The Entry of Great Britain in the "China Scene" Shows that Everything is Alright with the Dragon Power
Posted on Wednesday, 21 October 2015
The
Entry of Great Britain in the “China Scene”
Shows
that Everything is Alright with the Dragon Power
By Apolinario Villalobos
President Xi of China was accorded a very
warm reception recently when he visited London. The Prime Minister of the host
country admitted that such warmth was equivalent to investments that could be
equated to thousands of job.
The Security Council of the United Nations
is permanently occupied by the world’s four powers – the United States, Russia,
Great Britain, China and France. Of the four, only France has not yet shown an
obvious affinity to China. However, with what happened in London, will the
nation of great chefs, follow suit, by coming up with an alibi to invite China
to their romantic country and entice the touted richest country today, to
invest, too? But the biggest question is: what will happen to the United
Nations, now that the “check and balance” is lost?
Clearly, the lesser nations shall be at the
mercy of the four nations’ charades. It will not be long when the four will
finally talk among themselves on how to fairly divide the sickly sphere among
them. The United States and China have been patting each other’s back
indiscreetly, as while the former has been releasing “threats” of incursion in
the latter’s artificial boundaries in the West Philippine Sea… China likewise
releases “threats” of appropriate actions as needed – all press release. But in
the eyes of those in the know, such are just charades. China’s relation with
Russia has no problem at all, as there is a silent understanding about the
difference in their respective interest – that of Russia in Europe and that of
China in Southeast Asia and even the whole of Asia and the Pacific area, thus,
her claim of the West Philippine Sea.
Initially, when China released a statement
about her reclamation of islets in the West Philippine Sea, only the United States
was specially mentioned that can use the facilities to be installed. Later,
general statements were made about the use of facilities for maritime rescue, but
still no mention about the claimant countries’ involvement. Very obvious is the
ultimate objective of China for a one sided compromise, in her favor, of
course. China will definitely not allow the dismantling of her installed
facilities if the United Nations will decide on the illegality of reclamations.
And, in this case, China has found a new and almost equally powerful supporter
– Great Britain, a fellow member of the UN Security Council.
Great Britain has been known for condoning
piratical activities of her adventurous seafaring people, notorious among them
was Drake. Although, the piratical activity was draped with political intents on
the issue of maritime boundaries in conflict with Spain, still the selfish and
illegally notorious motive was there – piracy. In her effort to rid her main territory of
criminals, she dumped convicts in the far away island of Australia, to make
sure that criminals would not be able to swim their way back home. Finally, her
colonial effort resulted to the peopling of the New World – America, that later
became the “cradle” of world democracy. By the way, Great Britain supports
Malaysia against the Philippines on the issue of Sabah.
Today, the wisdom of China seems to have
tamed the world powers. The dragon is, indeed, wise when it has awaken again
after thousands of years of slumber.
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