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| China moves to isolate Philippines, Japan | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 30 2013, 10:59 PM (84 Views) | |
| Hong Nam | Aug 30 2013, 10:59 PM Post #1 |
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China Moves to Isolate Philippines, Japan Zachary Keck August 30, 2013 The Philippines and Japan's charm offensives towards China appear to have failed as Beijing seeks to isolate both powers within the region. China has now roundly rejected the overtures from both nations. On Thursday the Philippines' Foreign Ministry announced that Aquino was cancelling his visit to China next week at the request of the Chinese government. Beijing, for its part, denied having invited Aquino in the first place. China has also repeatedly rejected Japan's calls for a leader or foreign minister summit. Most recently, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Li Baodong said that there would most likely not be a summit with Japan and the sidelines of the G20 summit in St. Petersburg next week. This week, China even agreed with Vietnam - the ASEAN nation it has clashed with most frequently besides the Philippines - to work towards resolving their row in the South China Sea, and next week Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra plans to visit China next week for the trade fair Aquino was supposed to attend. Additionally, on Thursday the Thai Foreign Minister announced that during a meeting between FM Wang and his ASEAN counterparts, it was agreed that "We will not allow any particular issue to overshadow the ASEAN-China relations, which are progressing well." After repeated PLA incursions into India earlier this year, China has been pushing ahead with progress towards dialing down its border dispute with Delhi as well. Last week India announced that China had sent it a draft border cooperation agreement that both sides expect to sign when Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits China in October. Thus, China has only been reluctant to engage Japan and the Philippines diplomatically. This is almost certainly aimed at isolating Beijing's disputes with Japan and the Philippines from its relations with other regional powers. In other words, China hopes to reduce regional concern over its rising power and greater assertiveness by portraying its spats with Japan and the Philippines as rare exceptions to the general rule of China maintaining positive relationships in the region. Naval Diplomat |
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| Hong Nam | Sep 5 2013, 09:22 PM Post #2 |
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The only code of conduct worth having would be one by which China renounces its nine-dashed line of the region and the associated territorial claims: 1) Matches its words with deeds by evacuating sites it has poached from other countries' exclusive economic zones. 2) Stops asserting the right to proscribe certain foreign naval activities within the nine-dashed line. 3) Agrees that the purpose of any code of conduct is to lock in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea as the regional status quo. "If ASEAN consents to a code of conduct anyway, it will have ratified the current state of affairs, including China's seizures of Scarborough Shoal and Mischief Reef, deep within the Philippine EEZ. Southeast Asian countries will have consented to a region wide protection racket, in hopes that letting China keep its past gains will purchase its forbearance and goodwill in the future." "Beware of bandwagoning, Southeast Asians, unless you're prepared to pay up - again and again." - James Holmes ** Malaysia + Thailand + Laos + Cambodia = Bandwagoners Edited by Hong Nam, Sep 5 2013, 09:38 PM.
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| gammy322 | Sep 5 2013, 09:28 PM Post #3 |
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One thing is certain, they cannot fool THE PHILIPPINES AND JAPAN!!!
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| Maverick 13330 | Sep 5 2013, 09:46 PM Post #4 |
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With 90million people frugal and thrifty Filipino people patronizing their product still the chinese has the arrogance to say that they could isolate us from their influence.. Imagine if we ban all imports coming from them who they think would be hurt economically? Screw them.. They need us more than we need them. Most of the philippines raw material exports heads to china. I would love to hear from them that they are cutting ties with us. |
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| gammy322 | Sep 5 2013, 10:17 PM Post #5 |
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Yes indeed Mavs, we have the raw materials in making Chinese FAKE PRODUCTS!!!! |
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| Lyndon | Sep 6 2013, 12:32 AM Post #6 |
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And the Filipinos patronizes china's fake products. Worse, we are patronizing their weak steel and now being used in the foundations and columns of pnoy's classrooms. |
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