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Report on Marcos administration's S.China Sea policy exposes its 'extremist, adventurist' tendencies

Global Times

By Li Yawei Published: Nov 04, 2025 10:57 PM

A report on the three-year administration of Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. authored by Chinese experts from both the international perspective and the Philippines' domestic perspective was released on Tuesday. It exposes the Marcos government's policy on the South China Sea, which leans toward "extremism and adventurism."

The report was compiled by the Huayang Center for Maritime Cooperation and Ocean Governance, with its main content spanning over 60 pages grounded in extensive news reporting.

Chen Xiangmiao, director of the World Navy Research Center at the National Institute for South China Sea Studies and one of the report's authors, told the Global Times on Tuesday that this is the first comprehensive and systematic analysis report published at home and abroad detailing the changes in the South China Sea policies and the foreign policies of the Marcos administration over the past three years.

The report said that the South China Sea policy of the Marcos administration has exhibited a pronounced tendency toward "radicalization," which is a phenomenon derived from long-term observation of the Philippines' policy on the South China Sea.

The so-called "radicalization" tendency refers to the Philippine government's departure from the basic norms and principles of modern international relations in handling the South China Sea disputes, abandoning the established consensus, breaking conventional arrangements, and acting in an impulsive, bold, reckless, and irrational manner, said the report.

The Marcos' administration has adopted a strategy of deception to advance its maritime claims, read the report. It enumerates facts that since the 1990s, the Philippines has feigned commitment to tow away the grounded vessel at Ren'ai Jiao, yet repeatedly delayed and deceived both China and the international community.

Furthermore, the report tells how the Philippines reneged on the "three-point consensus" reached by both sides in July 2024.

The report indicates that the Philippine government has easily resorted to a path of "adventurism" by detailing 10 malicious ship collision incidents initiated by the Philippines since January 2023 to August 2024.

Legal provisions are used in the report to demonstrate the danger of the Philippines' acts.

Chen said that by presenting cases and citing legal provisions, this report can demonstrate to the international community, particularly the Philippine public, that the responsibility for the escalation of disputes on South China Sea lies with the Marcos administration.

Additionally, the report points out that China has consistently expressed, through both bilateral and public channels, its sincere willingness to continue addressing maritime differences through the original track.

It also provides a well-substantiated rebuttal to the Philippines' baseless accusations against China regarding South China Sea issues, Chen said.

Aligned with the US, unilaterally challenging the strategic balance in the South China Sea is also one of the features of Marcos' administration, according to the report.

By citing specific moves, including the Philippines' opening of four additional military bases to the US and allowing the deployment of the Typhon intermediate-range missile system on its territory, the report exposes Washington's exertion of absolute influence over security affairs in the South China Sea region by leveraging the Philippines.

The Philippine government's prioritization of political factional interests superseding national interests is also a significant factor leading to its adventurist path on South China Sea issues, the report said.

By analyzing Philippine policies from a domestic perspective, the report reveals the political predicament of the Philippine government where "the minority overrides the interests of the majority," Chen said.

The report further analyzes the potential impacts of the Marcos administration's policy, including the geopolitical risks to China-Philippines economic cooperation, the unpredictability of US' commitment to South China Sea security, and the widening divergence between the Philippines and other ASEAN members.

"We hope this report will serve as a warning for the Philippines to recognize reality and promptly return to the right track," said Chen, adding that it also aims to present facts that enable the international community to gain a clearer understanding of the real instigator behind the South China Sea issues.