Punto de Vista: Pag-uusap ng China at Pilipinas para mahupa ang ensyon sa West Philippine Sea
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00:00According to critics of President Ferdinand Armacost Jr., his path is wrong, connected to his policy in the West Philippines.
00:20According to these critics, the President is bringing our country closer to the danger of war.
00:27His re-friendship or strengthening of our mutual defense treaty in America is the key to our relationship with China.
00:39Because China is an enemy of America.
00:43These critics are saying that we should not use America.
00:51They are saying that our President is only using America.
00:57But I think our President is just being practical.
01:02Because we have proven for 6 years that we want to be friends with China, we became very friendly with it.
01:11Our former President, Sir Rodrigo Duterte, had what is called a China pivot.
01:17But what happened?
01:19It continued to be aggressive in our exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea.
01:26We have nothing left.
01:30And in this situation, our President decided to change the strategy.
01:38To use and revive our alliance with America because we have a mutual defense treaty.
01:45But it did not end there.
01:47He expanded this alliance and included Japan, Australia, and the countries of the European Union.
01:57That is an effective way to deal with a bully.
02:02Show the bully that something bad will happen if he continues to bully.
02:10And the best way to do that is to offer it the opportunity that something bad might happen to it because there is something stronger.
02:17An alliance that will be stronger to check its power.
02:20That is what President Marcos did.
02:23The alliance with America and other countries is a sign to China that you should be careful in being aggressive.
02:33Because we have allies.
02:36We admit that we are weak.
02:39If our weapons are weak compared to China, we have nothing to say.
02:43The number of our airplanes and ships, we have nothing to say.
02:47But our alliance with the US and other countries is what we call deterrence.
02:55And there is another strategy that happened during the time of President Marcos.
03:00And that is the entry of the media to cover what is happening in the West Philippine Sea.
03:06That is why the media spread all over the world, not just in the Philippines, the aggression of China.
03:14And because of this, China was put on the defensive.
03:18What others say, especially the critics, is dangerous.
03:24We are approaching war.
03:27There are monster ships surrounding our territory.
03:34And Senator Marcos said, I mentioned this yesterday,
03:39there are 25 hypersonic missiles heading towards us.
03:46Are we going to be scared?
03:50War?
03:53But despite this threat,
03:56what happened last Tuesday?
03:59There was a top-level conversation between China and the Philippines.
04:05Chen Xiaodong of China, their Vice Foreign Secretary,
04:12and Undersecretary Teresa Lazaro of the Department of Foreign Affairs,
04:18talked and agreed that even though we have differences in position with China,
04:25we should continue to talk about diplomacy.
04:30And there was another good conversation,
04:34there will be a scientific conference, scientific dialogue,
04:39for the scientists of China and the Philippines to talk about common interests.
04:48So is this a war? No.
04:51This proves that if we don't give up our rights,
04:57if we tell China that we are a small country,
05:02but we are not going to give up easily,
05:05are they going to take us seriously?
05:08Are they going to make fun of us?
05:10It's like bullying.
05:12If you show to the bully that even though you are small,
05:16you know how to assert your rights,
05:19and you have stronger allies that you can confront,
05:24you will be humiliated.
05:26You will not be ignored easily.
05:31That is what we are proving today.
05:34Is this a war?
05:36It's not a war, but diplomacy is the solution.
05:41And we have seen that diplomacy again,
05:47because we showed courage and courage to confront China,
05:54and not only did we show fear.
05:57Not fear, but courage.
06:01That is my point of view for today.
06:04Thank you very much, and I will see you again in the studio.
06:10Thank you very much, Professor Contreras.