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US Can't Use Philippines Bases for China Offensive, Marcos Says - Bloomberg
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i predict that China's attitude towards The Phillipines, Indonesia and Vietnam will be of paramount importance in deciding the outcome of all of the South China Sea conflicts.
if they treat them as equals, they'll reap peaceful benefits.
if they want to subjugate them, they'll drive them straight into the hands of NATO + AUKUS + EU, and that will be China's downfall.
we can afford to wait for the Chinese invasion of Taiwan, all we need to do is prep the area with asymetrical warfare tools and train the locals on how to use those.
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Marcos says Philippines bases could be 'useful' if Taiwan attacked
Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Thursday that granting U.S. access to Philippine military bases was a defensive step that would be "useful" if China attacked Taiwan.
www.reuters.com
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Experts say the U.S., for its part, sees the Philippines as a potential location for weapons to counter a Chinese amphibious invasion of Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said after a meeting with Philippine officials last month it was "too early" to discuss what assets the United States would like to station at Philippine bases.
Speaking earlier on Thursday to a U.S. think thank, Marcos said he told China's foreign minister that the EDCA sites were not intended for "offensive action". He also said Washington had not asked the Philippines to provide troops if there were a war over Taiwan.
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Marcos said the Philippines had "made a good start" in talks with China about contentious fishing rights.
"I explained to President Xi that last year was the first year in the entire history of the Philippines where we had to import fish, which is a ridiculous situation for a country that consists of 7,100-plus islands," he said.
"I told President Xi ... perhaps we can take the little step of allowing, once again, our fishermen to ply their trade," he added.
Marcos also said his country and China needed to resolve disputes over oil and gas exploration as quickly as possible.
i predict that China's attitude towards The Phillipines, Indonesia and Vietnam will be of paramount importance in deciding the outcome of all of the South China Sea conflicts.
if they treat them as equals, they'll reap peaceful benefits.
if they want to subjugate them, they'll drive them straight into the hands of NATO + AUKUS + EU, and that will be China's downfall.
we can afford to wait for the Chinese invasion of Taiwan, all we need to do is prep the area with asymetrical warfare tools and train the locals on how to use those.