Comments on: Does negotiating with China make sense for the Philippines? https://www.policyforum.net/negotiating-china-make-sense-philippines/ The APPS Policy Forum a public policy website devoted to Asia and the Pacific. Fri, 07 Apr 2017 04:58:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.7 By: Luis https://www.policyforum.net/negotiating-china-make-sense-philippines/#comment-8778 Fri, 07 Apr 2017 04:58:36 +0000 http://www.policyforum.net/?p=11393#comment-8778 I think it’s best to keep your allies close and your enemies even closer, as the famous saying goes.

]]> By: Nico https://www.policyforum.net/negotiating-china-make-sense-philippines/#comment-7304 Sat, 09 Jul 2016 12:33:20 +0000 http://www.policyforum.net/?p=11393#comment-7304 agreed.

]]> By: Truthseeker https://www.policyforum.net/negotiating-china-make-sense-philippines/#comment-7303 Sat, 09 Jul 2016 09:37:18 +0000 http://www.policyforum.net/?p=11393#comment-7303 The author states negotiating with the Chinese makes sense for the Philippines “only if the Philippines manages to leverage the outcome of
the arbitration case in future talks with China.” However, according to an Monday article in PRC mouthpiece China Daily, China will negotiate with the Philippines only if Manila ignores the arbitration ruling which legal experts widely expect to favor the Philippines. There would be nothing for the Philippines to “leverage” under China’s “generous” negotiation conditions.

Duterte has been all over the board regarding his position on negotiations with China. Recently he asked China to build a railway in exchange for silence and inaction on the part of the Philippines on maritime disputes. On another occasion he volunteered to “jet ski” to Scarborough shoal and confront the Chinese himself rather than give up one square centimeter of sacred Philippine soil.

With leadership like that Filipinos should renew their faith in God.

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