MERGED: RP-China Territorial Dispute, Related Events and Updates

[noy.juan]

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toink.... and one time commie think of homosexuality as "one of the effects of capitalist sociality"... thought some have accepted it and some even hold position in the party..

[ed168III]

i beg to disagree. we have already been long invaded by chinese. they have intermarried with our ancestors and now chinese merchants abound everywhere sa pinas. wa na gani halos pinoy merchants.

OT:
ASA NAMAN TONG MGA KA ISTORYAN NAKO NA KA DISCUSS SA AKO KARAAN NA THREAD BEFORE NA "ARE WE READY FOR CHINA?" NAGHILOM NAMAN LAGEH. ABI INGON DI SILA MU INVADE SA ATO TERRITORIES.

they are already filipinos, if they dont consider themselves as a filipino, go back to china, collaborators!!!!!!!!!!!!

[johnjhet2012]

US exploiting PH-China row - Bayan

US exploiting PH-China row - Bayan

By Ron B. Lopez (MB Online)
Published: August 13, 2013

Various Militant groups gathers at the Plaza Salamanca before advancing to the premises of the US Embassy on March 3, 2012. Leftist group Bayan on Tuesday has slammed the planned rotational presence of US Military personnel in the Philippines, and has said that the superpower is taking advantage of the ongoing PH-China row. (Linus GUardian Escandor II)
“Biggest lie.”

This is how militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) on Tuesday describes the Philippine government’s claim that United States will help the PH on its territorial dispute against China as the negotiation for increased U.S. military presence in the country will start this week.

While recognizing the need to stand against ‘assertive’ China, Bayan believes that U.S. will not go ‘head-to-head’ with China as it has “a lot of economic interests” in the communist country.

“The US is merely exploiting the dispute,” Bayan Sec. Renato Reyes said in a statement.

This came a day after Sec. Albert del Rosario announced it will start talks for the framework agreement between Philippines’ Department of National Defense (DND) and U.S.’ Department of Defense allowing increased U.S. rotational presence in the country, which includes pre-positioning of major U.S. equipment.

Del Rosario earlier said that the increased rotational presence will help the country defend its territorial waters amid PH-China dispute over Spratly Islands.

“We stand ready to tap every resource, to call on every alliance, to do what is necessary in order to defend what is ours, to secure our nation and to keep our people safe,” del Rosario said on Monday.

Moreover, the militant group also dismissed the claim that the agreement will ‘modernize’ the poorly-guarded Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

According to Reyes, the US has no intention to modernize the AFP’s equipment, as “it wants to keep the Philippines dependent on US aid.

“PH soldiers are merely being treated to previews of weapons they can never have and methods they will never use. We’ve had US bases for nearly half a century yet our armed forces still did not modernize. We have a VFA [Visiting Forces Agreement] with the US since 1999, our armed forces still did not develop,” Reyes said as Bayan together with other militant groups gathered in front of the DND’s office where the first round of negotiations will be held on Wednesday.

The militant groups are asking for the full details of the agreements with the U.S. regarding “access arrangements for US troops and ships in existing PH military bases,” Reyes said.

Bayan has been protesting the presence of U.S. military in the country for joint exercises and its military bases in Clark, Pampanga and Subic, Zambales.

[johnjhet2012]

we didn't heard that KMU, Bayan Muna, Akbayan, ALU and other parties, make a rally not against "CHINA" why most of them rally against US to pull out the VFA, and junk US. In-spite our own aquatic territorial like spratly island china would claim and own by China.

[lstorya]

Hahayz, dili na ta mag expect og anything else aning mga bugoka. So gusto nila ang mga Chinese manganhi diri sa atoa daun maoy mahimong murag si kinsa? Murag wala tingali ni sila kadungog or kasabot sa term nga "Lesser Evil". Mga bugok, kung papilion mo nga naay musakop, China or US? Mga giatay maoy dahilan nga daghan og discontent dire sa nasod tungod sa ilang ipang istorya.

[M.A.D.]

And they are going to get more pissed because the incoming US ambassador is a former intelligence officer. I do hope america already learned their lesson when they made a mistake on the part of Marcos which really was the turning point that favored China.

[letsee!]

maybe these leftist activists are getting money from communists Chinese.

remember the dutch national who joined the rally during sona and made a policeman on headlines?...why he's heading to china?

[pak88]

Maybe they are in the pockets of China? I see no reason that these groups could come to criticize China given that they have the same ideology. China has really deviated from its roots, conspiring to keep wages low to serve the interest of mulitnationals in search of larger profits. I don't know how these groups can relate to China anymore.

[maria#2454]

unsaon? ngano ingon ana man cya? gibayran guro na cya sa china.

[bleedingboi]

Sagdi na sila. Ang free Zesto juice ug Chicken joy rana ila gi-apas. Wa gani na sila kabalo unsay meaning sa VFA.