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China is also increasing their aggression in the south China sea....they built artificial island on shoals and reefs, which by international law are in the Philippine economic zone. But last week they drew lines around these artificial islands and said they own all that territorry. A US navy ship sailed nearby in what has always been international waters. China is pushing propaganda that they chased the ship away but one doubts that is true

They also released a propaganda video on friendship with the Philippines in “sharing” the sea that has been traditionally part of the Philippines for 500 years. But the real danger is that the main shipping route from Europe and the middle east to Korea and Japan passes through there...the alternative route is much longer and more expensive.

The big island of Luzon is on lockdown, and this is making it hard to import rice since no one is working on the paperwork or on the docks. The rice planting season is starting, and we worry about fertilizer etc, but the real problem is that the traditional hunger season is coming, when the last crop has been eaten but the new crop is not ready yet.

There is a “winter” crop which was just harvested but is usually more expensive because it requires irrigation. China is making propaganda when they send shoddy help, but Trump is also helping.

Except for rich families, the people despise China here. Indeed, a lot of folks are blaming the epidemic on the off shore betting casinos which a previous president allowed to come here to promote jobs. Instead, they hired 100 thousand Chinese to work in them, and one estimate is that ten per cent of these workers are military.

Locals here in the Philippines blame the epidemic on these workers and on Chinese tourists who were allowed to visit even though China knew the batflu was contagious

Thanks for the info. I knew about the Islands. I’ve been upset about China for decades—kinda always looked like the same deal as with Hitler to me.

Corporations helped finance his war machine and made big bucks while doing it. Every dime we spend on China products is something they can use to fund their military etc.

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China is also increasing their aggression in the south China sea....they built artificial island on shoals and reefs, which by international law are in the Philippine economic zone. But last week they drew lines around these artificial islands and said they own all that territory.

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Thank your for this insight LadyDoc. I always look forward to your reports from the Philippines even if we see a few things differently at times ... which I won't mention now :)

This theory that China now controls 200 miles around each artificial island has been their motivation all along for building them up. I have been reading stories for years about the U.S., Japan and others disputing this; but, I'm not too swift on the governing international law, how it is resolved etc.

My GUESS is that international matters are ultimately resolved by force.

In that context, I wonder if you would care to share a local perspective on the U.S. withdrawal from our MAJOR Philippines bases in 1992.

Here is my perspective, FWIW:

The GLOBALIST PRESIDENT, George Herbert Walker Bush, allowed these to be shut down over a "Dispute" with the Philippines over a few hundred million a year in rent. (NOTE: In addition to the harbor, these bases covered hundreds of square miles. The "Rent" dispute was PEANUTS compared to the strategic value of these bases in controlling the vital shipping lanes to China.)

This was the same GHWB who negotiated the disastrous WTO and NAFTA treaties, though they were signed and ratified (BY PRIOR AGREEMENT, I AM CERTAIN!) under his colluding "Successor" Bill Clinton.

The final base closures also took place during the TRANSITION period AFTER the 1992 election and before Mr. Crooked took office.

ALL PLANNED NO DOUBT ... to weaken America and strengthen China.