MERGED: CHINA: Next Superpower?

[gareb]

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blu bizcuitz: it has always been a choice we as a nation of colonialized minds are unwilling to take.

[SioDenz]

we will be affected more so, as we align ourselves with a power other than our next door neighbor, instead of standing neutral.

Its Not easy being neutral in this globalized world today - samotan pa nga ang atung nasud dependent kaayu sa uban. yes we have a choice pero ang pangutana maka sustiner ba tah?

[blu bizcuitz]

We can't even export goods to those nations without consideration. We're only dependent on OFWs and BPOs right now.

[KlaytoN]

We can have the best of both economies depende ra na sa diskarte sa atoang mga diplomats. Pero when it comes to military and security, how can we be neutral when we are an active party to the dispute? We have to choose among the following:

1. Surrender our sovereignty, claims and interests in the Spratly's, in exchange we align ourselves with China and become our primary strategic partner thereby dethroning Uncle Sam to the sidelines. Expect a mammoth contribution from the Chinks wherein you guys haven't seen and witnessed in our history in terms of economy and military, and industrialization..

2. Remain the status quo in the area, while slowly rebuilding our military to the point that it can really perform at least as a deterrent from any foreign threats. We have to let Uncle Sam be our frontline by allowing more of its presence here in our country. Negotiations, continues *****eral cooperations, these are needed on this option. In modernizing our military, we have to source from different nations to avoid the notion that Uncle Sam is using us for their own agenda..

3. Assert our claim aggressively as early as now and let Uncle Sam do the job in exchange for anything that is of their interest. If the situation worsens, our country has to be prepared economically for any possible sanctions and trade embargoes from China. Can we boycott chinese products?

[monroy]

^ Chinks!?!? What kind of douchebag uses that word?

[æRLO]

^ Chinks!?!? What kind of douchebag uses that word?

a sinophobe apparently. The truth is, we are caught between a rock and a hard place on this one. No amount of appeasement to any of these powers will spare us or avert what seems to be a looming confrontation. We can only hope that both or either of the two sides will diffuse itself.

[KlaytoN]

^ Chinks!?!? What kind of douchebag uses that word?

Sorry no offense meant. We use that often in the Philippine Defense Forum.

a sinophobe apparently. The truth is, we are caught between a rock and a hard place on this one. No amount of appeasement to any of these powers will spare us or avert what seems to be a looming confrontation. We can only hope that both or either of the two sides will diffuse itself.

OT: a xanthophobic apparently. The looming confrontation only exists in the minds of warmongers. Both countries cannot afford a disaster because the two economies are intertwined with each other. Mas daku pa ang danger during the Cold War coz both the US and USSR's economy were separate and isolated. Very remote kaayo ang possibility of Sino-American war.

[æRLO]

Sorry no offense meant. We use that often in the Philippine Defense Forum.



OT: a xanthophobic apparently. The looming confrontation only exists in the minds of warmongers. Both countries cannot afford a disaster because the two economies are intertwined with each other. Mas daku pa ang danger during the Cold War coz both the US and USSR's economy were separate and isolated. Very remote kaayo ang possibility of Sino-American war.

You don't understand my post. What do you understand from the word "confrontation"?--what we have right now isn't a cold war. By looming confrontation, what is meant is a forseeable cold rivalry, a cold war--but who knows, if one of these powers diffuses then it won't be inevitable. The fact that both countries still maintain open dialogue indicates there isn't one yet. Maybe you understood it as "military confrontation", but not all confrontation is military in nature. When China and U.S. sever their means of communication, but maintain rivalry, that's a cold war.

[lhorenzoo]

we will see in the coming years if we see confrontation or cooperation between these two countries..as the US have experienced somewhat of a decline on their superpower status due to the current bad state of their economy and china's economy experiencing
growth ,its a make or break situation for China and we will be awaiting its growth and worldwide acknowledgement by other countries aside from the US.

[SioDenz]

China will have a new president soon, wait lan ta sa kisaw ani.