China taking Philippine Islands

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UP expert: China should have told PH about device found in West PH Sea UP expert: China should have told PH about device found in West PH Sea


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They don't feel any threat from our government. WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFf

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The shade...hehehe

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Motivated na.. go for more

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BIZ BUZZ: Magallanes Village vs ‘unauthorized’ Chinese tenants | Inquirer Business

This is alarming!


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BIZ BUZZ: Magallanes Village vs ‘unauthorized’ Chinese tenants | Inquirer Business

This is alarming!


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what is alarming to me, if the story is accurate,
is that our own countrymen are working for the furriners, against our own countrymen!

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Duterte enacts law taxing POGOs


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Fukc off cyna

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This country is a sham...

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a bird's eye view of what was formerly known as the island cove resort in cavite now converted to an exclusive pogo enclave

https://twitter.com/MangrovePh/statu...601044994?s=20

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a bird's eye view of what was formerly known as the island cove resort in cavite now converted to an exclusive pogo enclave

https://twitter.com/MangrovePh/statu...601044994?s=20

So they're housing 100,000 illegals there... Hmmm

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Something to do with the decline of the west.


Xi Jinping’s mortality
BREAKTHROUGH - Elfren S. Cruz - The Philippine Star
November 25, 2021 | 12:00am

When he addressed the Southeast Asian nations, Xi Jinping denied that he had any desire to impose hegemony upon any of China’s neighbors. However, recent actions by China vis-à-vis its neighboring countries show the complete opposite. The recent provocative attacks on Filipino supply boats in Philippine waters is a clear example of China’s belief it can impose its will on its weaker neighbors. Only counter threats from the United States and other powers forced China to back down.

I expect these Chinese provocations in view of its more aggressive foreign policy which it has termed the “wolf warrior” diplomacy. History should teach Xi that eventually, imperialistic methods simply increase resentment and hostility.

While most political observers view these actions with legitimate concerns, many geopolitical experts are more concerned with Xi Jinping’s rhetoric that has consistently set a timeline of 10 to 15 years for achieving superpower status. Normally nations rise to power based on certain forces – economic, political, social. The nations that have tried to set their own timelines have eventually failed. In modern times these include Germany, Russia and Japan.

Other highly respected former leaders of China, like Deng Xiaoping, believed China should bide its time and expand its international influence through increased economic growth and integration into the existing world order.

Xi Jinping seems to have a different mindset. He is impatient with the present world order and China’s position in the world today. In his pronouncements, there is a sense of urgency not only in challenging the present global status quo, but even reshaping the current global order and establish a China-led power structure.

In fact, he has said time and again that he believes this new global order will happen in 10 to 15 years.

Before I go further, I just want to reiterate that my criticism of Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party is separate from my respect for the Chinese people and its culture. I have always been an admirer of Chinese culture.

Unfortunately these days, Chinese propagandists have tried to make it appear that any critic of Xi and the Communist Party automatically means that it is the whole Chinese people that are being criticized.

Even some of my Filipino Chinese friends have adopted this attitude. I have privately criticized some leaders of Filipino Chinese organizations that they should be careful when they endorse Xi Jinping and Communist Party policies. This has been misinterpreted by some as condemning the whole Chinese people. This is not correct. I want to reiterate again that I respected the policies of Deng Xiaoping. This included his foreign policy direction.

Actually, the Chinese Communist Party has just followed the direction of its leadership. In this case this seeming urgency is due to Xi Jinping. What is the cause?

I believe, like most persons who follow geopolitics, that there could be several causes. A China observer, Jude Blanchett, sees at least three possibilities. The first is one that I mentioned. He believes he can remake the global order based on terms dictated by him and the Communist Party. This, to me, is impossible. The global order is dictated eventually by economic, political, social and other forces. Many times, these are unforeseen forces like the pandemic. For example, even in the Philippines, the pandemic changed the trajectory of Philippine politics. Even in Western countries, the major political and social issues are rapidly being dictated by pandemic-based issues like the necessity for lockdowns, vaccinations and even face masks.

Xi has talked of “profound changes unseen in a century” especially in technology and economic power. Even if this was true, the pace of these changes must still follow a certain timeline that cannot be dictated by one person. Furthermore, these historical developments must reckon with the possibilities of major events, like the pandemic, that could alter expectations.

Blanchett has added another possibility, which is that the Chinese Communist Party is worried that the Leninist political system they are trying to impose, or re-impose, is endangered by the rapid progress of capitalism in China. This poses a danger to their struggle for the Party to maintain total power.

I have also wondered whether one cause for this 10- to 15-year timeline is the fear of mortality. Xi is almost 70 years old and has not shown any real interest in preparing for his succession. He may actually believe that he can change the international order and make China the superpower of the world within his lifetime.

The danger here is that as he nears the end of his reign, he may launch steps that he feels are needed to fulfill his dreams while he is still alive and in power.

The single most dangerous threat to the world is that Xi might be tempted to take Taiwan by force. If the Chinese military and the Communist Party are ever completely united in this mission and Xi miscalculates that the United States will not have the determination to defend Taiwan, this dangerous provocation could actually happen. This is an event that many observers are afraid could happen. This is a political miscalculation that could spark a third world war.

Xi will be 82 in 2035. His concerns about his own mortality and desire to see his dreams of a paramount China in his lifetime might make him unwilling to wait for the eventual decline of the West that he has projected. He might decide to change the world order by himself.


Xi Jinping?s mortality | Philstar.com

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the 1940's built class tank transport ship beached at ayungin shoal, the brp sierra madre, is apparently still registered as a commissioned vessel. kaya pala hindi basta basta magalaw ng china since '99. masyado malaki ang implications kapag aksyonan nila. what a stroke of genius and foresight by then def sec orly mercado and his staff.

it was purposely beached over there especially when china reneged on its word to pull out from nearby mischief reef.

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the 1940's built class tank transport ship beached at ayungin shoal, the brp sierra madre, is apparently still registered as a commissioned vessel. kaya pala hindi basta basta magalaw ng china since '99. masyado malaki ang implications kapag aksyonan nila. what a stroke of genius and foresight by then def sec orly mercado and his staff.

it was purposely beached over there especially when china reneged on its word to pull out from nearby mischief reef.

yeigh!
you got it!
heh heh.

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yeigh!
you got it!
heh heh.

lol

kagabi ko lang nalaman na commissioned ship pa pala siya doc. kasi nga wala na sa itsura.

and marines pala ang naka-station doon (for 3-6 months!) . i always thought navy men sila. i'm going to say a prayer and have a bottle of beer in honor of them mamaya (thanksgiving kasi ngayon daw kuno). salute!

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lol

kagabi ko lang nalaman na commissioned ship pa pala siya doc. kasi nga wala na sa itsura.

and marines pala ang naka-station doon (for 3-6 months!) . i always thought navy men sila. i'm going to say a prayer and have a bottle of beer in honor of them mamaya (thanksgiving kasi ngayon daw kuno). salute!

i'd send them a case of beer if i could.
heh heh.

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the 1940's built class tank transport ship beached at ayungin shoal, the brp sierra madre, is apparently still registered as a commissioned vessel. kaya pala hindi basta basta magalaw ng china since '99. masyado malaki ang implications kapag aksyonan nila. what a stroke of genius and foresight by then def sec orly mercado and his staff.

it was purposely beached over there especially when china reneged on its word to pull out from nearby mischief reef.

Decrepit patriotism
By: Segundo Eclar Romero - *inquirerdotnet
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:06 AM November 26, 2021

As early as 2013, Jeff Himmelman in a New York Times article quoted Maj. Gen. Zhang Zhaozhong of China’s People’s Liberation Army regarding Ayungin Shoal and other Philippine territories: “We should do more such things in the future. For those small islands, only a few troopers are able to station on each of them, but there is no food or even drinking water there. If we carry out the cabbage strategy (choking with layers of militia and Coast Guard like a cabbage), you will not be able to send food and drinking water onto the islands. Without the supply for one or two weeks, the troopers stationed there will leave the islands on their own. Once they have left, they will never be able to come back.”

The strategic importance of the BRP Sierra Madre, however, has been highlighted by the recent declarations of support by the United States, Japan, the European Union, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, France, and Germany against the destabilizing actions of the Chinese Coast Guard. The United States, in particular, mentioned the crucial point that an attack on a public vessel of the Philippines will trigger US obligations under the PH-US Mutual Defense Treaty. The Chinese might show only disdain for the puny but loud Philippine protestations, but they certainly do not want to overstep and trigger a shooting conflict in the West Philippine Sea that is not in anybody’s interest.

All things considered, this is a point won by the Philippines. But only if the Philippines takes the necessary moves to actualize and enlarge the advantage.

For instance, what is the point of maintaining such a small contingent of nine Marines led by a mere lieutenant? What critical importance does that convey to both friends and enemies? What kind of respect and visibility will that contingent muster?

I would imagine that a 44-man contingent will be a more appropriate force on the BRP Sierra Madre. During its heyday, that ship had accommodations for 266 personnel.

That is just for starters. I would put the BRP Sierra Madre under a Training and Doctrine Command or National Security Policy Center, say in partnership with the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP) and/or the Armed Forces of the Philippines Command and General Staff College (AFPCGSC), and use it for academic, policy, and training purposes that can host officer students doing advanced studies on national security policy and related subjects. Let Philippine Military Academy graduates appreciate the basics of external security and hone their sense of patriotism on the BRP Sierra Madre.

If this were the strategy, it would require robust and prompt systems to put form behind the function. Programs will be designed, personnel will be assigned, logistics will be provided. Of course, the BRP Sierra Madre will have to undergo major repairs and be refurbished. A fresh coat of paint over its rusty body will not only lift the spirits of the Filipino Marines but also lift the eyebrows of the Chinese Coast Guard troops observing their actions. Then perhaps it would be possible to further enhance the optics—Marine personnel with crewcuts, in full uniform, unless at work repairing the ship.

Surely this will raise the hackles of the Chinese, but juxtapose that for a moment against the current default sorry situation that cannot even be considered a strategy, because all that it will lead to is exactly what the Chinese are waiting to happen—the elimination or departure of the tiny Marine contingent, possible under a variety of natural, chemical, biological, or other man-made triggers.

Even as just a matter of optics, the current situation in the BRP Sierra Madre is embarrassing and brutish. While the beached vessel is physically crumbling, what is the emotional and psychological state of the Marines stationed there? One of them, in a moment of despair, wrote in big letters on the wall of the ship: “How long can our personnel hold the line here in Ayungin if our DAILY NEEDS cannot be PROVIDED!!! Even machine need a rest do as we!!! Those who are in the Top you are blind you cannot see D’Reality!!! Tamaan sana kayo ng KIDLAT para makita nyo kami sa baba nyo!!! Ito lang ang kanilang nakikita $P(eso), $P(eso).”

Decrepit patriotism | Inquirer Opinion

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Hmm....

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US lays out case against 'unlawful' China maritime claims │ GMA News Online

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looks like the bicol area will have more Chinese residents....

DOTr, Chinese joint venture sign P142-billion contract for PNR Bicol project │ GMA News Online

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Pro-China governor opposes PH-US live-fire drills | Inquirer News