Why China and the Philippines Have Fallen Out
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China and the Philippines clash in the South China Sea, worsening already strained relations between the countries. This video explores recent events, the South China Sea dispute, and the deterioration of China-Philippines relations.
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Love and Support to Philippines. ASEAN stands strong!
From Vietnam 🇻🇳 🇵🇭
You know, my Vietnamese brother I wouldn't mind standing shoulder to shoulder with you so we can promote and maintain a lasting peace in the Asean region
Asean members supporting my country Philippines validates our mutual concerns and enhances our courage.
Hopefully wisdom will prevail in de-escalating this issue then a shared prosperity with China then the world align.
asean countries should unite against the bully
UNITED WE STAND 🇵🇭❤️🇻🇳
@@erwinmatic5062a little hard when we have Laos and Myanmar in our little alliance. Those guys have been voting down anything that would displease the man holding their leashes in Beijing.
Vietnamese are the toughest people on earth!
Can we just agree for a second on how nuts China’s claim is? The embodiment of “I’m a stronger country than you, give me your water”
China's claim to the SCS goes back to even during the era of WWII, when they were not strong. Naturally, with more power begets more bargaining chip. The Americans forcing their will on how the world ought to be is just as much a reflection of the power they have. Go against the US and you will face hefty economic sanctions. Look at Russia.
What about overseas territories of western countries? They must be inside western EEZS, right😆 It's nuts when others do what u did before, international law only exists for other countries but not to the west.
@@Aamirmhmd99 Overseas territories were established centuries ago, I don’t see how they’re relevant to the discussion here. China didn’t win a war with their neighbours, so idk where you’re getting at
@@Aamirmhmd99Those were obtained years before international laws were a thing. Those areas were also invaded and annexed years ago, they are now part of USA for years.
@@bushido791 Scs claims are also historical. Centuries before, china dominated that sea.
So if they win a war with Ph, they can claim those islands. The west made up laws so that others couldn't do what they did. They can keep their overseas territory but others can't have any.
Dont let the bully get away with more bullying, Philippines! Sending love from neighboring Cambodia
Cambodian women love white men long time ❤️❤️
Love from Cambodia - China's lap dog? Lmfao I'll consider your statement a joke.
I click Like to your comment although I'm confused. I thought Cambodia avoid any conflicts and support China all the time???
Cambodia is a part of China. They receive weapons sponsorship from China. Sooner or later, Cambodia will have to cede some seaports to the Gulf of Thailand to China.
The Philippines is simply exercising it's rights over the 200 mile Exclusive Economic Zone granted to it by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and even China have their respective 200 mile Exclusive Economic Zones. China however wants all those Zones and claiming these as it's own territory. China claims the Natuna Islands of Indonesia which all the neighboring countries recognize as Indonesian territory and yet China claims these are Chinese territory. Incredibly insatiable and perverted Chinese greed for domination over almost the entire South China Sea. It's not surprising that all these affected countries are rapidly building up their navy, air force and army to defend their rightful territories.
Yeah, when people say "disputed territory" in that region, it's only disputed as in China tried to settle in. It's like some rich dude just invaded your house with armed security guards and claimed your living room is "disputed"
china does NOT claim natuna island. they only claim some of indonesia's EEZ.
@@rizkyadiyanto7922still wrong then.
*US military has entered the chat* 😎
@@rizkyadiyanto7922 Mao's dash lines also included Natuna Archipelago just Jokowi doesn't acknowledge this problem out on public...
Is it me or did Chinese trolls entered the chat?
😂😂 yes they did a lot of them spreading lies
Yes. Lots of obvious lies from them.
it is just you i think. I saw a lot of comments denouncing china's aggression rather than justifying it
If you look at China National Shame Maps (which different versions were released with alternating claims), their claim is actually more extreme. They don't just claim South China Sea, but they genuinely believe Central Asia, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Kashmir, South Tibet/Arunachal Pradesh, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Okinawa, Mongolia, Outer Manchuria, Sakhalin and Korea to be Chinese territory that were "seized" by Europeans and Americans in the 19th century. I am from Uzbekistan and I think people must lend support for the Philippines as soon as possible.
They don't "genuinely believe it"
However, in many cases, parts of China during the Qing dynasty were lost to western countries.
@@J_X999none of these countries they try to claim now is western countries. Ironically except Russia which they say nothing about. China just a bully, as simple as that.
@@J_X999 ye many unfair treaties were signed
@@J_X999 not really though, the most the “West” still had from China was Macau and Hong Kong which were given back in the 90s. Russia took way more land from an unequal treaty that they never gave back. That’s the only imperial power to have done that to China and is still getting away with it today, as China looks at everyone else rather than the ones who actually deserve their ire.
Learn some history Bro!
Support to Philippines 🇵🇭 from India 🇮🇳
philippines doesnt need monkeys supporting them 🙈🐵🙉🙊
#FreeKashmir
#FreeKhalistan first please 🙏🇵🇭
@@darthvadeth6290most Punjabis don't want Khalistan.
@@darthvadeth6290 people of Punjab are proud Indians, fix your economy
@@LeoDas688loool if punjabs are proud Indians there won't be a khalistan movement right ?
Support to my Filipino brothers and sisters. Stand strong. Love from India
China not claiming other's borders- Challenge Impossible.
You mean US proxies not claiming China's borders- Challenge Impossible.
@@onlyfacts4999Trying not to simp on an authoritarian regime. Difficulty: impossible
@@onlyfacts4999 CCP simps try not to ' shout US proxies to cover its own bad sh*t' : Impossible
@@onlyfacts4999the 9 dash line has no basis
@@TheWappa Which one is the authoritarian regime? Marcos is literally the son of a dictator 😆
Thanks China, for ensuring that the Philippines remain part of the wider Western alliance system. We really appreciate it 👍
As a Pinoy, we are generally a very friendly and loyal people, and we try to be friends with everyone. China has been an obvious ‘partner’ historically not just because of geography, but A good part of Our population even draws its heritage from China.
But yes, your sentiment rings true; the PRC’s actions and behaviors have just ground-down our goodwill down to nothing at this point. Thus It’s fairly easy to turn instead to other friendly allies.
@@pushslice
It's hard to be actual friends with dictatiorships.
Their very nature is parasitic and in bad faith. No matter how good it looks at the start.
It's not just South China Sea. It's also with India, Australia and many parts of the World which is why all these places are with West too.
Though, Grabbing of Resources and playing I'm the Superior 1 has been done by the West too and in Ancient Times, Not Just by West Too for grabbing of resources and playing Superior 1 too (Grabbing of Resources is done by Most Nations Worldwide to Many Others and Not Just West which includes India and others too in relation to Africa nowadays).
In Ancient Times during BC and AD Period, the Indian Subcontinent and China were the Most Powerful, Rich Ones that were Ahead in Many Areas followed along with the South American Regions, Egypt, Mesopotamia, etc (South American, African and Arab Worlds too).
The so-called Western Civilization which has Mixture of Different Cultures Too that can be separated from 1 Unified Western Civilization started with the Greeks and Romans during the Last Few 100 Years of BC Period that went into the 1st Few 100 Years of AD Period. But yes, even when the Greeks and Romans were Doing Well, the Indian Subcontinent and China were still the World Leaders including Economically especially the World Economic Share where the Latter 2 Not Only had Trade but were Expanding their Regions Too.
Eastern Europe had done better than Western Europe Not to Collapse before Western Europe made a Comeback. That comeback by Western Europe about 1000 to 1500 Years Later was also with the Philosophy of "Gold, Glory and God" that started with the Spanish and Portuguese which went on with the Dutch, British, French, Danish/Swedish, etc across the World where they Grabbed Resources and did lots more as their Philosophy of God, Glory and God was to Colonize Places, Steal the Resources including Commodities including Gold that helped in Expanding their Colonies and Bringing About Riches to them as well as Cultural Imperialism including Knocking Out Belief Systems and Religions of Places They Colonised where some parts of that Cultural Imperialism Failed in some regions while most of their Cultural Imperialism succeeded in many places they colonised.
(China had become More or Less Unified About 1000 Years while Indian Kingdoms Ruled Not Just Parts of Sri Lanka and Parts of Central Asia but also indirectly if not directly ruled Parts of South East Asia or ASEAN Nations of Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, etc through Descendants of theirs.
Philippines was a Region of Polities which used to followed Folklore Religions/Animism where the Oldest Filipinos are Negritos and Austronesians [descendants of Taiwanese]. 1 of the World's Oldest Traders were Filipinos who were doing Jade Trade with Taiwan that expanded to Other Parts of Southeast Asia or ASEAN Nations. That Trade collapsed because these Regions then did Trade across the Silk and Spice Trade Regions especially with Indian Subcontinent and China including the various Indian kingdoms.
Before the Vikings, the Greatest Seafarers were the Polynesians [Austronesians have differences with Polynesians where Some Southeast Asians are Both But Not All Austronesians including Not All Filipinos are Polynesians But Many Filipinos are Austronesians].
1 of the World's Oldest Ports is Lothal from Gujarat [The world's oldest ports are between Arab World, African World and Indian Subcontinent]. The World's Oldest Emporium has been in Muziris in Kerala of South India [Emporium is a Large Commerical Place where Commerce and Trade took place simultaneously with many other regions around the world where the Muziris were Trading with the Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Africans, Southeast Asian Regions etc].
Even though the Odias may have been the 1st ones from India to move around to Southeast Asia/ASEAN Nations including Myanmar, Cholas were the ones especially to indirectly colonise parts of South East Asia or ASEAN Nations of Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, etc through Descendants of theirs [In Philippines, it was via Cebu, Manila, Tondo, Butuan etc where many of the Tagalog and Bisaya Words come from Tamil and Sanskrit, the 2 Oldest Languages of India which includes the word "Rajah". That's how Hinduism/Buddhism landed in Southeast Asia/ASEAN Nations where at that point of time, Butuan of Philippines had More Gold than Sumatra of Indonesia [can be seen in the Philippine Museum][unfortunately, the Spanish and Americans stole a lot of the commodities including Gold to expand their regions and increase their richness within South America and their own wealth worldwide][Spanish knocked out a lot of the Filipino history which is why the Earliest that the Indianized Kingdoms were there in Philippines were from 900 AD though could be before as Spanish destroyed a lot of the Filipino history].
After that, came Islam in Philippines by late 14th Century where Western Christianity was brought by Spain to Philippines in 1521 AD through Catholicism. Protestantism of Western Christianity came to Philippines 1 Century Later where Today, think Philippines has Western Christianity of Catholics, Western Christianity of Protestants and Eastern Christianity of Orthodox Christians.
America ruled Philippines from 1898 to 1946 with Japan invading it during World War 2 too.
Philippines was 1 of the 1st Regions to be Colonized by West or European Powers while Thailand Wasn't Colonized by Western Powers But was Colonized by Asian Powers.
Now, Western Christianity that Originated from Western Europe isn't the Oldest Christianity as that's the Eastern Christianity as Christianity started in Middle East which spread to parts of India via Kerala, China, Sri Lanka, etc before it spread across Europe where the World's Oldest Christians are in Middle East, South India via Kerala and Tamil Nadu, China, Sri Lanka.
Western Christianity that Originated from Western Europe are of 2 Main Denominations - Catholics of Roman Catholics, Latin Catholics, etc as well as Protestants including Born Again Christians etc. Eastern Christianity are of 2 Main Denominations again of Orthodox Christians [Originated Mostly from Eastern Europe] and Oriental Christians also known as Syrian or Syriac Christians also known as St Thomas Christians [Originated from Middle East that spread to parts of India via Kerala and then Tamil Nadu, China, Sri Lanka, etc].
Just like how Western Europeans knocked out Many Countries Worldwide including Philippines where Spanish Destroyed Most of its History Forcing it to Follow Western Christianity via Catholicism, the Western Europeans that landed in India through the Indian Kingdoms tried to do the same via British, Dutch, French, Portuguese, Danish etc where they tried to Destroy Eastern Christianity and Force Western Christianity even on Eastern Christians [It didn't succeed even though India Today has Western Christianity of Catholics, Western Christianity of Protestants, Eastern Christianity of Orthodox Christians, Eastern Christianity of Oriental Christians as well as Churches or Christian Denominations with Fusion of Both Western and Eastern Christianity].
So, Grabbing of Resources and playing I'm the Superior 1 has existed for Millenniums by Many Players knocking out others and THAT INCLUDES EVEN WITHIN EACH REGION where can see that the Ones who have Got Knocked Out the Most are the Indigenous People of Each Nation Worldwide where Today, the RICHEST PEOPLE OF JUST PHILIPPINES ALONE are Many of the CHINESE FILIPINOS FOLLOWED by Many of the Spanish Filipinos and Many of the Indian Money-Lending Filipinos WHILE MOST of the OTHER FILIPINO Groups are Facing Challenges where even the Cultural Aspects of Food, Music, Clothing, Architecture, Entertainment and so on Too, Most Filipinos Follow the Cultural Aspects that come from West or India or China or Arab World while Their Own Root Cultures which are the Cultures Before the Spanish Ruled Them Got Knocked Out A Lot by the Spanish who Went About Destroying Root Cultures [The British, French, Dutch, American, Portuguese, Danish, etc have also done that to the Places that they have Ruled in Last 500 Years where the Damages Have Been Way Worse than What the Asian Regions did to Each Other or African Regions did to Each Other, etc])
@@rmot2911
lol, the difference is, the west evolved.
Dictatorships like China and Russia did the opposite.
In addition to my comment above which has a lot of points where this is in relation to that - Who are the Indians from Asia? Just like All People of the World who have No Pure Blood as All People from the World have Mixture of Genetics, Indians from Asia are People who have the 2nd Most Mixed Ancestry in the World after Africans Proved by DNA including from Southeast Asia including Philippines since Ancient Times (In Ancient Times, Agriculture was the Main Source of Income where the 2 Most Fertile Regions then were the Indian Subcontinent and China which is how Both Those Regions since Ancient Times have had Huge Populations including Huge Migrations coming into the regions or going out of the regions too)
Imagine going right up to someone’s doorstep and declaring it as your front lawn
I've made this exact same example!!!!
Isn't that what the Americans did in Puerto Rico, or Cuba, or the Philippines?
@@CaptainNochyup and that was bad. It should be fully acknowledged and remedied.
However, that has NOTHING to do with China's illegal power grabs in the South China Sea.
It's 2023. Can we please stop with Whataboutisms? 🙄
@@CaptainNoch no
@@CaptainNochdefending China with whataboutism gross
I watch TLDR because they refer to Taiwan properly as a country 🇹🇼🇺🇸
The true China!
Taiwan, China, who gives a shit, both follow the 9 dash line claim
The US doesn’t recognise the Taiwan break away province as a country
Only a few of them exists! We have to support them no matter what.
If China claims the South China Sea, should India claim the Indian Ocean?
Mexico should also claim Gulf of Mexico.
@@moralhazard2563 You have to also understand that India had not once claimed the Indian Ocean in its whole existence. China, on the other hand, has some vague records on what it truly claims in the SCS primarily due to Chinese merchants back in the day. The problem is none of those past claims are verifiable because no concrete records exist or they were destroyed.
@@CaptainNoch you're referring to the _treasure fleet_ of China that was when before the Portuguese sailed all over the African continent
As a citizen of Switzerland, I think our country's been pretty pacific in the past decades, so I guess we have a pretty decent claim over the entirety of the Pacific Ocean.
@@CaptainNochaustronesians by that time have spread throughout maritime southeast asia into the pacific islands and even madagascar.
Remember how in the 2010’s people thought the Philippines and China would get closer and China would be the next ruler in free trade and leader of global relations?
Fast forward to today and it’s laughable to think that.
Its because of Duterte, while I agree with his war on drugs and tolerated his dirty mouth, his China policy bewildered me and I smelled the danger even before he became president during the 2016 election.
I was also initially in favor of the war on drugs until he started letting go of the druglords themselves, while thousands of innocent lives were killed as well. It wasn't something to stomach anymore. I prefer the current strategy of focusing more on prevention and rehabilitation.@@uncommon_name9337
@@uncommon_name9337 Thankfully China made Sure Duterte Pivot to China would never work out. Because it turns out, China doesn't respect us Filipinos at all. 😅
@@uncommon_name9337bitch of a "president" declared war on drugs, and the drugs won 💀💀💀
@@uncommon_name9337 me too, i especially believed that he was funded by china during his presidential campaign, he was bragging that hell drove of china in SCS but after he won he change hes stance and immedietly befriended china, he even kicked out the US army in our country making china more aggresive and completely controlled the SCS.
South East Asia: We all have shares in this sea
China: We own ALL of this, based on history that is only known to us (China) up until 2009
Rest of the world: ???
Guam, Falklands, and dozens of other islands are US and UK territory. They must be in the EEZ, right😂
@@Aamirmhmd99No, but they are surrounded by the US and UK EEZ, due to the fact that these are actual islands that have actual populations that chose to remain part of the US or UK. China's "islands" in the SCS are, in actuality, reefs and shoals that had never been inhabited until China dumped a bunch of sand to turn them into islands to assert their unfounded claim to the region.
@@braedonallen4291 Say that to the people of Bikini atolls and Puerto Rico.☠️
@@braedonallen4291reefs and atols does not meant it does not belongs to someone. Have you made an effort to find out before commenting? If yes. Tell us.
@@LeeSkJohn-sv8wi As a matter of fact, I have, so I can definitely tell you that you're wrong here. The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea makes explicitly clear that reefs and atolls CANNOT be claimed as sovereign territory. This was the basis behind the International Court of Arbitration's 2016 decision declaring Chinese territorial claims to the region to be illegitimate. Just because China refuses to acknowledge this reality does not change the fact that the decision was final and definitive.
There's a difference between defense and attack. We all can clearly see the difference
The difference is when someone is trespassing it’s defense
@@BrightWendigo Which would be simple if they both agreed to where the border was, but that's why we have all this instead.
@@BrightWendigoIf both sides never came to an agreement where the boarder is, is it really trespassing?
@@t34r they both agreed to unclos. so yes china is trespassing.
@@wirmansyahchandrawijaya407 Agreed.
China: "why does nobody like us?"
also China:
Take a look at trade and exports between China and all the countries that are supposedly against the CCP's aggression.
If ASEAN wants to take a stand on China, they aren't doing a good job of it.
@@J_X999Trade works both ways and certain countries have taken steps to minimize the realiance on China
@@J_X999Trade doesn't require you to actually like your trading partners
@@d.b.2215 Talk about missing the point 🤦♂️
@@thepax2621 If the Philippines are trying to "minimize" their reliance on China, you should be worried because it is NOT working.
I would also say that China is neither a friend to Myanmar as well. The Chinese backed the terrorist Tatmadaw to overthrow, then claimed it cared about Suu Kyi while at the same time turning our country into a semi-colony. So seeing them claiming sovereignty for their imperial delusion makes us already sick with them.
How many Chinese people have been massacred by fraud gangs?
My point of view is that it is not as serious as when the British turned Burma into an Indian enclave.
Rodrigo Roa Duterte the ex-Filipino president is partially responsible for this, he was one that wanted to please China and allowed Chinese claims.
The only difference is the Philippines do not share a border with China, which Vietnam unfortunately share. So China will use more grey zone tactics on the sea to undermine the Philippines' ability to resist.
Meanwhile China used to fight Vietnam numerous wars for thousand years and recently almost go to war again in 2014 due to the Paracel and Spratly islands.
Sadly, China does not care. They use "grey zone tactics" too here in the Philippines even if they're clearly in the wrong.
Vietnam has a defense pact with the u.s against China
Crazy how China made india and Vietnam become u.s Allies and the past is now water under the bridge
We Vietnamese might be able to look past thousands of years of mutual distrust and conflicts between us and China, but the thing is they continue to be a very present threat. They haven't changed their attitude towards neighbours AT ALL. The last time they invaded VN was in 1979 btw, not exactly ancient history
Vietnam was a provincial district of Guangdong China for thousands of years. How many years were they at war?
Do proper research before commenting here.
Which country did Vietnam leaders beg for help when France and USA invades?
What happened to the Chinese and Chinese territory when Vietnam won the war?
Please enlighten us.
@@LeeSkJohn-sv8wiVietnam is right. I love Vietnam
I don't like the use of word "disputed" in this context. It should be used when it's not clear who has the right to something. In this case however, China is clearly abusing it's power to project its presence and take more than its fair share.
You biased what about Guam is at least 5000 miles from US they should have the right to decides the own future but US control them.
West Philippine Sea simply refers to the eastern part of the South China Sea which is the Philippines' western territorial sea and western part of its EEZ (exclusive economic zone). Likewise, Indonesia's North Natuna Sea refers to its northern EEZ, which is the southern part of South China Sea. China has no jurisdiction nor sovereign rights over these EEZs. China's encroachment in the West Philippine Sea is against international law and the Philippines' sovereign rights over its EEZ. Their repeated tailing of the Philippine Coast Guard is also dangerous for it could cause unwanted events that may lead to bigger, graver problems. But not only that, some of their activities are also said to be environmentally damaging. The damage done to the coral reefs within the Philippine EEZ and China's repeated harassments of Filipino fishers threaten their livelihoods and the food security of many Filipinos. In fact, the Philippines will be filing an environmental case against China for allegedly causing massive destruction to coral reefs within Philippine EEZ.
True. I think it, along with countless other videos and even publications dangerously conflates that the Philippines is somehow claiming the whole of South China sea as its own and identical with the West Philippine sea, which is not the case.
hearing the name "West Philippine Sea" in the first 10 secs of the video never felt soo good! but I am getting the impression that if your country is mentioned in TLDR, it's probably bad news. :
Support from India
All official Chinese statements on these also belittle the Philippines to an insulting degree. You can almost taste all condescension oozing from them.
Their past traumas from invading western countries cultivated their mindset in addition to their mandate from heaven leadership ideology. China in it's current form is absolutist and their leadership's arrogance made them dominating. However we can't lump the whole population as an evil mess. I have seem many of the Chinese freedom seekers getting shut down by the CCP. The dissatisfaction is simmering. It's bound to explode. Question is how long will they take it until they say enough? Seems insurmountable but I've seen miracles happen.
@erwinmatic5062 dude... the imperialistic ideology in China dates waaaaaay before the west engaged with it. Just saying.
Given China's history and the fact the country suffered from the traumatic National Humiliation in the 19th century, Chinese believe it is their act that will decide what they see.
But China is not that honest and we should be careful that long before the national humiliation, China used to invade many nations bordering the country. If you ask people of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Nepal, India, Bhutan, Mongolia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Taiwan, Korea and even those insiders like Uyghurs and Tibetans, you will understand why they don't like the Chinese. And their grievances dated back for centuries. Perhaps the only allies for China are the Russians and Pakistanis.
Don't try to use ancient history to justify modern relations. China hasn't invaded nearly as many countries as Britain or France.
Yet the British aren't seen as the bad guys, because they keep to themselves.
Say what you want about China, but when it comes to invading countries, the western world shouldn't be talking.
@@J_X999china IS using ancient history to claim current territorial disputes. Tell that to china.
@@J_X999 so you want to try china is the good guy here because they aren't invade countries as much of Britain and France 🤣🤣 and yet china use their grievances against the West by claiming the South China sea as their territory.?
@@J_X999 Yes they have, they have just been so successful in ethnic cleansing and colonization that the nations that used to exist on the Chinese periphery have been destroyed and incorporated into China.
@@J_X999Tibet, Vietnam, Korea, etc...
There is no Chinese in west Philippines sea over 1000 years ,how they own it? 😂
Us Filipinos didn't fell out with the Communists.
We already hated them when they started encroaching on our territory since the late 20th Century.
The problem is that our Government and some Politicians are sympathetic with them.
Seems like China fixed that lol
The problem with Filipino politicians is they don't have backbones. Most enter politics just for the fame and money but most of them know jackshit on how to run a country of 110 million people. You know what the Philippines needs? It needs a strong military. Guess what, no Philippine leadership had ever done anything about it. Instead, they buy hand-me downs and treat the US as an extension of its military. Why then wouldn't China bully the Philippines?
Likewise, both China and the US respect Singapore despite housing both in its country because it has strong leadership and strong military. It all boils down to how another country perceives yours. The Philippines at this point looks more like a hollow shell that is propped up by the Americans.
The Philippines only has itself to blame for the avoidable predicament they have created for themselves since the 1990s. The Philippines should have never demanded that the United States withdraw from Subic Bay and Clark Air Base in 1992 as this was rank geopolitical stupidity.
Japan, Korea, Australia, Great Britain and Germany all have United States military bases within their countries. I really wonder why. 🤔
It's not even about communism nowadays. Vietnam is a "brotherly communist" country to China, yet China has never missed a chance to bully VN, and they hate one another anyway.
No China = No extreme economic growth
I lived in Malaysia all my life and trust me almost no major or small business retailers import stuff from you guys lol.
Many of us look down and only think of pinoys as mere cheap labour or housemaids🤣🤣🤣
Russia did similar thing in 2003 to ukraine... to expand some tiny island to prepare things forward. China is also having military installations there, so it is clear what is gonna happen.
The moon actually belongs to China, because China claimed it since ancient times 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳
Patawa
We are laughing know but it will happen some day
especially all the areas that are rich in some type of rare resource.
Yeah, when they sent that woman up there with the bamboo rocket chair.
no its not the moon its the Sun thats belongs to them and they should all move their or else the baddies like westerners and Philippines will claim it so covidlandese should immediately move to the sun
God bless the Philippines 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
Never thought I'd hear that pitiful excuse from China
"Illegal... construction materials"
If war happen I just hope other country with dispute border with China will see the opportunity to form alliance with PH like India, Japan and Australia
You are delulu. The only reason they would join would be because their trade routes are compromised. Other than that, no sane country would fight China because they are just as dominant in the world economy. You would see that only the Americans are hellbent on doing something about China. Even the EU is maintaining good trade relations with China and Australia depends on China as a trading partner.
@@CaptainNochpeople will get mad at you for saying that, prepare yourself!
@@CaptainNoch well you are right no sane country would join and it's arguable that China is number 1 in military might due to its population however if you're a country with disputed border with China you know you're next so might as well join with others to increase chances of winning
China dominance in world economy is fading away now, China will learn an important lesson, not to bite the hands that feed u, foreign investors are pulling out of China, China have less young work force due to their one child policy, India is the most populated young work force now, China is not accepting immigrants thats why it cant supplement its work force, China is an industrial country depending on work force, no work force , fail economy.
@@aleyanalwoek5066 yes but it won't affect right away maybe after a decade.. China literally have 1.1 BILLION more people than USA let that sink in, 1.1 BILLION MORE! at this point IDC about EU really their man power is really low, the key player is INDIA
it should be noted that the controversial former president Duterte's foreign policy pursued a softening and rapprochement of relations with China and Russia while distancing on the United States, saying that the Philippines should not rely on its traditional military partners, but instead accommodate with the aforementioned countries to "diversify its foreign policy options in the light of the changing geo-political landscape of Asia." in addition to this, he controversially delayed the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement's implementation (signed under Barack Obama and also then-president Benigno Aquino III in 2014) until his term ended, including a suspension of the Visiting Forces Agreement on February 2020 (which was eventually reversed by June that year), despite the Filipinos having a very (and I mean it) positive view towards the US and a negative view against China (in part due to disputes).
that being said, Marcos (incumbent president) has taken a much more hardline stance on China and focused on a normalization of US relations, as well as overseeing the kickstart of the repeatedly-delayed EDCA projects, resuming the ages-old tradition of the US-Philippine military alliance. you can see how china reacted to the normalization that ended the Duterte doctrine effectively. this is just a reoccurring issue which had just escalated within the last few months.
for closing, as a Filipino myself, I view China very negatively. I view the Duterte foreign doctrine is a backwards and defeatist decision since it's the Chinese who started the dispute first. they should follow UNCLOS, it's a very simple piece of law, and they don't need to encroach on other countries' water territory. I believe that there should be fair play on claiming territories instead of China taking them all.
7:40 definitely worried about the risk of escaltion 😂 great video though, very informative
Yes you better be. After inviting the greatest creater of wars and conflicts into your country.
@@LeeSkJohn-sv8wi You mean America? The country that single handedly stopped China from being taken over by the Japanese and Russians?
Let's just be clear here: China will be expanding in the West Philippine Sea whether the Philippines have the US bases or not. They have shown that this is their nature.
Thank you for covering this. I think it’s time for a TLDR Asia?
as a Filipino.. west Philippine sea is the sea that's part of the EEZ of the PH
I agree. The Philippines only focused on the 200 mile Exclusive Economic Zone under the UNCLOS. If there are overlapping portions with Vietnam or Malaysia, it covers small areas which can be discussed and settled as friendly neighbors.
Yes and not the whole SCS.
As someone from Asean I think the status quo is good. As long as China claims the SCS, ASEAN is united against China which is the biggest enemy. Till ASEAN sort out among member countries how they want to spilt the SCS properly lets maintain the status quo.
To be honest, if ASEAN develops further in terms of integration, I can see the claimant states opening up the SCS for all ASEAN members to enjoy. The problem would be China, if they would be willing to cut down on their claims against a united ASEAN front. ASEAN is coming out as a potential economic superhouse in the decades to come thanks to Indonesia and the improving economies of Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines. Likewise, ASEAN also has a strict ethos of not allowing superpower politics into the region (except for the Philippines which remains stubbornly attached to the US), and so I can see China coming to an agreement with a united ASEAN front going forward - and China is willing to work with ASEAN because it is a strong market for them to work with and China would appreciate the region's general dislike for making their political agenda shaped by the West (except again of course the Philippines).
You meant Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore? Ops, more than half of your ASEAN.
@@CaptainNoch Vietnam is in a defense pact with the u.s against China
It’s not about super power politics
It’s about asean protecting itself
Asean fighting a war against China means a lot of dead asean citizens
Asean with u.s Japan and Australia and india(quad) means China doesn’t even dare attack asean nations
Asean is in the beginning stages of becoming a modern day empire
The u.s is one, the ussr was one, the Russian federation is one, the e.u is one
Vietnam is in a defence pact with the US ??? against China? go verify your statement again, just because you want it to be true does not make it true, wtf are you smoking on 🤣 @@jakesmall8875
@@CaptainNochscs dispute is not only about china. Vietnam had the most islands. Taiwan claim 11 dash scs. Malaysia dispute with Vietnam and Philippines too.
Tell me how to unite????
The islands were inside Philippine. EEZ and its continental shelf.
It is not "disputed." These are Philippine waters, as ruled by the Permanent Court of Arbitration, which both the Philippines and the People's Republic of China are parties to. China is being a big whiny baby in not recognizing the ruling that it is legally bound to and is using bully tactics.
”Permanent court of Arbitartion”. It is a court not afflicted with United nation. Hahahah. UNCLOS states arbitary ruling only works when both sides agree. 😅😅😅 Unilateral ruling in a court without jurisdiction. most funny joke
Ever.
@@RichMidasPapaehhh
Feels like when your neighborhood starting build a living room on your front lawn😂
What the F*** are those chinese doing in Philippines EEZ
Philippine government should have stoppped China from building those artificial islands from the beginning. Now its the local fisherfolks who suffer Chinese harrassment.
Dogterte really needs to be at icc
Who is that?
But if you mean Duterte, well, his government filed 231 protest against China due to incursions of Chinese vessels.
Nice try but go back to your puppet masters.
Hoy pag move on na. Natutulog ka sa pansitan. We have biiger problem which is china. Puro ka alng politika
@@rejiequimiguing3739ung mga taong walang trabaho ang kadalasan talaga puro reklamo. nakaasa kasi sila sa gobyerno.
@@rejiequimiguing3739 si Duterte ang nagpalala ng problema sa China dahil sa kakasipsip nya sa mga yan, dapat lang pagbayaran niya
@@rejiequimiguing3739 si dutae kaya ang dahilan kung bakit lumala diyan sa WPS.
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Excellent name, no notes.
3:20 it's not really fair to say that China's 9 dash line competes with Taiwan's claims, because due to officially still having the 1-China policy Taiwan just says that they claim it too because they're actually China. It's just the same claim being made by what is in theory a rival Chinese government.
That is true even Taiwan claims the 9 dash line as its territorial waters but since we hate China not Taiwan we have to re-create the facts.
Taiwan is complicated. They are sorta obligated to do so because a major part of the unspoken truce with the PRC is that they will pretend to be the same country. As long as their statements more-or-less can be construed to align with mainland China's policies, then all is well. Hence why they say they also believe China should unify some day. They just say under their breath 'with us in charge' afterwards.
Ukraine-Russia, Israel-Palestine, and now China-Philippines or China-Taiwan. This is really shaping up to be a great decade. Warring era is coming back baby!
你是不是太不自量力了？台湾和菲律宾加起来都不够中国打的。
You can add the prejudice Filipinos have against the “Chinese” in our country (mostly Filipino Chinese). This goes way back but in modern times mainly boils down to the fact that most big businesses are controlled by the FilChi community while most just marry amongst themselves (thus, a euphemism in the country called “scaling the Great Wall”). Even with Du30s China-friendly policies, the underlying culture really didn’t change that much.
The filchi sound like ashkenazi in the u.s and Europe
Small minority that owns everything and keeps to themselves
You bring up an interesting point, but I would really caution folks to tread carefully/thoughtfully on this subtopic.
Yes, there’s a lot of Chinese ethnic and cultural influence in the Philippines; dating back not only decades, but centuries .
But as a broad sweep, there is a MAJOR difference between “Chinese-Filipino families”, and the more recent influx of mainlander-Chinese coming in the last ~20 years. Most of the latter aren’t even Filipinos in legal status. And in fact, many are overstaying their visas.
Most of the former category i.e. Chinese-Filipino families I know….are proud of, and loyal to their country (it’s the only one they’ve known)
the more divided you are the worse off your country is, this is a very dangerous idea, not exactly but similar to what someone said about some people in Germany not long ago. Id like you to change FilChi for Joos - ' most big businesses are controlled by the ____ community while most just marry amongst themselves '
My friends are predominantly of Chinese origins. In fact my best friend who drives me up the wall is Chinese. I am not blind to the fact that the children of Chinese immigrants to the Philippines who escaped Mao 's reign are dominant in the current and economic future of the Philippines. I'm perturbed there are still many who are prejudiced towards them. However I do see a change in mindset albeit slow.
When a stranger asks if my best friend is Chinese I respond, No. He's Filipino.
@@erwinmatic5062your personal encounter had nothing to do with our discussion.
There are bad people in every race. Not only Chinese
Unfortunately, peace need to be guaranteed by military power, that is especially true in geopolitics.
You don’t have to agree with it, but that is the reality.
China now feels she's controlling the seas around PH. Hence, China now feels PH is now trying to squat in the seas around PH
Let me correct you, it's not South China Sea, it's West Philippine Sea, we own it, not them!
West Philippine* Sea
The Philippines will never go down to this huge bully China no matter what happens !
That's not the south china sea, it's the West Philippine Sea. :)
South east Asia, India, Australia etc
Is it really legally binding if it can't be enforced 🤔
Yes.
Because all Countries which Support the Court will consider its Rulings as the legal basis.
So Internationally. Even if China does not Accept the Ruling.
Other Countries consider these Waters to not be owned by China.
So if China were to Attack other Nations there. It would be considered Chinese Aggression.
@gildervonschattenkreuz4663 It was a bit of sarcasm but I like the enthusiasm
@@numenthehuman
Oh thats fine.
Even if You meant it somewhat Sarcastic. There is enough People that would have Asked this themselves.
And while it may Seem somewhat Pointless. In International Politics this kind is very Importand.
The Philipines themselves are a Top example there. Cause the US has a Defense Pact with them. So the US would come to their Defense if they got Invaded or Attacked.
Therefore if this Court had Ruled that these are Chinese Waters. And the Philipines had gotten Attacked there by Chinese Vessels. The US would not be obligated to do anything. Because the Philipines would have been seen as the Aggressor.
So Explaining this is useful even if You yourself maybe did not need it.
The video is mistaken, there is no court ruling. Filipinos like to says it is the 2016 Hague Ruling but all it is is a company that has the word "Court" in its name that rented office space at the Hague that the PH gave them some papers that PH wrote themselves to publish so people in the world would think it was a Court Ruling.
@@rcbrascan
That is Factually Wrong.
In 2016 the International Court Ruled against China in this case.
This Ruling is well Documented as well.
And China Officially Responded to this Ruling by Denouncing it and making clear that it wont Accept or Obey the Ruling claiming it to be Null and Void because Meh.
The Court also was not some Rented Office Space. The Court has Existed since 1899 and was Established to Settle Disputes in the Pacific which it has done ever since.
So what You Said is a Complete Lie.
*Everywhere in the world. Everywhere they go. Greed happens.*
Shout out to calling Taiwan a country
如果你觉得你待的是民主国家，就应该直接和台湾建交，而不是在这当键盘侠欺骗台湾人的感情
That's a question that is easy to answer....who is the one not abiding international laws? Who is a greedy nation? Who is the one harassing? Who is in the right EEZ? Who has an imaginary map?
militia, not malitia at 2:41. c'mon, guys
West Philippine Sea and the Kalayaan Group of Islands(Intl:Spratly Islands)which is part of Palawan Archipelago)Rightfully, Legally, Historically, Geographically, Geologically, Biogeographically part of the Philippines, and Ecologically, Culturally part the Whole of the Philippines Archipelagic States and Maritime Natural Domain. Vietnam, China is both a Continental, Coastal States, while the Philippines is a Naturally an Archipelagic Country and naturally, historically, culturally Maritime Island States. Malaysians claim is still based on North Borneo, an illegally Occupied and Stolen Land by Malaysian Federation in Collusion with it's British Overlords deceptively taken away from the rightful Owners(Sulu Sultanate)from which the Philippines, inherited it's Territorial rights and ancestral dominion.
send help 😭😭😭
Pls don't end yourself, bro
8 China policy: recognize the 8 legitimate independent Chinas: PRC Minor, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Outer Manchuria, Xinjiangistan, Macau, Hong Kong, and Taiwan
And China wondering why others hate them
from now on ill call the scs, west Philippine sea
The SCS is subdivided by different economic zones. WPS is only the part the PH owns. Other parts are owned by other countries and have their own names. Anyway, I'd just rather call the collective as the Asian Sea.
The Asian Sea. Sounds good, It embodies all of our Asian brothers and sisters
Sometimes it happen to friends because of lack of respect. Why so many people call it south china sea alone. While most of it ,is between south east asian countries . So its better to be sea of asia, wps the areas near the Philippines and so on if it is near vietnam etc.
In the comments Filipino patriotism civilian vs Chinese 50 cents 😂
This is interesting
The Ten Great Campaigns (Chinese: 十全武功; pinyin: Shíquán Wǔgōng) were a series of military campaigns launched by imperialist Qing dynasty of China in the mid-late 18th century during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (r. 1735-1796).
President Xi's argument is based on historical Imperial China's Ten Great Campaigns (Chinese: 十全武功; pinyin: Shíquán Wǔgōng).
They included three to enlarge the area of Qing control in Inner Asia: two against the Dzungars (1755-1757) and the "pacification" of Xinjiang (1758-1759).
The other seven campaigns were more in the nature of police actions on frontiers already established: two wars to suppress the Gyalrong of Jinchuan, Sichuan, another to suppress the Taiwanese Aboriginals (1787-88), and four expeditions abroad against the Burmese (1765-1769), the Vietnamese (1788-1789), and the Gurkhas on the border between Tibet and Nepal (1790-1792), with the last counting as two.
Imperial China is an imperialist power that led to the engagement with European powers. Example from Sino-Burmese Wars, Imperial China invaded the Konbaung dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) *multiple* times. During the 4th Sino-Burmese Wars starting in 1768, Imperial China invaded the Kingdom of Burma. Burma hired European musketeers and gunners, hence Burma allied itself with the rising French Empire against Imperial China's invasion.
The old world issues didn't disappear.
Don’t hate each other, just sit down and talk ❤
Philippines slapping Russia in the head after cutting the barrier be like: And that is how you conduct a special operation!
TLDR News Global, can you pls make a survey about what flag is the most beautiful to see if peoples perspective of the beauty of flags has changed?
A bit off-topic, but it'll be interesting to see how Bongbong's leadership plays out over the next few years, and whether or not it heads toward the crazy authoritarianism of his father.
Far from it. He's level-headed and very diplomatic, and very open to criticism as well.
@@gilberth7 I hope you're right!
I doubt it. At least most anti-authoritarian activists in the Philippines, and even outright hostile members of the left (or at least the more intellectual ones) are quite doubtful of that. While Philippine democracy is weak, and does suffer from institutional backsliding, a powergrab like his father did would likely be met with public hostility again. What Marcos Jr. is more likely to do is to entrench himself first within the traditional oligarchy (who were also the enemies of his father before and abetted in ousting him) and use the tested methods of corruption rather that go the way of his adventurist father who ruined them for the better part of almost half a century.
Nobody's perfect but he's trying and made a move to make a pact with the devil masquerading as angels. Let's not kid ourselves. We are the missing link in containing China and maintaining their dominance. It's a power play by two giants.
I'm the guy who advocates for peace. I don't have an answer on how to resolve this. At this point all I can offer is information from the divine side. When you hurt somebody through your words and deeds it will be mirrored back to you during your life review. I dread that as I have hurt many people. However I am comforted that we are not judged unlike what scripture said but are loved unconditionally. Possibly sent back to reincarnate to do it right next time until we learn to love unconditionally, be compassionate and be emphatic. Your religion doesn't even matter. Don't expect a trophy for being "better" than your neighbor.
I've been called a traitor and a pro China sympathizer but that is what people like me have to endure and that's okay. Please advocate for World Peace. Penetrate the Chinese internet and align them to our oneness.
@@osteicht I was never a yellow or pink or Liberal if that matters. And I am fully aware of the depth of corruption in the Liberal party and have always opposed them and have criticized them. I have always been vocal against my opposition to Robredo. Now what is your point aside from attacking me for what you surmised my political allegiances are? If you are still stuck in old political dichotomies as Aquino versus Marcos, then truly, with your ilk, the country is hopeless.
Blocking “Illegal construction materials” while the Chinese built ILLEGAL artificial islands near Philippines,the Chinese Hypocrisy is great on this one😂😂😂
Writing on your slide "CCP Foreign ministry spokesperson" is telling.
Why the falling out?
1. China's greed
2. China's greed.
3. China's greed
I don't know how high the percentage of US viewers is but please add metric translations to the freedom units used in your videos! Thx!
The Philippines' behavior in the South China Sea has become increasingly aggressive, even audacious.
everyone is doing basically the same thing in the south china sea that it is funny that everyone says it’s china.
Even a new born baby can recognize how stupid that nine dash line is!
Did you mention Taiwan in the overlapping claims with other countries ?
Taiwan is governed by Republic of China (ROC), ie the remnant of China civil war that retreated to Taiwan (including Penghu, Jinmen, Mazhu), after the People's Republic of China (PRC) won over majority of the territory.
So Taiwan's (ROC's) territorial claim would include the whole of South China Sea. In fact it is even wider than the current PRC claim because PRC settled some territorial dispute with Vietnam.
Look up ROC territorial map eleven dash line.
@Name-uv6kz to highlight an error so
1. The content creator knows of the error.
2. Viewers who see this gain some insights and open up their minds a little to do their own research.
@Name-uv6kz seems like it has added something to the conversation = )
@Name-uv6kzever imagine if ROC won the war?
US backed ROC claiming 11 dash line, ASEAN would be wiped from existence.
@Name-uv6kz You're talking to a CCP troll who is literally paid to try and convince people that China is invincible LOL
THANKS FOR YOUR GREAT REPORTING.
If china not give 200 nautical miles for Philippines, why Philippines give the entire sea to china ?
Same reason every country is having falling out with china..
why it cant be both countries waters? for example greece and turkey has similar problem. if there is oil beneath it, both countries should come together and divide the gains from that
Bud, greece and turkey didn’t resolve that, the two are stil disputing EEZs
@@shitsalad429 I meant how it should be, not as it is. Finding differences is easy but finding a common ground is more profitable
Why should the Philippines share? Imagine I decide your dinner is mine and try and steal it, we fight over your dinner for a bit and then someone goes "why don't you share it?" How would you feel?
EEZ is something that the west made up to control other countries. They have no problem holding on to their overseas territories which must be inside their EEZs, right. They get upset when other countries do what they did before.
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Bro wtf are “illegal construction materials”
The Philippines claim the Islands in SCS to be theirs because within 200miles but yet they say nothing to the US who claims the entire country of the Philippines 😂
Hahahaha stupid china 50 cent bot projecting its greediness to the US. You cant accept that the philippines grew a spine and exposes chinese stupidity, like claiming a whole sea as their territory, so you just fool yourself that philippines is being claimed by america.
🤣🤣🤣 we dont see that way,,what we only know is a greedy china trying to push their imaginary map
When?
@@flyingalien2yearsago442 Now. The Philippines have no choice but do as being told by the US.
@@davenobody407 You do have a choice. Feel powerless on the internet or get active shifting the world's consciousness towards a higher vibration.
There was never really a falling out because, there was never really a very good relationship to begin with. The last administration was a sino quislings together with his ilk, but for the majority of citizens, CPC is viewed as an OPFOR.
In retrospect the 10's and even the 00's weren't that bad
That is why, I only use the word West Philippine Sea. Time to invalidate all Pooh's outrageous territorial clams from their neighboring countries.
Do you have the video of the actual collision?
No, because it never happened.
I dont think the actual collision was filmed, which is very sus
@silveriver9 just because you did not see it, it did not happen. Philippine navy release a video. Just do your research before spouting nonsense. The collision was just like a bump, no damages in both sides. The issue here is why China claiming the land/sea, its very near in the Philippines. It is way too far from China.
@@silveriver9 There was a SLIGHT collision. A collision nevertheless.
@@silveriver9lots of videos on youtube.
We stand with the phillipine.
Unfortunately the Philippines are in a bit of a pinch here. China has complete escalation dominance over them, and the Philippines' main security guarantor (the US) isn't willing to go to war with China over Philippino fishing and mineral rights. Thus all they can do is shame the Chinese for the blatant theft, and wait for China to collapse under the weight of its own poor decisions.
Don't forget the 1952 Mutual Defense Treaty. Both The Philippines and the US are obligated to defend each other in case of an attack in the pacific.
@@hijodelsoldeoriente I remember a scene in Game of Thrones where Cersei disregarded a document written by the late king by tearing it up in half.
The truth is America will act according to it's current mood or interest. Most Americans can't even point out the Philippines on a map.
During Obama's time the artificial structures being built by China was made known to him but American business interests were the concern not our sovereignty.
We may have made a deal with the devil.
To be an enemy of America can be dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal. - Henry Kissinger
The reason you don't see the US getting involved in the past or now is because the US and its allies assigned sovereignty of SCS to China at the end of WWII through treaties which became international law now and it cannot be superseded by something like EEZ which was created in the early 1980s.
@@erwinmatic5062what you say is you projecting your own moral failings. The US will defend treaty allies, period. Kissengers quote is taken out of context and irrelevant. 52 nations are allied to the US and they are happy with it, none want to leave the US alliance.
@@rcbrascanchina was never, ever assigned control over the entire south china sea. US will defend its Filipino ally.
Not disputed since there are no merits on chinese claims in wps, china is only using its power to grab areas which belongs to philippines, i hope that china will pay dearly for its unlawful acts against filipino people.
First
You are second.
3:10 Scarborough gets a mention
Some one said the US Mutual Defense Treaty pact is iron clad.
Yeah , it's all well and good when the American interests are aligned. However when Sh!t hits the fan the leadership will use clever political statements to declare victory then cut and run. Ironically Bush Jr's war cry and shame tactic.
I saw it happen in Vietnam. I saw it happen in Afghanistan and others.
I do not deny the resolve of the US men and women in uniform. It is the leadership and their politricks that's my concern. We do not have Eisenhower or Roosevelt levels of leadership in our Beloved USA today. What we have are the Killary types and their heartless friends who more than likely have nuclear hardened bunkers. This weapons build up from various nations is a huge concern.
As a Filipino, I'm not blind to the fact that this is a power play to protect and maintain American dominance against China's ambition.
I know the playbook well. voices like mine will be met with, Are you Filipino? Traitor! China Sympathizer! Unpatriotic.
Please my brothers and sisters of the world tread carefully.
It reminds me of the Spongebob meme with Patrick, we saved the world! At a huge expense.
America and Britain have shown us that International Law is just a suggestion or guidance, as they don't need to followed. So basically weak nations just have to put up with stronger countries taking whatever they want. Until law is applied equally to all, it does apply to anyone.
Tf has Britain done the last 100 years other than join NATO coalitions? Ignoring North Ireland it's been pretty boring
International law should really just be called international suggestion. It's the most pointless shit ever
You are basically saying to allow China to take over whatever territory they want. You’re worse than a wumao troll.
@px7355 you mean those islands that have been British for approximately *two* hundred years, and which the Argentines illegally invaded?
See, the problem is even though there is no one to enforce international law, breaking it still makes other nations nervous about existing or future agreements with you. That's why when Russia invaded Ukraine both Sweden and Finland realized being neutral was meaningless to Russia. And that is why you have most of south east Asia forming alliances against China.