China Did it Again...Passing the Blame to the Philippines and Playing the Downtrodden on the Issue of West Phil. Sea
Posted on Friday, 13 November 2015
China
Did it Again…Passing the Blame to the Philippines
and
Playing the Downtrodden on the Issue of West Phil. Sea
By Apolinario Villalobos
Here is another disturbing dispatch from Reuter on the
latest declaration of China as regards the disputed West Philippine Sea:
“BEIJING/MANILA
(Reuters) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the Philippines' case against
China at an arbitration tribunal over rival claims in the South China Sea had
strained relations and that it was up to the Philippines to heal the rift.”( By
Sui-Lee Wee and Manuel Mogato)
China is not stopping from presenting an image that oozes
with weakness, humility and innocence to illicit sympathy from fence-sitting
nations as regards the West Philippine Sea where she has built artificial islands
that anytime from now shall be inhabited by thousands of her military
personnel, as well as, equipped with military facilities. This is despite her
insistence that the reclaimed islands shall be utilized for researches and
emergency rescues, although, her covert objective, is first and foremost,
expansion of her territory. She is perceived with disdain as a double-talker.
Proof to this was when she declared that reclamation in the West Philippine Sea
was stopped, but weeks later, the world was gaping at the wonder of the
transformation of an atoll into a “high-tech island”, complete with military
facilities and runway.
The issue on the West Philippine Sea shall put to test the
guts of the United Nation’s International Tribunal charged with the Law of the
Sea. Will it go on with the investigations and trials despite the vehement
refusal of China to participate as she does not recognize the tribunal’s
authority? What will the other co-members of China in the UN Security Council
do? Will they join hands and gang-up on her? Will the United Nations order the
dismantling of the facilities on the disputed natural and man-made islands,
once the tribunal decides in favor of the Philippines?
Practically, the economy of the whole world is in the
tight grip of China, as even powerful nations are indebted to her. The Chinese
President was recently a guest of Honor in London and accorded very special
treatment which their high officials unabashedly admitted to be equated with
“economic assistance”. China has also, spearheaded the opening of a bank that
competes with the World Bank in offering loans to distressed countries.
The peoples around the globe practically depend on China –
from their toothpick, gadgets, food products, equipment, and machineries. Due
to the cheap Chinese labor, companies from all over the world, transferred the
manufacturing of their goods in China, although, marketing of the products are
done in their home countries In this
view, it would seem that once the machines of factories in China will stop, the
whole world shall come to a complete stop, too. When the Chinese money declined
in value, other moneys in the world followed suit. So, what other
manifestations do we need to show that the Chinese, have by their wily
manipulation, able to control the world, and that the leaders of the nations
that are supposed to be defenders of democracy, are just playing charades to
avoid losing face?
Meanwhile, in the “game of the West Philippine Sea”, the
pawn is the Philippines…if China will get what she wants, it would be goodbye
to the rest of the claims by other SEA nations!
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