As the two superpowers compete for dominance in the Pacific, Dena Takruri asks Filipinos how they feel being caught in the middle. Who is the bigger threat to the Philippines: the U.S. or China?
You may have a point, it’s the sheeples are clueless what’s really going on behind the scenes and believe into that SCAMDEMIC and don’t do independent research because you’ll be accused as conspiracy. They believe the MSM LIES.
People should talk peace instead of war. War is insane. The Philippine people are wonderful people. The Chinese are wonderful people. The power hungry leaders are the problem.
Why is it some of the Filipino ppl feel the U.S being there is bad when not also the Philippines president wanted U.S troops in the country and more of them, But China is constantly encroaching on Filipino territory to the point they're claiming some of it as Chinese territory?!?
@@scinusa You are fully right about that. Insane political, financial and industrial leaders are the real criminals. Dont listen to them, they are allways lying, corrupt and criminal.
@@scinusathe Philippines should give its island to China rather than being a nuisance. That's the only way to peace. It doesn't have any say in China sea
Every one of them has a point. This issue is becoming so divisive to us Filipinos who have nothing to do with "their" war in the first place. We have our own self determination, said the lady. And I agree. To the superpowers, we are just a battlefield -- a Normandy, or a Gettysburg or a Stalingrad -- a tiny piece in the overall picture. To China, we are just a buffer zone. To America, we are an insurance of their Pacific power. But to us, this is it... Our livelihood, our families, our lives, everything that matters to us... This is it. ...and they're threatening at each other above our heads as if we're insignificant. ...as if we're just pawns.
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A key difference between the U.S. and China is that the U.S. voluntarily gave back sovereignty to the Filipinos. China has no such proven history of extending the olive branch so to speak.
@@hubertcumberdale2651 Has China invaded and colonized Philippines? What sovereignty to back to Philippines? China doesn't interfere into other countries internal affairs unlike US. USA is a war monger. Do you know that USA means United Satan of America?
i believe he just missspoke, what he meant was that we got to be better at speaking english because of the colonization, and that's why the Koreans, Japanese, Chinese and others would come here to study and improve their english. just compare some professionals on other country get them to talk in english with our own sidewalk vendors who haven't been at school at all. at some countries you can't ask some pedestrians in english, they'd reply to you with their local language/dialect.
It's really more about how powerful you are. If you are a strong friend they will weaken you politically and economically, if you are a weak friend they setup a puppet government and then use you to fight a stronger enemy. If you are a weak enemy you will get bombed or invaded or there will be a coup and you will become a weak friend, If you are a strong enemy they will either have their weak friend fight you or fight one of your weak friends but they won't fight you directly.
Asking ordinary citizens is close to being pointless, most of them don't understand what's really going on. Asking politicians isn't a complete different case as well, most of them lie. This is an odd point in history where the people who knew are held by their throats or voluntarily silence themselves; the people who don't know kept shooting breezes and are, unfortunately, often believed.
how can you say “ordinary citizens don’t understand what’s really going on” when they’re the people who actually feel and go through the brunt of the heightened military presence in their country? just because they may not have nuanced opinions, they know what they’re going through. people aren’t stupid
@@remisu5917 You're a perfect example. You haven't carefully read what I wrote and here you're putting words to my mouth. The motivation that a civilian would typically take in deciding what behavior to display is generally harnessed towards what they feel or experience. This seems very harmless and reasonable at first glance, however this is the same reason why they're unable to see the bigger picture. Let's take the Philippine history for example. We've been enslaved in our own motherland for 300+ years because our ancestors were blinded by the cross, mirrors, clothing etc that the "friendly" Spaniards has to offer.. making them unable to see real intentions of these conquistadors. And if that alone doesn't prove that there are people who will dig their own grave, I don't know what will.
Ordinary citizens like me wont budge more on the issues because its too complex to solve. The existing UNCLOS law that supposedly protect the country is not absolute and any powerful member like China can tend to ignore its ruling. As result even if China won't recognize it does big economies put sanctions to China? The reality is that they tend to ignore the win of the Philippines and China continue to claim the WPH and big economies continue to do business with China. The only possible definite solution is that we make Philippines super rich, technologically advance and deterrence capable military to China and we cannot do that if we cannot make it to advance economy and technologically advance. In fact the country is infested with social issues and environment sustainability issues that its even harder for the country to advance and even compete with its faster advancing neighbors. To not to exhaust yourself, you can join them, or join an ally, join protest on streets hoping for a miracle or watch their bidding.
It's the Philippines that has a China problem, not the USA. So stop blaming us for your China issues. If we were to go to war with China, it's because of the Philippines, Japan, Taiwan, and all you useless nations can't defend yourselves.
@@NANA-vd3pfI'm American and I can tell you Philippines never received it's independence from USA. If you think a country that was formed by eliminating the indigenous Americans would just let go of Philippines you are very naive.
I think they should change the question... "Which is the country that will provoke the other the most... Do they send warships to China near their territory more than 11 thousand kilometers away or is it China that sends warships more than 11 thousand kilometers away?
Yea sure, except you are forgetting the factor being "if China has the capability to do so". China sent a fleet pass Japan's Tsugaru Strait, which is between Japan main island and Hokkaido, during covid after Japan set some restrictive policies against China. Tsugaru Strait is deemed as national waters only because Japan wanted to give convenience to commercial convoys so they pulled back borders of their territorial waters, and here comes China driving their navy fleet through. What a great way to exploit other people's kindness, and proves China would not hesitate to provoke other nations in their waters if possessing the capability. Also, who is the one claiming West Philippines Sea is their territory on the basis of a map from a Dynasty they overthrew, is it the US claiming that?
@@DKBZA It's on the news bro, both in CN and JP. CN news even brags about it and their foreign spokesman answered questions about it with some whataboutism just like what you are doing here, he did not say they are not provoking, but instead "We can see some country is the actual aggressor here". I read Chinese and I see all the war mongering articles put out on Global Times and Xinhua News ok? That's why I see far more aggression from China because their state news head editor says things like "If we lose a war, we gonna nuke the Earth''s core and take the world with us" and all the comments bellow praises this kind of speech ok? And there was a trend for pubs throwing parties celebrating assassination of former JP prime minister. Also, you should really read through my words or go see a map, passing Tsugaru Strait is not "near Japan", it's literally crossing through the middle. it's like driving into Sulu sea of the Philippines level. You are the one that's disinformed, stop making yourself look foolish defending a foreign government feeding hate against any democratic country to their people. Outwardly they say they are implementing democracy in their own own way, while interiorly they just teach kids that they must obey the party and the Chairman. Educate yourself, because "little kid with anime profile pic" here lived in 4 countries, reads and speaks 3 languages and has a wider source of information. If little kid with anime profile can do so, it shouldn't be too hard for you, right?
I don't know dude I didn't see any reports where US@ rammed or Harassed Filipino fisher Men or Shine a military grade lasers to the Philippines cost guard
The thing is Philippines actually tried pivoting from US to China. Our former president was openly campaigning for a shift from US to China-Russia Alliance. His administration also prioritized Belt and Road Initiative projects. China just got more bold in their incursion. They used this opportunity to survey possible resources and strategic locations. They put structures near our military bases. They even found possible locations for oil drilling operations. Also there's a market in China for rare, endangered corals. This causes them to dredge coral reefs, destroying the Aquatic biodiversity in the area. We found out the hard way that the more we listen to them, the more they will intrude. and they never considered peace and cooperation. The Philippines is just too strategic of a location, it has raw materials as well. A mouth-watering treat for any burgeoning power. The Spanish Empire knew this. The British Empire knew this The United States knew this. The Japanese Empire knew this. The Islamic State knew this And now China.
Foreign Direct Investment dropped during Duterte and has never recovered. That pivot to China scared foreign companies may prove fatal. Only money you see know are rich Chinese and crime organisations.
The relationship between China and the Philippines was relatively good before, but since their current President took office, the times have suddenly changed. China is a bully and wants to seize our territories that used to be the fishing grounds of our fishermen and especially when China found out that there is a lot of oil in the WPS, so their claims intensified and their behavior worsened. Back in the day they didn't occupy the territories of other countries but when they got rich they started grabbing territory.
The previous president was a traitor. He prioritized China and not the country. One incident was that a Chinese ship sank a PH civilian fishing vessel and instead of offering aid to the fishermen, appeased China instead.
learn more about history and fact， my friends. Don't be fooled by your corruption president and propaganda by USA or Aus, Japan. China has never invade Philippine, but USA, Japan did the most recently.
@@LawasSarawak The Spratly group of islands or WPS was not claimed by us but that belonged to the Philippines since before and many proofs were shown in the arbitration that the WPS or Spratly group of islands is part of the Philippines more than 100 maps were shown. So our representatives were there at the arbitration in the Hague and proved our real historical claim. You Communist Chinese where were you when you were called arbitrarily. Why aren't you there? Because you know that you have no proof and your 9 dashline was just made up by you and has no basis. However, the historical claim is not accepted nowadays, especially your fake claim of 9 dash lines. What exists today is the UNCLOS signed by countries and decided by countries so that there is no abuse like yours.
@@LawasSarawak Not only the WPS is invalid China's claim but the entire SCS is invalid because their claim of dashline or 9 dashline according to their own drawing on their map is not accepted. According to them that their drawn 9 dashline is a proof that China owns the entire SCS including the WPS. If the dashlines are the basis of the territory or claim, does that mean that the entire Gulf of Mexico can also be drawn by Mexico along with the EEZ of the US? Does that mean India can also draw a dashline in the Indian Ocean and claim it? And even the Arabian Sea can be drawn with a dash line and claimed by the Arabs? Even the entire Persian Gulf can be drawn as a dash line to be claimed by Iran? None of them made such a dashline because they knew how far they covered and especially now that all countries have to comply with international law or UNCLOS
@@sethinamug4515 The USA occupied S. Korea and Japan since the end of WW2. If Vietcong lost in their war with USA, I can assure you, Vietnam would be divided in two, with the south occupied by the US and their so called allies.
This is a misleading media report, ask Mexicans if China or the US is more of a threat to them. The so-called geopolitics, of course, is that neighboring countries are more likely to create a sense of psychological deterrence. The correct comparison is to ask whether the threat of China attacking the Philippines because of the South China Sea dispute is greater, or whether the United States illegally intervenes in the Taiwan Strait dispute and uses the Philippine base to attack China, causing the Philippines to be attacked by China. The threat is greater.
Finally someone with a brain here! The threat of China trying to own and monopolize the entire South China Sea is much greater! All of the Asian pacific countries will suffer greatly if China get's their way. Look at what they're doing already by overfishing the seas...pure greed. None of that will be shared to any other country besides China and everyone else will become poorer because of it.
@crosscrusader the U.S is only a threat due to bad presidential and government officials, its soldiers and civilians are innocent. The soldiers their good people and have to live through rough battles
Many prominent Filipino companies and businesses were started by fellow Chinese Filipinos. They held on to their Chinese roots but are well assimilated to the Filipino culture as well. Its just about business with China. The Americans would care less avout the Filipinos if there werent a strategic military interest to be there.
Filipino-American here. I’m find the opinions of all the interviewees interesting. Yes, the U.S. colonized the Philippines, but it eventually game the Filipinos their independence. On another note, which I didn’t hear discussed… it’s not like the U.S. has never helped the Philippines militarily. My grandmother was in her 20’s during WWII and witnessed the hell enacted by the Japanese at that time. The U.S. did their best to help the Filipinos at that time. Obviously the U.S. was also fighting for its self interest at the time (they needed to systematically remove the Japanese from basically every island it captured at that time in order to win the war), but it’s not like the U.S. didn’t help the Philippines. A lot of U.S. aid paid for the reconstruction of the Philippines after that war. This of course is all history, but if we’re for going to talk about the bad things the U.S. did, we should also remember some of the good as well. Mabuhay!
USA is not a problem for Filipinos. China as a neighbor is a problem. China claims west philippine sea as theirs. China harasses our fishermen at sea. Philippines already won, in Hague international court, that west philippine sea is ours legally. That is why we call it west philippine sea. My lawyer friend is one of the lawyers who won that legal battle of sea territory in Hague for Philippines. How can any philippine boat enjoy the sea on that disputed area? To this day, chinese coast guards follow our boats in that area. Typical Filipinos hate what China does to our fishermen. Dont listen to anti-american sentiments. Majority here boils blood over the sea territory with china
i agree but during ww2 china was also allies with the US. after ww2 the US turned its back on China since china was becoming stronger and a 'threat' to the US. I'm just saying this so you will be a little more aware with the us's actions and i am not trying to hate on the philipines. (yes i know i am 6 months late)
@@bigb6879 Funny thing is, all the Chinese cemeteries are associated with China Towns, not War Memorials. The Chinese segregate themselves and don't assimilate into other cultures.
@@Rob-if5oe That is not enough payment for the millions of Filipinos killed by Americans between 1898 to 1912. The US armed forces have a bad reputation of killing more civilians than enemy soldiers. During the 1945 liberation of Manila, American bombs killed 250,000 civilians.
It's the World Banking Committee!! (Blackrock) The Cartel of European Bankers that hold and own ALL of the money and resources!! Therefore they rule the world!!!!
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Will US consult the Philippines government before starting a war with China using base in Philippines . If so, will US respect Philippines decision if Philippines govt say NO
US will never ever respect its colony Philippines. It will do whatever it likes. Poor filipinos will be pawn just like Ukrainians. Philippines is militarily occupied by US. It is still a colony of US. It will be destroyed just like Ukrain😢 Advance RIP to poor filipinos. Prepare yourself to die or become refugees in other countries
The people who commented that the Philippines will be caught in the middle know nothing. The only thing that shields the Philippines from Chinese attack is the Philippines' alliance with the US. And if China has taken Taiwan, the Philippines will have overlapping territory with China and it will only justify some of the Chinese claims in the region
Korean War is the Forgotten War. Vietnam War was my wake-up call. I'm completely blown away by the willingness of China's neighbors allow U$ Military Expansion and Provocations,
lol! Vietnam is one of China's victims of their brutal conquests and atrocities, stop making lies because the world knows all your atrocities, The 1967 mass killing in Dao County, known as the Dao County Massacre, was 66 days of mass destruction in Hunan Province, China, lasting from August 13 to October 17, 1967. It resulted in 4,519 dead, of whom 4,193 were killed outright and 326 were forced to commit suicide., Beginning with the Red August of Beijing, massacres took place nationwide, including the Guangxi Massacre, in which massive cannibalism also occurred; the Inner Mongolia incident; the Guangdong Massacre; the Yunnan Massacres; and the Hunan Massacres. Almost 90,000 people were counted as dead or missing and presumed dead in the final official Chinese government assessment; the officially reported total killed included more than 5,300 children, the bulk of them students attending classes. They were whipping, flogging, hard labour, exile and capital punishment. Death was still the ultimate price to pay, but gone were the cruel and unusual ways to die. However, Mao's government was responsible for vast numbers of deaths, with estimates ranging from 40 to 80 million victims due to starvation, persecution, prison labour, and mass executions, which drew criticism for being considered totalitarian rule. Death toll. The excess mortality associated with the famine has been estimated by former CCP officials and international experts, with most giving a number in the range of 15-55 million deaths. What was the deadliest famine in history? Great Leap Forward The 'Great Leap Forward'-famine in China from 1959-61 was the single largest famine in history in terms of absolute numbers of deaths. Excess mortality estimates vary hugely, but based on our midpoint estimates, it cost more than double the number of lives than any other famine.
For me as a Filipino, the biggest threat is China because they bullying Filipino fisherman and seizing our teritory. China is not following the international law that cause a huge chaos in nations. God bless to the country who protecting our country Philippines
compared to the United States, China has treated the Philippines fairly well. During World War II, Americans in the Philippines raped numerous Filipino women, looted and stole the property of the Filipino people, and even took pleasure in killing Filipino civilians. Do you still welcome them to repeat these atrocities? This only shows your ignorance. In contrast, since the establishment of the People's Republic of China, the Philippines was one of the first countries to establish diplomatic relations with China. China has even helped the Philippines in building infrastructure and developing energy and telecommunications systems. Think about why you harbor hatred towards China. Your animosity stems solely from social media propaganda. Please use your own brain to think critically.
sariling Bakuran kasi natin nangaagaw sila. karamihan ng sagot ng iba is hindi nila alam talga ang nangyayari sa loob at ibang bansa, halos lahat ng isla natin kinukuha na ng china tapos sasabihin nyo threat yung US samantalang saan ba tayo pupunta. di baleng sakupin ako ng US wag lang comunista. di nyoa alam ang kalagayan ng mga insik ngayun sa bansa nila kakawa sila dahil sa COVER UP ng kanilang gobyerno.
They choosed this As from the long time the filipino people are okay with Colinizers Controlling them that's their fate since past timess and it is counting on..when they are picking America To host their Military base this close to china and not expect China to do anything ..Always remember When Giants Fights Ants alaways get crushed!
Poor filipinos will be pawn just like Ukrainians. Philippines is militarily occupied by US. It is still a colony of US. It will be destroyed just like Ukrain😢 Advance RIP to poor filipinos. Prepare yourself to die to become refugees in other countries
notice how countries in South East Asia, that allows Americans and European tourists into their country, end up having more prostitutes, and problems with Foreign pedophiles preying on their children.
Filipinos fought hard against colonizers. You don't know any Philippine history at all why spread misinformation? Filipinos fought hard at the beginning of Lapu-lapu until Bonifacio and Rizal. A lot of documented plan to overthrow Spanish colonizers and even 200,000 filipinos died in Filipino-American war. Unlike China, Philippines didn't have the chance in continuing most of its pre-colonial traditional practices because Spaniards erased most of it. Filipinos are killed once Spaniards knew they are betraying Spain. Unlike the British, Dutch, Japanese colonizers, once Spaniards see a filipino doing non-Spanish tradition, they'll execute that person.
We the Filipino people should ask ourselves what do we want for the betterment of our country? Not China or USA, but what do we need to improve whether militarily, economically, or culturally? We should have sense of self-reliance of whats best for our country.
@@mackeyyekcamchina doesnt have resources too.. its matter of what we really prioritize.. china and philippines experience the same poverty and war and had been colonized, its amazing how they became super power in just 35 or 40 years
@@08akaneshi china became powerful at the expense of his people.. Chinese were brutally forced to work against their will and unfairly treated.. Millions died of starvation and over work in china great leap forwawd campaign.We know that even if dont agree..its already done and history proved it. No amount of your prooaganda kr convincing power will alter it.
We are poor and over populated. Thats why filipinos migrate to other countries and we let other countries put business in our land and so on. Philippines wouldve been great but lack education, always having children. You know why China is greater than us? 1 child policy, wait that doesnt even exist in philippines hahahah.
There's a term for this: "Filipinos have never shaken off their colonial mindset. Many of them still longed for the USA to rule over them." It's called Stockholm Syndrome... People develop positive feelings toward their captors or abusers over time.....
Only because china is the worse alternative between the two, philippines would've never come to USA for help militaristically if the chinese militia ships aren't threatening filipino's food security by selfishly blocking philippine's fishermens in its veyr own exclusive ecomomic zone in west philippine sea.
Really? Didn't hear anyone mention the fact that the US military is 10000 miles from home rattling sabres in this region. Some mentioned the fact that the only country that I vaded and killed philipinoes is the USA. Yet, some said that it is a good thing.. wow.. their heads are stuff too far up the Americans behind.
Most Fillipinos are as weak willed as like their ineffective President. They are easily impressed by what they see & feel instead of using their brain cells to think logically & sensibily for themselves.
Yes,the Philippines should stay neutral with China as a close neighbour. Trade with China and learn to have peaceful coexistence with China. With more dialogue with China under Asean countries umbrella, I think China will agree to give concession to the Philippines and Asean countries. On condition, the US and its allies stay out of the South China Seas and are not involved in the Asean internal affairs.
you said I believe the Filipinos do not want to be dragged into conflicts in their own land ... how brilliant? Maybe you should tell Ukrainians the same thing and then see if you are not met w/ a middle finger ... alliance is everything sir and if you don't believe me you should ask Finnish and Swedish people why they want to join NATO so bad as of late. Also while you are at it ask this question ... who has territorial ambitions against the Phillippines' sovereignty over their lands and territorial waters? ... sobering thought ain't it?
the right question is how many times has china attacked their neighbors in the history of mankind and how many times has the usa attacked asian countries?
The 50 years of history before the Philippines became a country was written by the Americans, what do you expect them to know? The Chinese have been fighting hard since the Opium War. It cost hundreds of millions of people, but now we don't have to speak English, we don't get controlled by religion, and we don't have a foreign garrison raping Chinese women. As for fully colonized areas like the Philippines, the "English-speaking" guy in the video is an example. The idea of a lamb is not something that a dragon can understand.
It's ok to be against war but it is never an assurance to prevention but rather the Filipino people must be more aware. Whether we like it or not, conflicts will happen in this region. History can tell. The Philippines' geographic location is one reason why such conflict is likely unavoidable.
The Philippines didn't want to join any side to begin with. As a nation, i believe that we want to stay neutral as much as possible and to de-escalate a situation as peacefully and as quietly as possible. The problem with China truly escalated when China started harassing our fishermen while in our waters and the chinese coastguard started them away from fishing claiming that "they are in chinese waters". We fought for it in the arbitral tribunal and won against china's 9 dash line claims in the region. But china just straight up ignored our case and are still in the said waters. Our former president even went to china to negotiate 3 times, oust the US army and even willing to buy armaments from China and Russian just for china to acknowledge our efforts. But xi jing ping just keeps ignoring it and his coastguard continue to harass our citizens and even take fish their caught fish. They even ran through a fishing boat and left the filipino fishermen floating at sea, rammed our coastguard and pointed lasers to our coast guard. The chinese ambassador said that "our coastguard are just playing with TOY LASERS!, Grow up PH". What can a poor nation do who has weak defenses physically and cybernetically do to protect it's sovereignty from a big bully tyrant atop the sea? Just stay quiet and silence its citizens? We did everything we can to de-escalate and protect our neutrality but nations cannot take such bullying and not fight back. The welcoming of the US troops back is the last option for the PH to at least help its citizens counter chinese harassment.
Your country is not in Warsaw Pact unlike Switzerland is it what will be interest of the nation's invaders to let Philippines neutral what Philippines can afford you answer me google boy
Pointing Laser means, pointing a target for the laser guided missile on which is a threat. Some missiles use lasers to guide missiles to their target. So basically pointing lasers equals targeting you using laser guided missiles. Laser is not a toy, it is used to guide missiles to their target
The Chinese military’s incursions into Philippines waters affecting Filipino fisherman, is not only increasing but also intensifying. That’s why the Philippine government (whom the Filipinos voted for at 60%) invited US military presence in the Philippines. Chinese military bullying of the Philippines, made even former President Duterte back track on his friendship with China to ask for US help. During the US presence in Subic and Clark, American troops contributed between 1.7-3% of the Philippines GNP. Subic naval based generated $220 million dollars into the local economy, providing jobs for 40,000 Filipinos. More than 150,000 people depended on income from the naval base
Yes and inspite of the economic benefit, the oridnary philipino hated the americans. The same is true in Okinawa, where every year ~10,000 Okinawans demonstrate for the removal of the US military. What's interesting is that even with US propaganda talking all the time about China invading Taiwan, the Okinawans still demonstrated every year to get the US military bases out. There's a reason for this, when the US military is there in large numbers they treat the locals like dirt. Everytime decade after decade. We're the imperial empire of USA, everyone is afraid of our miitary. This is what every US soldier/sailor is taught and that's part of the reason they treat the locals like dirt.
Let's not kid ourselves. The Philippines has been a willing participant for the American noose around China and Russia for decades. It's a willing vassal to choke China's trade should the US choose to contain China with its unilateral assumption that the US owns every ocean and every market. So yeah, China pushes and encroaches to give itself a wide margin and buffer zone. The Philippines and the SCS is no different than Ukraine.
@@mgronich948 inspite of this ignorant and stupid comment 70% of filipinoes fully believe the US has our back another 16 are more cautious but still willing to trust
I see no reason to worry about China, I have never seen a country done so many good to the world, but the America, on the other hand is nothing but a salesman .
Poor filipinos will be pawn just like Ukrainians. Philippines is militarily occupied by US. It is still a colony of US. It will be destroyed just like Ukrain😢 Advance RIP to poor filipinos. Prepare yourself to die or become refugees in other countries
@@hubertcumberdale2651 you cant be that stupid, you do not need to be colonized to get those things, thailand never got colonized. china never got colonized, japan never got colonized.
Me? I'd rather choose uncle sam than xijinping. These tsekwas are bullying our fishermen N coast guard personnel. Its deplorable to note that some key govt officials of RP are sweetly romancing with their chinese counterparts. Pwe!
Yeah... Like the Americans who graped the women near US bases. Or how about during PH US war, when they burnt down innocent boys. Also they called in Filipino Insurrection. Also there is a video of a former US military man saying they don't care about us. They will use us and abandon us. Xi is causing us harm now. But relying on US is foolish. China has other countries who are having border issues with. Even their own allies, India and Russia. Instead of crying to Uncle Sam. It would be best to work with our Asian neighbours who are also having issues with China.
Thanks, Ms. Takruri for going to the Phils. As a scholar of the Philippine American War and US-Phil relations, I think you leaned a little too hard on the invasion, and not hard enough on the post-colonial economic dependence on the US and the ramifications that had on an evolving Philippine society. It seems the Philippines has ALWAYS been in a precarious position.
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Poor filipinos will be pawn just like Ukrainians. Philippines is militarily occupied by US. It is still a colony of US. It will be destroyed just like Ukrain😢 Advance RIP to poor filipinos. Prepare yourself to die to become refugees in other countries
There are some Filipinos who still think the US is good for their country despite the US having killed millions of innocent foreign nationals in their various wars over the decades, not to mention stolen the resources of those war-ravaged countries. How ignorant can they be.
Wow! I’m really happy and surprised to see how wise Filipinos are. Don’t be another Ukraine. Keep the dialogue route open with both the powers and focus on building more alliances. All the best!
Your ignorant more ignorant then a cow ukraine was invaded twice and they weren’t even choosing sides they just wanted more trading partners and autonomy in 2014 in 2022 russia invaded again for no reason ignorant as ever
In between the US and China, the best way to judge which one bring more peace and stability, is to wait for a cease fire agreement reached between Ukraine and Russia, probably by end of this year or before US election. By then we will see which country will be the biggest contributor to the rebuilding of Ukraine. Remember earlier this year, which country objected the cease fire proposal?
@@solidpas761 Nope. Ukraine rejected the proposals in the negotiations with Russia last year. I am referring to the 12-points cease fire proposals by China. Zelensky personally told Xi that he welcomes China's efforts in peaceful solutions.
The conflict in Ukraine is a proxy war between the US and Russia. Haven't you known that? If you think the US will help in the rehabilitation of countries they invaded then you should see the aftermath in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and Libya, countries that the US has invaded.
@@marklee8512 And what about it? If peace negotiations that Russia wants are all rejected then if Russia rejects other proposals that's their right. It takes two sides for a negotiation to proceed.
Marcos is not an idiot. He's seen what has happened to non-Nato countries in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and doesn't want the Philippines to be in their position. He doesn't want to be a Moldovia or rushing to apply for Nato membership like Finland and Sweden. Instead, he's building up a deterrent and bringing the Philippines into an alliance with the US, Japan, South Korea, Australia and of course, Nato countries will be along for the ride as well as many other countries, if we see war break out in that region.
NATO Member states as of April 2023 are: Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
@@TCKRDefense Yes, Finland rushed, after the Ukraine invasion and was admitted in April. Turkey is still blocking Sweden’s entry. Finland and Sweden had ample reason to apply for membership and begin integrating their defenses before the war in Ukraine. If a NATO country is attacked the others must defend that country. The United States is a NATO country.
I think what we Filipinos need to accept and understand is that either ways there is no safe zone for us between the two Behemoths. There shouldn't be an option in the first place. Either way we will be endangered if one of the two big country decides to exert their power towards us. For me the best approach is to see the present situation of each country in terms of leadership, action towards other foreign countries, and lastly if they are following through actions. Historical evidences shouldn't even be a basis that's like saying we shouldn't trust Mongolia for having Genghis Khan as their ancestor, or Rome because of Julius Ceasar or Germans for having Adolf Hitler. Each era have different circumstances, have different sets of world leader and different world order and the now is no more than different. The real threat is an evil person to hold that kind of power sooner or later. We all just want a safer and peaceful world.
I'm in the US and I agree this shouldn't be a choice in the first place, I hope nothing happens. Best thing I can say is would it be better having an ally with a country that changes their leaders regularly or a country with one man that cracks down on people with blank sheets of paper?
@tarkov666 I'm asian American and U.S is a better ally than anyone else in the world. How many countries have been living under the care and support of the U.S? And see how Japan, South Korea has grown? South korea is one of America's most supportive ally America joining in the Korean War and training and helping south korea with all the U.S was capable of helping them.
@@yanakal652 The war have little to do with how bad the country turn out. There is deeper issues within Libya. It just waiting for someone to crack it then it rushing out like river. every country going through phases. phase 1 - country with no power, stay silence and don't bother no one and let things flow as it is. phase 2- the moment they gain power, they start to insert control and eventually lead to war. phase 3 - they have the power for so long they stay chill and only apply power when it benefit them. these phases apply both to nation to nation and/or within the country. all of these phases is like a boy growing up wants to dominate the other boys. as these boys age, they become more chill and go with the flow.
All pilipino's who said the us is the biggest treat of our loving country, but who is have the big concern of our country? And our sovereignty? All pilipinos who said the biggest treat of our country is us, they not pilipino, it is pro china
2:16 unfortunately, many Filipinos tend to think this way. Inasa na lang lahat sa mga Kano ang tungkulin na dapat Pilipinas naman ang gumaganap. There's nothing wrong in strengthening our alliance, but what some people fear is that the Philippines might fall again to the curse of over-reliance to the US when it comes to defense matters which results to the government becoming more complacent and their sense of urgency is diminished. We're located in a region that is ripe with tensions, we can't afford to slack off, we cannot delegate everything to another country, we're a sovereign nation and should act as one if we want to be respected.
@@Whereistheb33fsending money and weapons while people are dying and ukraine is burning what so good about that? The only people who are happy right now are arms manufacturer not the people of ukraine
@@Whereistheb33fthe reason the US is on japan south korea taiwan philippines etc is because if war broke out against china the US will make sure its not going to be fought in mainland US but on this lands This countries are the defensive shields, the sacrificial lambs just like ukraine is to russia The US will make sure the war is as far away to the US as possible so this US politicians can wage war as if everything is just a game
Philippines had been colonized by Spain and US for a long time. Filipino had been westernized to a great extent. Many Filipino are Catholic. I believe that many Filipino tend to think along the Western line of thinking. Filipino had been living with Western culture for a long time and feel comfortable with it. China is a new game in town. They don't feel comfortable with it. Hence, Filipino tend to be more cautious with China.
That's not western culture. Plus, there are many different cultures in the west. They have their own culture. But the history of western colonialism and interference in the country and the region makes many oppose the US
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Nobody will force Filipinos to speak Chines or consume Chinese popular culture (I personally love Chinese dramas) unless they want to. I believe the maritime dispute could be resolved if not for the US interference.
They choosed this As from the long time the filipino people are okay with Colinizers Controlling them that's their fate since past timess and it is counting on..when they are picking America To host their Military base this close to china and not expect China to do anything ..Always remember When Giants Fights Ants alaways get crushed!
China and Philippine have some maritime conflict, then why the hell philippines even fully allow America to build military base on their land to "protect" filipinos interest, it doesn't make sense
Unknown to most Filipinos, Filipinos massacred alot of Chinese forcing them to have an enclave birthing the first china town in ả foreign lands to secure themselves
The Spanish fueled them. Spanish were scared of Koxinga who were raiding the spanish port of North Luzon and on the brink of a full invasion before Koxinga's untimely death in 1663.
Chinese then are notorious for many hideous, immoral things that's done not only against the Spaniards but also the native Filipinos whose usually being taken advantaged of by Chinese, who used their Middle Man Status to gain Power, Wealth and Influence both from Native Filipinos and Castillan Elites and Colonizers.
The biggest threat to the Philippines, south east Asia or even the entire world. Is not these two countries by themselves. It’s if these two powers agree, see eye to eye and choose to have full cooperation militarily and economically. Allies and enemies change often. Human history proves this.
the problem is neither of this powers are backing down, both greedy and ambitious and scared to be replaced as superpowers. 😅 so this rivalry will continue.
@@bedjrocks5550, walang politico ang talunan! Manalo man o matalo man, tuloy ang pag yaman nilang lahat! Nakakatuwa sila! Solid silang lahat sa pag papayaman! Tama ang sinabi ni Binay! Mag papatayan kami ni Pinoy sa politika, pero ang pag kakaibigan namin ay hindi magigiba! Hahahaha!
The Philippines has more retired persons who retired from American companies or the US government than most other countries. The US is not "increasing it's military presence." They will rotate advisors from more bases than before, but there is not a markable increase. USEMBJUSMAG will not have dramatic increases in boots on ground. As you yourself stated "the Philippines constitution prevents foreign troops from being stationed on Philippines soil." The US helped liberate the Philippines more than once. The United States saved Filipinos and CHINESE from being murdered by swords from the Japanese Imperial Army. (Forgotten?) My grandfather was there. There are more Filipinos with American ancestry or American spouses than any other non-endemic group. Filipino Chinese (Chi-Noy) have their own cultural practices so it is rather racist to put them together with mainland Chinese. You do not tell the entire story about Pemberton, nor do you tell the truth behind any agreements or evidentiary problems in that case. Harming anyone because of gender identity is intrinsically evil, yet this is slanted reporting. Someone likes to open an old wound to harm a relationship here. I heard some of those accents and can tell whom you are talking to several times. Some of those interviewees are from the anti-American Islamic extreme corridor (pockets of extreme Islamism) going from the southern islands all the way to Baclaran. As a matter of fact much of this article is slanted against the US. The article slant is not surprising because of the source...Trying to support the anti-American sentiment in the Middle East with a fabricated nexus to the Pacific it appears. THE US builds bridges, villages, canals, highways in the Philippines, China doesn't. The USA sends Covid help to the Philippines for free, China doesn't. The US through USAID built a mountain roadway bridge to my daughters' grandparents home, China didn't. Quit purposely slanting your news. Learn to investigate and report...
With China, the Philippines has economic success. And with the US, the Philippines will go back to the 80s... where most Filipinos work as maids and nightlife.
Poor filipinos will be pawn just like Ukrainians. Philippines is militarily occupied by US. It is still a colony of US. It will be destroyed just like Ukrain😢 Advance RIP to poor filipinos. Prepare yourself to die or become refugees in other countries
@@callmesweet8344 clearly you do not know how business work like most filipinos, your salary is base on supply and demand, there are so many of you with very little job position, why dont you start a business to help create jobs instead.
@@justnow5809 well that's true, its like a cheap girlfriend who flirts with this Chinese guy and the guy is like nahh u ain't worth that much and then the girl goes back to his abusive boyfriend and the chinese guy is mad or suddenly concerned? coz the American guy is getting this girl even though he abuses her, I mean why do u care if this girl gets back to his old boyfriend? u don't care back then.. why now? why is China against with Asian countries taking up US Forces on their own land its their own affair i mean.. why u care?
@@callmesweet8344 bc china knows that they are going to war with the us soon. the us building military bases is not just for show. isn't it so convenient that lots of these bases are located near US enemies. if the us really means good why did they tell Ukraine to join NATO while know the treaty ukraine and russia made during the soviet union?
How? And which side should we join? The power hungry jerk who bullies us everytime or some imperialistic country who are still trying to help us with our situation? Which would escalate the situation?
Asia should be asians not european. thats what china is trying to do and philippines is stragic point for the US thats why this is happening to the philippines.
Usa doesnt want the war to come in their shore to fast, so they use another country close to their enemies as their military base and as a first WARZONE before it reach to usa shore
it’s honestly disgusting how this video is portrayed as pro china propaganda us filipinos obvious favor usa FAR over china and it’s disgusting how they went over hundreds of pro usa filipinos to find a few pro china traitors to make it seem like the support is even absolutely disgusting
The Philippines should fight their own battle and not depend on their main ally, USA. The mutual defense treaty is no guarantee that the Americans will come to Philippines aid and defend the Filipinos. We Vietnamese learn to fight for ourselves with out foreign military bases and foreign intervention. Vietnam learn its lesson from the Vietnam war and Sino China war of being a pawn and cannon fodder for war between Superpower like USA, Russia, China etc.
The Mutual Defense Treaty is the only thing stopping China from totally taking over the Philippines. They have their lap dog Duterte bad mouthing the US and he has many followers and blind supporters.
Poor filipinos will be pawn just like Ukrainians. Philippines is militarily occupied by US. It is still a colony of US. It will be destroyed just like Ukrain😢 Advance RIP to poor filipinos. Prepare yourself to die or become refugees in other countries
During the 1899 - 1902 Philippine American War, American soldiers and other witnesses sent letters home which described some of these atrocities. For example, In November 1901, the Manila correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger wrote: "The present war is no bloodless, opera bouffe engagement; our men have been relentless, have killed to exterminate men, women, children, prisoners and captives, active insurgents and suspected people from lads of ten up, the idea prevailing that the Filipino as such was little better than a dog...". It was not until after WW2, did the USA relinquished control of the Philippines.
and the more we remember that the more we hate them its like china looking at what japan did in nanjing in WW2, the result China hate Japan, are we in that same category now? TIMES change, of course we do not forget history however I say we stay neutral as both are economic partners at the same time US is a defense partner, its also China's fault because of their unilateral take over of the West Philippine sea taking advantage of past "WEAK" leaders and past corrupt AFP. Now is a different security challenge we need to also play the geo-politics to get back what is ours, and maybe just maybe say were okay we do not need you both. The more we side with one country the more we become divided.
Those were the atrocities committed by the Japanese invaders. Anyone who insist that Japan attack the Philippines because of the US bases were just brain washed by the communist and anti-US sympathizers. China never had US bases but was conquered also by Japan.
@@Jimi_Lee OH, LETS SEE, U MAKE AN OUTPOST ON MISCHIEF REEF AS A "SHELTER FOR CHINESE FISHERMEN" EVEN IF ITS CLEARLY NOT URS AND HEAVILY ARMED , U DRIVE AWAY POOR FILIPINO FISHERMEN IN OUR SEAS, AND THEN U ATTEMPTED TO DEVELOP A WHOLE ISLAND BUT SPECIFICALLY FOR CHINESE WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY DRIVE OUT THE FILIPINO INHABITANTS😱😜😅
@@NEOSCISSORSJAGUARPRIME So nothing specific, just fears about potential conflict some time in the future Ok. BTW, specifically, what gives the Philippines absolute control over those waters?
This just shows that a lot of Filipinos dont really have the knowledge and understanding of the geopolitical issues which unfortunately the political personalities are taking advantage of their ignorance.
Listening to the bought-and-paid-for biased media (CNN, GMA7, ABS, CBN2) is a conscious choice by the Government to keep the population misinformed and ignorant to the geopolitical reality. Many have been told that Ukraine is winning the war, yet the opposite is true!
I remember in the late 80's during my elementary years. Our teachers would be talking to us about the danger of an imperialist America and how a potential war with the USSR would catch us between these two great powers. Now instead of the defunct USSR, it is with China. That is also how most of these Filipinos think because of the effect of leftist teachers espousing their ideology. The difference with China and the USSR is that we have an actual dispute with China that can turn violent. Even without the USA, and especially without them, we are actually in a very disadvantaged position against our stance against China.
Ayaw niyo maulit ang nakaraan pero maraming mga Filipina ngayon ang gustong magka asawa ng Amerikano na tinatawag nilang "AFAM" para makaahon sila sa sobrang kahirapan na nararamdaman nila ngayon Kung ganun lang naman wag na kayo magasawa ng Amerikano kung ayaw niyo maulit ang nakaraan
@@UCantSeeemeee like 200 years ago, Chinese massacres its own today not to mention all its bloody civi wars that killed entire population of a country today. Im 53 percent Native American so what your bs projection statement about?
Here are my takes in this issues: 1. We don't really mind who will rule the world in the future. We all know that this war is all because of world dominance. 2. If China will just be friendly to us Filipinos and honor our claims which is just within our natural territory? We will be surely closer to Chinese people. If China will just avoid aggression and give us what we claimed? We might end up helping the Chinese to secure their intentions. 3. We (Filipinos) all know that China need this so called 'South China Sea". They need it for trades amd homeland security. They need to dominate this sea inorder to secure their future route. But, they don't need to be aggressive and water Canon or chase our small fisherman's boats just to impose their dominance. 4. I my self have my mainland Chinese blood runs through my vain (my great-grandfather was a migrant during China's great famine). But if China will forcefully take what is closer to us, or what is rightfully to us? I definitely welling to die for my country. 5. We don't need American military presence in our land. We Filipinos always have a chilling impressions regarding having American military base AGAIN in our country. If China read and study our history? We kicked out American bases because we don't really need them. But if China will continue these aggressively? China should know (if they study Phils war history) that despite our short comings regarding armaments and manpower? We Filipinos don't give up. We will fight tell the end, we always have. Spain 333yrs, US for decades, Japan despite superior and more advanced. We can drag China down economy if war will happens, yes we might suffer more, but definitely China economy will never be the sam again eafter this war. Conclusions: Look, we all know that in order for China to take the number 1 superpower from US is either to go to war? Or to wait till they surpass US economy and world dominance. With these? China should avoid bullying other smaller nations just to reiterate their dominance. China should increase their deplomatic ties especially with their neighboring countries. For sure Philippines will be the first nation to back them up. For the reasons that we have more Chinese mixed blood than any Western world. We have the oldest China town. With that said. May we all live in peace and prosperity and be guided with grace by our ancestors and may God bless us with his holy wisdom. Salamat po!
the world don't work that way. when you are weak you will have to pick side to help you maintenance the right of your spot. do you think if the us or any European nation won't step in, china will stop? be realistic. china won't stop. the reason china stop/slow down is due to the us backing Philippine.
Imagine if Filipinos actually knew about the genocide the US did during the Spanish Philippine American war. Marcos a sellout for letting them build more US bases were gonna be another Ukraine. 🤦🤦🤦
Until such time that the Philippines builds and maintains a credible military force that can at the very least defend its territorial air and water, it needs its big brother for support. You cant fight a bully with just words, at some point, you have to make him understand that you will give him a bloody nose if he continues acting like a jerk.
The US has a lot of business interests in the Philippines and it enforces it with cultural supremacy over the whole country particularly the cities. China is trying to undermine that and make the Philippines part of its sphere of influence and this is why the clashes are happening. The Philippines on the other hand has enacted an unwritten policy of PLAY THEM BOTH which is basically selling itself to the highest bidder and hopefully both sides will try to woo it for every cent. Now what to do with that money after is entirely an internal affair and as of right now will probably be handed out to the ruling cliques in the senate and congress and the current oligarchs on power.
It will be a high price. Look at how Ukraine turned out, lots of Ukrainian bodies in exchange for payment benefiting the elites only, and people paying in blood.
The Chinese came here before those Americans. America wanted a dystopian society that they can freely control by giving their colonized people the illusion that they are living in a dream world. What the Americans brought was cultural genocide.
Pure fiction. US has more business interests in China than the whole of the Philippines. The only major interest for the Americans in the Philippines right now is its geopolitical ambition to contain China. China is undermining nothing, except the US's absolute hegemonic status in the minds of the Americans. Duterte administration was smart enough to balance US hegemonic demands by trading and deepening ties with China. Cannot say the same about current administration.
notice how countries in South East Asia, that allows Americans and European tourists into their country, end up having more prostitutes, and problems with Foreign pedophiles preying on their children.
unsophisticated people, are easily manipulated by American propaganda, which is geared towards the Mob. Americans learned how to manipulate the mob from the Nazis in Germany.
It is. One Filipino working in the USA sends home enough money to feed 20 people. Do you know how much of the Filipino economy is dependent on remittances from the USA? What is the average wage for Filipino worker in China vs USA?
It seems that it's different from what area/island in the Philippines who support US or China. I have lived in on Mindanao for 7.5 years, and I am much interested in politics. I have talked about exactly this, and I guess that over 95% of those I talk to do support China. But on Luzon it's more like 50/50. Many do not like that US is let in for using the military bases, something that many sees as a provocation against China who wanna do more serious trade with the Philippines, even build new class A highways all over the country, making the most modern bridges, both over and under the sea as floating bridges between Leyte and the 1400m deep Surigao Strait, for both cars and train. But China will probably not help the Philippines as long they're housing someone that wanna attack China, something that will cause problem for the Philippines as one of the first!
Your assessments are incredibly biased to china china wants our territory ASEAN can be negotiated with China cannot if we side with china who will protect US from? The US? Lmao they have no territorial disputes with us the rest of ASEAN? Its not like their all barbarians they can be negotiated with the only country china can protect us from is itself
They already attack fishermen even without US bases here present. They're not friendly and countless diplomacy to solve issue with the regional waters did nothing but mock us and continues harassing fishermen but now with US being here , they were in a more convenient excuse to do so. Those who support China fully are as blind as those who trust US fully. But what can we do? We're not that well off economically to start preparing because there's no way China will give up Taiwan. Taiwan doesn't also want to give itself back to China.
Yeah, of course. It's the most powerful nation to ever exist by far. The good thing is that you can count on them to not invade relatively free and democratic countries like the Philippines. They'll just put bases on them if you let them.
