South China/West Philippine Sea

[tk421]

I thought your silence meant an acquiescence to that article. Anyway, China wouldn't budge from its position and the US can't even make them budge. Duterte and Xi have a great diplomatic relationship as evidenced by China's billions of dollars of investments and soft loans that they committed to our government, not to mention guns to fight against terrorism. These are evidence of good will and a possible joint exploration is another sign of good will. China would not agree to a joint exploration if it wanted the Spratlys for its own.

 

 

It shows that:

 

1) China is capable of reneging on a promise.

 

2) A "legally binding contract" will only be honored if it's enforceable. And that is a sad fact about the real world.

 

3) Duterte and his policies will not be around forever, but potential losses from this "deal" will affect us for a long time.

[rooster69ph]

In reference to #1 ... Just like the recent news that says satelite images show china boosting military bases in south china sea. This after du30 said china has given assurances it will not put up structures there.

[camiar]

^^^ We all know that at present, a military solution against China's encroachment of the WPS is a no-win solution. Because of our preoccupation with the internal security vs. communist rebels and muslim separatists, we have neglected to develop our capability defend our sovereignty against foreign threats.

 

Abnoy tried saber rattling during his term, and he just gave China the opportunity to rub in on our faces the fact that we can't do anything about it and the US is not prepared to put their own neck on the line to defend us.

 

At least for now, I can accept our "silence" in order to maintain status quo.

 

It would be in our best interest to continue what we are doing in building up our defense capability. Once we have built a sufficiently credible defensive capacity, continue growing economically as we are doing now, and build political leadership among the ASEAN, we will soon have enough strength to assert our sovereignty without having to rely on the US to fight our war for us.

Edited November 2, 2017 by camiar

[tk421]

 

 

Exactly what Im saying. Maintain status quo as its going to be harder to assert sovereignty if weve already given China access to the territory with this joint exploration venture.

 

It will just embolden them even more if they know theres an untapped resource in the area.

 

And it will also be ecologically devastating as China is well known for destroying the ecosystem in order to exploit resources.

[camiar]

Filing the case at the Arbitral Court in The Hague was a legal and diplomatic move. I praise the government team led by the DFA and Justice Carpio for doing that.

 

That's not saber rattling.

 

You figure out what pathetic saber rattling Abnoy did that he was not able to sustain. Vietnam did it better.

[Bolj]

Ang bagal or deliberately binabagalan ni digong ang policy nya dito sa china disputes.

[Lyse]

Hello to MTC's Political commentators. Great exchange of opinions, I like it.

[tk421]

So now apparently, the DFA has granted China access to explore benham rise when it previously denied same request to a French NGO.

[perfectstranger]

is that confirmed? if yes, binenta na talaga tayo kay china.

[tk421]

Not yet. But we should really keep an eye out for this.

 

https://www.rappler.com/nation/193451-benham-rise-exploration-china-philippines

[compadrei]

maganda sana kung maeducate mga kabataang pinoy tungkol sa issue ng west philippine sea para mapaghandaan nila ang marami pang similar cases na haharapin ng bansa. ilan nga ba ang nakakaalam na importante sa atin ang west philippine sea at sa atin ang mga islang nakapaloob dito?

[tk421]

http://globalnation.inquirer.net/163408/cayetano-defends-granting-china-research-access-benham-rise?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#link_time=1515885543

 

Well, well, well...

[tk421]

So eto na naman tayo. Pinana survey natin sa magnanakaw yun ari-arian natin para next time alam na nila kung ano nanakawin nila doon...

 

“At dito po matatagpuan niyo ang malaking oil reserves sa ilalim ng seabed. Mas malaki po ito kaysa sa West Philippine Sea. Wag niyo pong kukunin, ah. Pinky promise?”

 

Binebenta na tayo, nagmamangmang mangmangan pa...

[Maykeee]

Nuclear powers such as US and Russia will ensure that there will be no another bloody world war for the people here in Earth. This kind of balance of power discourages countries with strong armed forces to engage armed confrontation with opponents. Right now, only the North Korea creates imbalance and the real threat to a possible nuclear war.

 

The present battlefield for conflicting countries is now situated at the economic arena and at the cyber world. These are the areas where China is a dominant player and pose a great threat to the Philippines.

[juan t]

is that confirmed? if yes, binenta na talaga tayo kay china.

 

 

Guys supportahan nalang natin yung totoong presidente natin. Mabuhay ka Xi Jin Ping!!!