In China's shadow – The Philippines at the heart of a global conflict | DW Documentary



In the South China Sea, the US and China are fighting for dominance in the Indo-Pacific region. The Philippines finds itself caught …

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30 thoughts on “In China's shadow – The Philippines at the heart of a global conflict | DW Documentary”

  1. Nah. China is just making BS. We all know that china really needed oil so bad that they choose to use bullying😂.
    Their economic is collapsing if they keep importing oil their fall down is assured😂

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  2. China has the audacity to act as that way in the Philippines because they are aware that some of our politicians are on their side in return for covert favors. In particular, the previous administration was attempting to influence its supporters by claiming that if they opposed China, a war would break out, so they should be allowed to do as they please. They say they don't want conflict and they love Filipinos. War is not necessary to fight for your rights. It's but one tactic they use to influence their supporters. They have no idea what our heroes have battled for in the past.

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  3. The Philippine government should focus on more non-conventional means to deter China. I'm talking about drone swarms,EW attacks,the whole 9 yards. Resources aren't an issue with a determined party,we've seen that play out in Vietnam,Afghanistan,more recently,Ukraine,with massive turnover for these states as they consistently incur costly interactions with superior adversaries.

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  4. Philippines must fix its own country first before engaging in a war they can't win. A lot of Filipinos are Anti-American anyways specially the Duterte supporters. I wouldn't bother helping the Philippines if I was the US.

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  5. Those stupid activists should ask themselves, what would happen to people like them in China. They are too childish, naive and shortsighted. They don't understand that China has its sight on the whole South East Asia. So whether you want it or not, you (PH) do not have a choice to be equally "ïndependent" from all parties. Either you let China slowly take you over or you have to side with US in hopes that this alliance will stop Chinese expansion. (I am saying this as non-American btw).

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  6. I love that Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio has a model of the Spanish Galleon that united the Philippines, Spanish flag waving on the mast, with the rest of the Spanish empire in the Americas directly behind him ,in his interview. Stand firm Filipino brothers. You were the furthest outpost of the great Spanish Empire and hence your country's name honoring King Felipe II. All of hispanoamerica is behind you. The communist Chinese are bully invaders and have no right to claim all of the South China Sea as theirs.

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  7. The gravel and dirt being used by China to reclaim the islands is bought from quarries in Zamabales, how can you help the Philippines when they are providing the Chinese with that? Philippines is a corrupt joke who's military budget had been looted for decades by whatever corrupt president in power, now they have a coke addict president who won't allow the Chinese an inch of territory but says nothing about the 70,000 square kilomters of Philippines that Malaysia has claimed ( Sabah )

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