Philippines says pact with Japan takes defense ties to unprecedented high

High or not, wont beat a giant like China.

Need new thinking.

A "BDS " like campaign against Chinese manufacturing would do more methinks.

Do whatever you want..

China rules..

LOL

Do whatever you want..

China rules..

We can do whatever we want, precisely because China does not rule. And they never will. Get comfortable with that fact.

LOL.

CNN featured an article on China's "monster" coast guard ship this morning. There is no way either the US or the Philippines will be able to counter this - except through shunning and offshoring. As China finds itself increasingly excluded from the international world, including from its own neighbors, and as it finds attracting western manufacturers to its shores increasingly difficult, it may moderate. Remember, due to the multitude of challenges China faces with its aging society and post-property bubble economy, the last thing it needs is further isolation.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/08/asia/china-monster-coast-guard-ship-philippines-intl-hnk-ml/index.html

Do whatever you want..

China rules..

LOL

Communist China rules nothing. What they manufacture is shoddy rubbish, they bully neighbours because they are greedy and only focused on material gains, the people hate the idea of freedom, they cannot make friends, and they are not respected or liked anywhere in the free, democratic world.

The Japan-Philippines alliance is a great thing - and there will be many more in the region.

They need to, for the same reason as it ever was - at least since WW2. China is a Communist monster and until that changes Japan needs all the allies it can get to project itself and counteract the CCP, make them think twice.

And China has been pulling some crap lately with their navy. A Pacific alliance is needed to make sure China doesn't do anything really stupid.

Completely omits the fact that Taiwan has the same maritime claims as mainland China and thus effectively supports it. An odd oversight.

China owns the Philippines

Filipinos don't even trust their own government

I don't understand how Japan can take this seriously

Not hatin, just sayin what is obvious

Futaro Gamagori

Today 12:45 pm JST

China owns the Philippines

> Filipinos don't even trust their own government

> I don't understand how Japan can take this seriously

> Not hatin, just sayin what is obvious

If someone owns the Philippines, at the moment it's actually the US

So wondering what Japan can do to help when the US don't or can't

China claims much of the South China Sea, a conduit for the bulk of northeast Asia's trade with the rest of the world in which Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims.

Wondering also why the other claimants are being mentioned now.

Whereas before the Philippines tried to drag China into arbitration as if only the two of them are the claimants

@ian

That's how the Philippines make the USA think

But in reality, most politians are under China's payroll

The Philippines are benefiting a lot from the Chinese Government

JJEToday  12:00 pm JST

Completely omits the fact that Taiwan has the same maritime claims as mainland China and thus effectively supports it. An odd oversight.

Look it's the favorite copy paste. Still China's Warmongering and China's Disgrace.

ianToday  01:15 pm JST

So wondering what Japan can do to help when the US don't or can't

A previous article seemed to indicate the Philippines refuses to ask the US for direct assistance with the shoal.

Whereas before the Philippines tried to drag China into arbitration as if only the two of them are the claimants

Only China is acting on its disgraceful impulses.

“Tokyo, which hosts the biggest concentration of U.S. forces abroad”

No. Tokyo doesn't. Okinawa does. And we are not happy about it!

I'm Filipino and I absolutely welcome this. Japan may not be the partner that will bark and bite a lot like a certain common ally across the Pacific, but something to beef up defense cooperation is indeed good for both sides. Japan has been a major trade partner and a source of foreign investment for the Philippines and I guess it wouldn't hurt if the JSDF can get more boots on Philippine soil. Both countries as disaster-prone and Japan excels in HA/DR operations, we're gonna need that in this climate. Foes yesterday, allies today and hopefully until tomorrow.

Completely omits the fact that Taiwan has the same maritime claims as mainland China and thus effectively supports it. An odd oversight.

Taiwans claims are independant of China's claims, and they only support Taiwanese claims, not Chinese claims. That they both claim certain islands is irrelevant and unremarkable, and they are in clear oposition to each other. They are clearl competing claims. Apart from that obvious point, China uses belligerence and hostility where as Taiwan is much more mature and civilized in its behaviour regarding its claims.