[cheekopekman]

8 Feb 2023

For Filipinos like me who grew up under the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos Sr., the news that the U.S. military would expand its presence in the Philippines has been dizzying and wounding. The image of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin shaking hands in Manila last week with the country’s fatuously smiling president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., son of the former despot, was like some tragic Groundhog Day.



https://www.almendron.com/tribuna/dancin...ilippines/

Playing with ChowAngMoh sibeh dirty one lah!

[cityhantam]

强辞夺理。

看中国历史，得看中国人写的！


https://baike.baidu.com/tashuo/browse/co...765c687870&fromModule=usercenter-userpage_tab-list&fromModule=lemma_middle-info

[cheekopekman]

看中国历史，得看中国人写的！


https://baike.baidu.com/tashuo/browse/co...765c687870&fromModule=usercenter-userpage_tab-list&fromModule=lemma_middle-info

中国人写的一定对咩？

[cityhantam]

There is an International Law called Laws of the Seas or UNCLOS. 

Now trying to divert liao! 

BTW, do you know that Assmerica is not a signatory of UNCLOS? 

[cityhantam]

中国人写的一定对咩？

英国人教香港学生说鸦片战争是为了中国好！

你说呢？

[teaserteam]

Now trying to divert liao! 

BTW, do you know that Assmerica is not a signatory of UNCLOS? 

Let forumers judge.  U r diverting or I am..quickly get CCP to claim and dispute Hawaii and Guam,  the US sure lose.

[revealer]

Let forumers judge.  U r diverting or I am..quickly get CCP to claim and dispute Hawaii and Guam,  the US sure lose.

He is the king of diversion and he will divert the topics and talk about other things else and accuse you of diverting.

[teaserteam]

He is the king of diversion and he will divert the topics and talk about other things else and accuse you of diverting.

The question is anyone is disputing the ownership of the island; if there is, the matter should be brought to UNCLOS. CCP is afraid to do so, sure lose.

[cityhantam]

Let forumers judge.  U r diverting or I am..quickly get CCP to claim and dispute Hawaii and Guam,  the US sure lose.

Your floor cleaner team mobilised already? 

[cheekopekman]

英国人教香港学生说鸦片战争是为了中国好！

你说呢？

有这种事咩？   I didn't know leh!

[alanis]

https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%8D%81%E...F/19360494
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[alanis]

https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E4%B9%9D%E...BF/2233463
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[Manthink]

There is an International Law called Laws of the Seas or UNCLOS.  If there is a dispute over the ocean territory,  the laws stipulate a limit of 200 nautical miles as EEZ.  How far is this island from China?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territoria...0resources.

I notice EEZ includes international waters, which means it is open water -as according to UNCLOS.

Have u confused Territorial water with EEZ  ?

[Manthink]

Now trying to divert liao!  

BTW, do you know that Assmerica is not a signatory of UNCLOS? 

...Ownself don't accept the Law and yet demand others to obey the rule ?  Wah lan neh...

Fact checked...
https://www.unclosdebate.org/evidence/20...rty-unclos

[Manthink]

Opinion pieces written by arty farty people like this novelist Gina Apostol are usually very emotionally immersive as such folks are very apt at framing their analysis and findings in a heart bleeding and emotional manner. This is a good thing as far as communication goes.

However the fatal shortfall of such people is usually the inability to formulate a practical and feasible solution to the problem. Gina says ordinary Pinoys are being predated by vultures like US and China which I suppose is somewhat true from a Philippines point of view. So what exactly is she suggesting President Marcos do?

Broadly speaking the options can be #1 side with US, #2 side with China, #3 play both sides but also run the risk of offending both parties. Naturally each option comes with its own trade offs and it is up to her to argue why her particular solution provides the best benefit for cost. 

Instead of doing that, she ends her piece with a totally childish beyond measure proposal - the solution, according to her, is for Biden to sign some "Philippine Human Rights Act". Is this some sort of a joke? How will Biden signing some stupid US domestic bill help solve the major geopolitical and historical / colonial problems she laboriously elaborated to us earlier above?

I doubt the Author's "arty farty" profession has anything to do w her writing like soft-soft wishy-washy type.
Rather major contributing factor is the nature of Pinoy - which sadly lead them them to be more easily "domesticated" by their ex colonial master from Spanish to the Americans. 

The created a nation and population which are generally easily mesmerised by the West... Hence adopting to many of the values and systems from Catholicism coversions to dressing etc.

So it is no accident unlike most of the Asian countries today, aside from Japan & S Korea, has large US military present within its territory...

[Manthink]

https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%8D%81%E...F/19360494
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For those who are Chinese illiterate, the text explains the origin of 9-Dash Lines in the SCS...which originates from the 11-Dash Lines declared by the Republic of China gov in 1948 based on the then KMT-gov 1947 map which itself is based on Qing-dynasty map. No one, not even the US voice rejection to this declaration based on Historical FACT.



1948年的2月，中华民国内政部公开发行《中华民国行政区域图》，向国际社会正式宣布了中国政府对南海诸岛的主权。 [1] 当时的地图上，"九段线"标为" 十一段线"。


Fact check link
https://www.airitilibrary.com/Publicatio...006-91-118

[cityhantam]

[maxsanic]

I doubt the Author's "arty farty" profession has anything to do w her writing like soft-soft wishy-washy type.
Rather major contributing factor is the nature of Pinoy - which sadly lead them them to be more easily "domesticated" by their ex colonial master from Spanish to the Americans. 

The created a nation and population which are generally easily mesmerised by the West... Hence adopting to many of the values and systems from Catholicism coversions to dressing etc.

So it is no accident unlike most of the Asian countries today, aside from Japan & S Korea, has large US military present within its territory...

If that's the case shouldn't this "domesticated" Pinoy novelist be advocating for Philippine's complete obedience to the US? The only complaint coming from her then should be that Marcos has not prostrated himself in the proper manner in front of Lord Biden and Sir Blinken. That does not seem to be the tone of the article though.

From what I can tell, she is very pessimistic and helpless over the predicament of ordinary Pinoys but can think of no other solution other than to bank on Biden signing some rubbish law. This sort of behavior is very typical of ivory tower intellectuals and liberal arts practioners regardless of whether they be East or West - they often make very emotional arguments on social ills and yet either blank face or propose childish and occasionally extremist rectifications when called upon.

[singlon]

in the last encounter with China she used lazer on the pinoys
China says it is lawful.

[Manthink]

This island 仁愛礁 is so far away from China,  CCP also wanted to claim.. CCP really jialat.  霸道

Hawaii and Guam is so far away from US mainland, American still wanna claim. Yanks really jialat.

Those who stay in glass house better don't anyhow throw rocks.

[cityhantam]

背信弃义菲律宾！抱美国大腿南海对抗中国、基建狂魔再动！一言不合就造岛！美军基地门口仙宾礁造人工岛，2016南海仲裁案始末、中美南海对峙发为什么美军2个航母战斗群掉头逃跑了？
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[Manthink]

US-based pro-Democrat publication is very happy with the Philippines -

FP now label one of the poorest ASEAN country as "America’s New Star Ally"...and Biden-Marcos has given the US its "wildest dreams" since Duterte time.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/21/phi...opolitics/

[cityhantam]

紧急求助“美爹”！中国出动44艘船舰包围中业岛！非法占领此岛的菲律宾守军被团团围住，后勤补给陷入严重危机！菲律宾喊破嗓子美国日本澳大利亚都不会来！中共还有一艘军舰和海警船在附近警戒，菲军敢动直接击沉！
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[cityhantam]

南海靴子落地，中国已经没有顾忌
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[cityhantam]

https://apnews.com/article/marcos-us-mil...2908dbb371

Marcos defends US military presence, which China opposes
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The Marcos administration announced in early February that it would allow rotating batches of American forces to indefinitely stay in four more Philippine military camps in addition to five local bases earlier designated under a 2014 defense pact of the longtime treaty allies.
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[cityhantam]

【#琴謙天下事】不等4月"美菲軍演"!解放軍演習加長版!"天鯨號"航向南海吹填挖沙引聯想!新一代"造島神器"天鯤號支援阿聯酋!20230321@CtiNews
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[cityhantam]

寒锋时评：南海九段线，菲律宾总算有人看明白了
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[cityhantam]

[cityhantam]

菲律賓一再挑釁，中國會不會再填一個島“壓壓驚”？挖泥船出動了【包明大校】
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[cityhantam]

菲前總統帶來消息，但中國不抱幻想，菲方兩邊拿好處的時代結束了
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