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| China envoy: We won't engage in arms race | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 17 2012, 01:40 AM (1,613 Views) | |
| arvcab | Nov 17 2012, 01:40 AM Post #1 |
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http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/11/16/12/china-envoy-we-wont-engage-arms-race MANILA, Philippines - Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Ma Keqing on Friday disputed three various scenarios painting China as an aggressive military power, saying that the country places peace, development and cooperation among its priorities. Addressing a forum at the De La Salle University - Manila, Ma understands that its continued development and economic growth also hinge on "growing interdependence" in a "global village of shared destinies." Ma gave the talk two days after Xi Jinping became China's leader. Tensions between the Philippines and China have lingered over disputes in a number of territories in the South China Sea or the West Philippine Sea. Despite this, the diplomat said tensions have eased between the two countries. China has also already allowed the import of bananas from the Philippines. Chito Sta. Romana, the former Beijing bureau chief of ABC news, noted that following the leadership change in China, what caught the western media's attention the most was Beijing's statement that China "should enhance [its] capacity for exploiting marines resources, resolutely safeguard China's martime rights and interests, and build China into a maritime power." Although China has overtaken Japan as the world's second-largest economy, its per capital income is ranked 90th in the world, even behind African countries such as Namibia and Botswana. Ma said China has to feed 20 percent of the world's population, but only holds 7.9 percent of the world's farmlands and 6.5 percent of the world's fresh water. One in 10 Chinese is also living under $1 per day, while 10 million residents in China have yet to get access to electricity. "China's foreign policy is largely aimed at fostering a peaceful, stable and cooperative external environment," Ma said. As for building its military capability, Ma said China has the "legitimate right" and "security interest" in protecting its sovereignty as well as confronting both traditional and non-traditional security issues. "We will not engage with arms race [and China]... does not pose military threat to any nation," she said. The Philippines has been seeking to resolve the territorial dispute under the International Tribunal of the Law of the Seas, or the court created under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, while China wants a bilateral solution on the row. Yeah right
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| steelDUST | Nov 17 2012, 01:48 AM Post #2 |
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Typical communist finagling policy statement. They claim to be not in the arms race yet they're flexing military muscles and bullying their neighbors, and developing platforms to further it's blue water capabilities. |
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"Thou must (in commanding and winning, or serving and losing, suffering or triumphing) be either the anvil or the hammer." - Goethe | |
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| Hong Nam | Nov 17 2012, 01:54 AM Post #3 |
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Bought by China
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Oh great! Bananas for all the wealth underneath Scarborough and Mischief reef. Fair for enough you? All the reason why the Philippines should be careful not to trust them. They need resources desperately and will take it by force if they can. Has someone forgot to relay all this garbage to the PLA Navy? - Actions not words, my dear ambassador. Edited by Hong Nam, Nov 17 2012, 01:55 AM.
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| Uruzu | Nov 17 2012, 02:09 AM Post #4 |
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I wanna puke after hearing his words. Their actions are the direct opposite of what he's stating. |
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| Samir_Duran | Nov 17 2012, 04:41 AM Post #5 |
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Ma Keqing is a woman. It's a "she" not "he".
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| pachador | Nov 17 2012, 05:44 AM Post #6 |
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sino naman maniniwala sa kanila
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| steelDUST | Nov 17 2012, 06:30 AM Post #7 |
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Cambodia. Hahaha! |
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"Thou must (in commanding and winning, or serving and losing, suffering or triumphing) be either the anvil or the hammer." - Goethe | |
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| pachador | Nov 17 2012, 07:20 AM Post #8 |
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north korea
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| Mokamiquattro | Nov 17 2012, 09:01 AM Post #9 |
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talking about the obvious....China is not in any shape or form on an ARMS RACE in Asia..but building itself up against a potential aggression against the WEST....while their sending this lip service..The Philippine government, the sole protector of 100 Million Filipinos can't even make up their mind on how to to defend the interest of this country. P75 Billion pesos IMHO is not even close enough to give the the Sleeping dragon a tickle while it is asleep....a soon to be tiger economy like Philippines?..we need to do more than what we envision... |
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| Tsukiyomi | Nov 20 2012, 01:35 AM Post #10 |
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You cannot be doing double digit increases each year of your military spending and not consider it a race for some agenda. Agreed, their arms race is against the west (USA)..by default, the race covers any potential adversaries in asia as well. Double speak. |
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