Everyone there is mixed they’ll say. If they’re gonna be dominated it’s best if it’s the US. They’ve had experience with the Spanish and Japanese-not good. The population is 15% ethnic Chinese. They are the merchant class and rub the country.
My in-law is Filipina and our company has a subsidiary there so I head there for both personal and business reasons. 400 + years of being occupied by the Spanish (and unlike south americans—they DONT SPEAK SPANISH but Tagalog), Americans and Japanese.