I knew that some Pinoys would insert the "Chinese have small eyes" remark hence the accident occured. But the thing with small countries with large mouthe like the PH if the accident had occurred between a Chinese ship and the Philippines ship the narrative would have been about the big bad Chinese Commie being the expansionist bully with the Philippine is it's the first victim of many. Which means that the PR situation has an inevitable narrative that'll always be anti-China regardless of outcome due to the inherent size and massive power differential between these 2 countries.
Which is why in my view, China should have just blasted off the PCG ship with a live fire warning shot from the Type 056 destroyer to send the unequivocal message to would be belligerence ultimate master of the PHILIPPINES which is the U.S. if your minions want to play stupid games they will have their stupid prizes. It's only a matter of choice which prize would they prefer: ramming or shooting.
