MERGED: CHINA: Next Superpower?

[YellowSubmarine]

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para nako kung ma continue lang ang modernization sa AFP..dili nata ma basta basta lang sa china 20 years from now..

moabot nalang tingali ug 100 years di pa na mahuman ato modernization..

[hulagway]

deal was dropped..

PH drops $ 73M helicopter deal

nope..sokol would be arriving come November..

[hulagway]

moabot nalang tingali ug 100 years di pa na mahuman ato modernization..

i believed modernization is a continues process...ayaw lang ka wadi sa paglaom..naa nay mga moabot nga bago nga equipment with in the year...and so for the coming years..

[alex-24]

wala na klaro mga gipang himo sa china wala na quality mga pirated rana oi...

[nganuMAN]

huwat lang ta, basin ibaligya ra nang barkoha sa unitop hehehe

[Deadstring67]

THE United States was on the lookout for the expanding defense ties between the Philippines and China, as this was seen to possibly affect Manila’s relationship with Washington, a confidential embassy cable released by online whistleblower Wikileaks said.

In a 2005 cable filed by the US embassy in Manila, it said that the diplomatic post will continue to monitor “Chinese overtures” in the Philippines.

The report, purportedly written by embassy official Scott Bellard, was filed a day after the state visit to Manila of Chinese President Hu Jintao on April 26 to 28, 2005.

“[We] believe that upcoming visit of the Deputy Secretary and Foreign [Affairs] Secretary [Alberto] Romulo’s subsequent trip to Washington offers opportunities for us to remind the Philippines not to get too close to its northern neighbor,” Bellard said.

He added, however, that Manila seems to be aware of Washington’s concerns.

“We believe the Philippine defense establishment has taken aboard US concerns about closer RP-PRC military or intelligence ties, and will do little to jeopardize the close relationship with the United States,” Bellard added.

According to the cable, Hu’s state visit to the Philippines primarily focused on economic and trade issues, “with apparently no discussion on improving military-to-military ties.”

And although Deputy Chief of the General Staff General Xiong Guang Kai was set to visit Manila in May of 2005, Bellard said that “observers do not expect any rapid changes in the two countries' defense relationship.”

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[KlaytoN]

nag selos si uncle sam para sa iyang tuta. We have to play our cards well. If ever the idea of building defense ties with PRC is beneficial for our country, then so be it.. Nobody should dictate us on how to engage with different countries.. Besides, there are quite a number of countries having defense ties with Russia, USA, and China all at the same time!

[Hammer_and_Sickle]

duh, mas maayu pa mo-kauban ang pinas sa mga tsina, kaysa muka-uban sa US,

Workers of the world, unite!

[emorain]

been going on for like forever,
US will always be US, everything is their business

[balipseyev]

If you can't beat them join them nalang... hehehehe