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MANILA, PHILIPPINES – THE PHILIPPINE MILITARY IS INVESTIGATING A REPORT THAT THOUSANDS OF CHINESE SOLDIERS ARE IN THE PHILIPPINES ON AN UNDERCOVER MISSION, AS SENATORS PROBE THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THE FAST-GROWING NUMBER OF CHINESE ONLINE CASINO WORKERS IN THE COUNTRY.
HE CLAIMED THAT PLA MEMBERS MAY HAVE INFILTRATED POGOS FOR INTELLIGENCE GATHERING AFTER IDENTIFICATION CARDS OF ALLEGED PLA MEMBERS WERE DISCOVERED FROM TWO ARRESTED CHINESE SUSPECTS IN A SHOOTING INCIDENT IN MAKATI CITY LAST WEEK.
LACSON SAID OFFICIALS "HAVE EVERY REASON TO BE CONCERNED" ABOUT THE PRESENCE OF CHINESE TROOPS IN THE COUNTRY AMID MANILA"S LONG-STANDING DISPUTE WITH BEIJING OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. CHINA CLAIMS ALMOST THE ENTIRE GLOBAL WATERWAY, INCLUDING AREAS THE PHILIPPINES CLAIMS AND OCCUPIES AS THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA.
RENE P. ACOSTA COVERS DEFENSE, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND NATIONAL SECURITY FOR THE PAPER. HE HAD WRITTEN FOR A NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS, INCLUDING ABROAD BEFORE HE JOINED BUSINESSMIRROR. HIS WORKS HAD APPEARED IN THE CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AND ASIA PACIFIC DEFENSE FORUM, BOTH IN THE US. HE TOOK UP REGIONAL SECURITY WITH THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, US. HE IS CURRENTLY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE DEFENSE PRESS CORPS OF THE PHILIPPINES WHICH HE HAD HEADED IN 2009.
CHINA HAD SINCE BLOCKED FILIPINO FISHERMEN FROM THAT AREA WEST OF ZAMBALES WHICH MANILA CLAIMS AS PART OF THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA. THIS PROMPTED THE PHILIPPINES TO FILE A CASE FOR INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, WHICH IT WON. THE ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL INVALIDATED CHINA"S SWEEPING CLAIM TO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, AND CALLED OUT BEIJING FOR VIOLATING FILIPINOS" TRADITIONAL FISHING RIGHTS IN SCARBOROUGH. CHINA REJECTS THE LANDMARK RULING AND INSISTS ON OWNING THE VAST GLOBAL WATERWAY.
「THE CHINESE ARE GOING TO BE HAPPY ABOUT THIS, SEEING A BIG HOLE POKED IN THE FIRST-ISLAND CHAIN,」 SAID FABRIZIO BOZZATO, TAIWAN STRATEGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION FELLOW WHO SPECIALIZES IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC. 「THEY MAY ALSO SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY IN THE EXTRA-MILITARY DIMENSION IN THE SENSE THAT THEY WILL INCREASE THEIR FINANCIAL COMMITMENT TO THE PHILIPPINES, START BUILDING SOME INFRASTRUCTURE.」
CRIMES AND ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES IN THE COUNTRY INVOLVING CHINESE MAY BE CONSIDERED “ISOLATED” BY THE CHINESE EMBASSY IN MANILA BUT NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE EASILY BRUSHED OFF BY LAW ENFORCERS, ACCORDING TO PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP) CHIEF OF DIRECTORIAL STAFF POLICE LIEUTENANT GENERAL GUILLERMO ELEAZAR.
IN HIS FIRST STATE VISIT TO CHINA IN OCTOBER 2016, PRESIDENT DUTERTE ANNOUNCED TO THE CHINESE PEOPLE: 「I』VE REALIGNED MYSELF IN YOUR IDEOLOGICAL FLOW XXX. SO I WILL BE DEPENDENT ON YOU FOR ALL TIME.」 PRESIDENT DUTERTE DECLARED HIMSELF A VASSAL OF CHINA FOR LIFE AND BEYOND. NOW, HE WANTS FILIPINOS TO JOIN HIM BY MAKING THE PHILIPPINES A PROVINCE OF CHINA.
SINCE TAKING OFFICE IN 2016, DUTERTE HAS REPEATEDLY CRITICIZED THE US AND US OFFICIALS. THE US, WHICH RULED THE PHILIPPINES AS A COLONY IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY, REMAINS CLOSE WITH THE PHILIPPINES AND IS VERY POPULAR THERE — AS IS DUTERTE, WHO HAD 87% APPROVAL IN DECEMBER.
IN ADDITION TO COURTING THE PHILIPPINES, CHINA HAS USED ITS CLOUT AND ECONOMIC MIGHT TO BRING OTHER SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES INTO ITS SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, INCLUDING CAMBODIA, WHICH AMERICAN OFFICIALS FEAR IS BEING TURNED BY BEIJING INTO A MILITARY OUTPOST FOR CHINESE AMBITIONS.
ACTING SOUTHERN POLICE DISTRICT DIRECTOR COL. EMMANUEL PERALTA SAID THEY ARE LOOKING INTO THE GROWING TREND OF VIOLENT ENCOUNTERS AMONG THE CHINESE AND THE POSSIBILITY OF CREDIT SCHEMES IN PHILIPPINE OFFSHORE GAMING OPERATORS BEING RELATED TO SUCH INCIDENTS.
HE DID NOT DISCOUNT THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE DOLLARS WERE BROUGHT IN NOT ONLY FOR MONEY LAUNDERING PURPOSES, BUT ALSO TO FUND CERTAIN ACTIVITIES FOR THE STATE SUCH AS GATHERING INTELLIGENCE OR CREATING A SECRET ARMY OF CHINESE SOLDIERS OR MILITIA THAT MAY TAKE ACTION UPON ORDERS FROM BEIJING. SENATE MINORITY LEADER FRANKLIN DRILON SAID THE INFLUX OF CASH DOLLARS FROM CHINESE TOURISTS WOULD SURELY ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF THE FINANCIAL ACTION TASK FORCE (FATF), THE GLOBAL WATCHDOG FOR MONEY LAUNDERING.
THE DECISION TO TERMINATE IT CAME SHORTLY AFTER US SENATORS VOTED IN FAVOUR OF A RESOLUTION INVOKING THE MAGNITSKY ACT TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS AGAINST SENIOR FILIPINO SECURITY FORCES FIGURES RESPONSIBLE FOR THOUSANDS OF EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS IN THE DRUG WAR AND FOR THE PROLONGED DETENTION OF SENATOR LEILA DE LIMA, A PROMINENT CRITIC OF THE DUTERTE ADMINISTRATION.
SHE ADDED THAT SERVICES ARE BEING ADVERTISED INMANDARIN THROUGH THE MESSAGING APP WECHAT, PRIMARILY TO CATER TO WORKERS IN THEPOGO INDUSTRY. 「THESE ARE CRIMINAL ACTS. THESE ARE VIOLATIONS OF OURLAWS, AND TOUR AGENCIES ARE ADVERTISING THEM FREELY,」 THE SENATOR SAID AS SHEREVEALED SCREENSHOTS OF WECHAT MESSAGES AT A MONDAY SENATE HEARING ON THE LINKOF THE BOOM OF POGO TO PROSTITUTION DENS IN THE COUNTRY.
MORE STRANGE IS THE DECISION OF THIS ADMINISTRATION, THROUGH FORMER AFP CHIEF BENJAMIN MADRIGAL JR., TO SIGN A DEAL MISLATEL (RENAMED DITO TELECOMMUNITY), WHICH WILL ALLOW THIS CHINA-BACKED TELCO TO SET UP EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN MILITARY CAMPS AND INSTALLATIONS, AND CONSEQUENTLY ALLOW, TOO, ITS CHINESE PERSONNEL TO ENTER OUR MILITARY ESTABLISHMENTS, SURELY GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN INFORMATION OF A CONFIDENTIAL NATURE RELATIVE TO THE DEFENSE OF THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO, WHICH CLEARLY MAY BE USED TO THE INJURY OF THE PHILIPPINES.
“KASI ‘PAG HINDI NATIN KAYA (IF WE CAN’T DO IT), WE HAVE NO BUSINESS BEING A REPUBLIC. YOU MIGHT AS WELL CHOOSE. WE CAN BE A TERRITORY OF THE AMERICANS, OR WE CAN BE A PROVINCE OF CHINA, KUNG HINDI NATIN KAYA,” DUTERTE SAID IN A SPEECH AT THE 2020 ANI NG DANGAL AWARDS IN MALACANANG.
WITHOUT THE 1951 MUTUAL DEFENSE TREATY (MDT) THAT HAS GOVERNED SECURITY RELATIONS WITH THE U.S. FOR THE PAST SEVEN DECADES, CHINA WILL HAVE FREE REIN IN THE SPRATLYS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA WHERE ITS ALL-ENCOMPASSING NINE-DASHED LINE MAP CONFLICTS WITH THE CLAIMS OF THE PHILIPPINES, VIETNAM, MALAYSIA, BRUNEI, AND TAIWAN.
BUT CHANGING POINTS OF VIEW IN BUSINESS, PARTICULARLY IN FAMILY ENTERPRISES THAT RESIST CHANGE, IS NOT OFTEN DONE, EVEN IF WARRANTED. THIS IS UNFORTUNATE, BECAUSE LOOKING AT MATTERS FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE OFTEN SPELLS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUCCESS AND FAILURE.
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THEY HAVE BEEN TARGETED BY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT BOTHER TO MAKE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN ORDINARY CHINOYS, MANY OF WHOM ARE EVEN MORE LOYAL TO THE PHILIPPINES THAN DUTERTE AND HIS COHORT, AND THE CHINESE GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BENEFITTING FROM THE DUTERTE REGIME — THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY AND POLITICAL AND BUSINESS LEADERS IN THE PHILIPPINES WHO HAPPEN TO BE CHINESE.
BALIKATAN 2018 IN ZAMBALES IN THIS MAY 09, 2018, PHOTO, U.S. AND PHILIPPINE MARINES STORM THE BEACH TO SIMULATE A RAID DURING THE JOINT U.S.-PHILIPPINES MILITARY EXERCISE DUBBED BALIKATAN 2018 AT THE NAVAL TRAINING EXERCISE COMMAND, A FORMER US NAVAL BASE, AND FACING THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AT SAN ANTONIO TOWNSHIP, ZAMBALES PROVINCE. INQUIRER FILE/EDWIN BACASMAS

 

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