Akong last statement is for your line, "And we are doing quite well now with China's help.".
We have been 2nd and at times higher than china in terms of GDP score even before china all of a sudden became a "friend" and the west was dumped.
Please don't get me wrong too. Ok ra kaayo ko matig amigo ta sa china pero ngano at the expense man sa atong "established" allies? It's like dumping your wife to court your mistress. A mistress that has a criminal record of stealing your property at that.
Kung kamo kawatan mo sa inyong silingan diha, all of a sudden kamo pay modo-ol nila kay matig amigo? Sure mo inyo ning buhaton? Maski pa inyo ng gipa barangay gipa blotter unya gikaso daug namo wala ra gani respitari sa inyong silingan unya kamo na no-on mag itoy2 sa inyong kawatang silingan? Sure mo inyo ning buhaton?
If you ask me, after the 2009 global financial crisis and the world saw how resilient our economy is, the spotlight has become us in the eyes of investors (apil nana ang china ana nga nagkahinay na ang growth sa economy nila kita pasaka pa gihapon).
That said, fact is that WE (AS A NATION, not pdut or any other political party kay daghan nato mga "pro duterte" or "pro whatever polical name" raba imbis kay "pro FILIPINO" ta dapat kay kaning mga politico, dili gyud ni sila mo aboloy nato simbako mamatyan ta), have been doing well already and we are already poised to becoming a regional powerhouse in terms of GDP. Dili ng "And we are doing quite well now with China's help." Layo ra kaayo nas tino-od.
If you really think about it based on numbers, china NEEDS us more than we need them. Why? Check trade numbers here:
https://psa.gov.ph/content/internati...-semester-2016
Quote here: Export receipts from China stood at $2.702 billion while payment for imports was valued at $7.114 billion, resulting to a $4.413 billion trade deficit (Table 4).
Sa tinamban pa, labaw ug $4.413 BILLION US$ (dili yuan ha kay ang value sa yuan kung wala mo kahibaw ang china ray magbo-ot pila sobra pas ilad na daan sa valuation lang daan walay international law AGAIN) ang atong nahatag sa china compara sa ilang nahatag nato.
So there you have it. Kinsay mas nagkinahanglan nato?