Giving the fact that in many years now the heated China
territorial dispute in South China Sea not only disturb the minds of the
countries around the area of responsibility along the area of South China Sea
but to the World as well. Since the
start when men try to navigate the world, not only one country navigates other
land areas around the world. The Dutch,
British, French, & later the Americans who navigated the shores of the
pacific discovered lands like Hawaii and Guam.
Until today land is always disputed in terms of military and political
border.
In my previous blog articles, I emphasize the importance of sovereignty
of each nation that group of countries now a day are in a conflict of
negotiating the political and military border lines defined in the various
historical data. Thus, desperate
countries who are late in conquering lands like Japan and Germany under Hitler
are so desperate that in a way they use bullet and force to invade areas in
Europe and the pacific specifically the Philippines. Russia on the contrary owns a vast area of
land that even the small country of Crimea they still want to invade. One of the many reasons why Russia wants to
invade the smaller countries going Europe and the countries going east and
south like the countries in Afghanistan it’s because of their business purposes
specifically their oil business and logistics.
Granting that Russia from the center of Moscow going to the very end of
its land area by truck and air is so far that logistical cost is far costlier
than the value of the given goods.
Smaller countries that hinder the country of Russia going Europe may ask
for high tariff that Russia resort to a military invasion. But those radical invasions like the military
invasion of Iraq in Kuwait is not applicable in the case of West Philippine
Sea. China knew that US and its allied
forces are in waiting to assault if the island of the West Philippine Sea will
become weaponize in terms of the nuclear war heads. But China at the moment is not only using the
hard military strategy of invasion but also soft invasion just like what US are
doing in other allied countries. Giving
the government soft loans for the economy to flourish is one example of invasion
through business deals related to politics and international business negotiations. Not only China is offering such deals to the
Philippines. EU is also offering loans
that last year the Philippine government refuses the offer rather this time
Chinese government has the advantage of monopolizing the loans and projects of
the country Philippines. Years after
world war 2 US government has the advantage also in investing in the economic
engine of the Philippines. Now in the case
of West Philippine sea were the military hardware is already visible through satellite
photos what would be the next move of America.
Since the start of the military build up in the island America did not
attack the infrastructure to end the dispute.
The Philippines won in the international courts and why does America
cannot prevent the military build up in the island? Apparently, last two to
three weeks ago the surprising political unity of north and south Korea changes
the geopolitical setup of the pacific.
Right after the colorful political conversation of the north and south
political leaders the issue of West Philippine Sea rises again. Does it mean that China is a little upset
that north and south Korea are best of friends now? On the contrary, the relations of America and
China before the event in Korea are in tight deal to convince North Korea to
disarm their nuclear facility. Not like
Iran though that President Trump is blatant in its comments regarding the nuclear
build up. Relatively, what will happen
to the cry of the Filipino regarding the Scarborough shoal ownership? now if the America and China will unanimously
agree to a certain level of business and political agreement not to make war
but rather business in the region of West Philippine Sea, what will happen to the geo political claim
of the Philippine government to the West Philippine Sea region? Can the government of the Philippines just
submit what the Chinese government and American government agree towards the
status of scarborough shoal? Conquest and navigation wise scarborough shoal is
too small compared to the business deals that private American companies are
operating in mainland China now. IF America
wants to make war with China long time ago before the unity of North and South
Korea weeks ago they already start the air strike in scarborough shoal. Does it mean that it is now time for the
Chinese government to dominate both business and politics in the Philippine economy
that soft loans are already offered via the funding of China rather than EU or
US? Same as usual the Philippine
government still borrow money but the only thing it is not from America but
rather the Chinese government. Reading
the of Martin Jacques “When China Rules the World” it proves that China is
becoming the world dominant power when it comes to business, politics, and
military.
North Korea, South Korea, & the VATICAN
PHILIPPINES AS AIR BNB
Now and since the beginning of time Philippines is like an “AirBnB”
type of political setting that any country can dominate either soft or hard
type of political strategy that the people and the government itself will just
submit to whatever demand of our foreign visitors would like us to do. In that case, the given fact from the
Spanish, Japanese, American, and now the Chinese? Though it is not through war
but by soft business loans for example.
Realistically, where will the government get its capital to let the economy
start to roll? In fact UK and America barrowed cash from China to save their
sub prime loans.
In America sub primes
loans in their housing market still linger in the minds of the American
citizens economic problem. The problem of the main banks like freddie mac and
fannie mae including companies like GM are all dependent with the capital of
China. In fact, many European car companies
are already in China like the business cases of Rover and other famous brands. With these economic and political setup of
the world the cry of the Filipinos in terms of the scarborough shoal is now a
little confusing. The military facility
is already in the island of scarborough shoal but our allied forces and America
are still sleeping inside the “7th fleet”. On the contrary, Filipino citizens are already
in a dilemma of who and where to ask for political and military help. Meanwhile, the holy see’s participation to
the Chinese and American negotiations and the North and South Korea political negotiation
last few weeks will give us a glimmer of hope that Chinese government can be
negotiated in terms of the disputed island.
But to what extent that is a huge political question that maybe Philippine
government can agree of something but the people of the Philippines cannot
accept the new age of geo political set up.
“The rise of China is
best seen not from the vantage point of the United States or Europe, or for
that matter Africa or Latin America, but East Asia. It is in China’s own
backyard that the reverberations of its rise are already being felt most
dramatically and in the most far-reaching ways.
If we want to understand China’s rise, and what it might mean for the
world, then this must be our starting point. The way in which China handles its
rise and exercises its growing power in the East Asian region will be a very
important indicator of how it is likely to behave as a global power. (Martin
Jacques, 2012)”
With this notion of Martin where will the Philippine pause
in its political stand in terms of the scarborough shoal dilemma that by theory
and geopolitical studies China by nature will expand their geographical
territory that even America cannot reprimand their fast spreading of political and
military influence. Moreover, several studies and research in Harvard university
are already inclined to have a good business and international relationship and
diplomacy with China. The research study
of John L. Graham and N. Mark Lam regarding
the fundamental behavior of Chinese people having business with foreign companies
specifically American. It is but very
clear that America has future plans of making business and political ties with
China. According to the research of
Graham & Mark that loyalty and obedience to familial hierarchy binds laboring
groups together in the Chinese business setup. Many other business and social
science researchers in Harvard are pointing their Thesis of study to the unity
of business and politics between China and America. Now, what will happen to
our disputed island scarborough shoal who will side the Philippines for this
matter. Even the Philippines cannot even
“invade” its own territory how much more to defend our territory scarborough
shoal? As what had happened few weeks
ago
(REFERENCE SITE: 1. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2018-04/pope-koreas-summit-bishops.html#.WvPju_X000g.twitter
2. https://twitter.com/VaticanNews/status/993490191473172480)
Regarding the intervention of the holy see to America,
China, and the two Koreas few weeks ago may it be that the disputed island of
the scarborough shoal can be negotiated peacefully without any resort of nuclear
and physical war.
Thus the notion of Fukuyama that, "Political development is similar to biological evolution in a number of respects. The latter is based on the interaction of two principles, variation and selection. So too in politics: there is variation in the nature of political institutions; as a result of competition and interaction with the physical environment, certain institutions survive over time while others prove inadequate. And just as certain species turn out to be maladapted when the environments change, so too political decay occurs when institutions prove unable to adapt." (Fukuyama, 2015)
Sa panahon ngayon ang
inang bayan ay na babaliw na parang si “Sisa” na di alam kong saan at kong sino
ang mamahalin. O inang bayan Kilan ka
talaga maging akin. Noon, ang asawa mo ay Kastela at Hapon. Ngayon naman ang
Amerikano. O Pilipinas kong mahal kailan
ka maging akin.
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