doesn’t mean 5,000 years of getting it right.
For 5,000 years, they’ve been perfecting one thing: rewriting the story whenever it suits them. Inventing a new version every week.
Only China could invade its own personal space. China’s navy ramming its own coast guard is the perfect image for a regime increasingly at war with its own contradictions. Think: a captain in panic, beady eyes wide open. You know that look, like when you realize you left your phone in the Grab. But times 10.
They couldn’t even hit the Philippines if their lives depended on it. Because they’ve got no coordination. The navy’s doing one thing; the coast guard another. Nobody’s in charge. Maybe Xi’s in charge. Maybe the guy who cleans the toilets. You don’t know anymore. But it’s not working. Left hand. Right hand. Boom!
Wrecking their own billion-dollar hardware is superpower behavior? A sore bully losing an argument smashing his own TV?
We’re out there delivering ice and fuel to fishermen, showing the flag, doing some real state stuff. The Chinese send water cannons. Stupid drivers. Apparently self-destructing ships. Who do you think looks like they belong there?
China’s mad about ice and fuel for fishermen? They’d lose their minds if someone handed out popcorn at Scarborough, pissed because the Philippines acts like it runs the place.
China has spent years telling the world they’re the masters of the sea — the unstoppable, perfectly disciplined maritime superpower with Confucius on its hull or maybe Sun Tzu.
Their propaganda machine paints pictures of sleek, precision-engineered warships cutting through waves, crewed by flawless professionals who never make mistakes.
China’s got the same old excuse every time they get caught: “It’s the Philippines’ fault!” “Not our problem!” “Fake news!”
It’s falling apart. Manila has the video of the collision. And it’s not the Philippines causing trouble.
Beijing’s usual weapon is becoming a blunt tool that makes them look more desperate and dishonest. It signals a regime that prefers spinning stories over solving problems, hiding behind falsehoods, credibility straight to the bottom of the sea.
Nobody’s done more damage to the Chinese navy than the Chinese navy. China’s biggest enemy now is China.
The Philippines knows GI Joe’s got its six. And a network of partnerships that amplify the Filipino strength. So we don’t back down.
The alliance works — it keeps the bullies off balance. Let them keep drawing their little maps, talk about sovereignty.
Keep this up, and the only territory China is going to control is the bottom of the ocean. With their own ships.