The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) commends the New People’s Army (NPA) for the series of successful tactical offensives across the country over the past two months. Various NPA units hav…
China is absolutely powerful enough to do such a thing. It's still bad foreign policy, but they could at the very least sanction their nearby neighbors if they're fucking around.
China is largely in support of maintaining the status quo of all the countries it does business with.
I mean stoppage of upcoming planned foreign direct investment into the country and suspending certain BRI projects that credit the existing government with a win.
I still don't see how this would stop Duterte's government. If China starts going "Stop being a fascist, bro, or we won't give you any more investments" then he's just going to turn to even more US-investment. Either way, the fascist government is going to exist. It's a matter of deciding whether the fascist is going to be western aligned or Chinese-aligned. Nobody likes making deals with fascists, but it's literally the only option, unless you want a Chinese invasion and puppet government.
Similar to Iran and the whole theocracy thing. Nobody likes theocracies but if you wanna survive on the international stage you have to make tenuous alliances with Bad Guys.
I don't see any solution where China has a greater foothold in the philippines than the US does without supporting rebels there. The only reason to support Duerte is short term concerns that are insignificant compared to what the US has already done there. Theyre already a part of the TPP lol.
I don’t see any solution where China has a greater foothold in the philippines than the US does without supporting rebels there.
I don't know how I would quantify who has more influence over Duterte's government, but as it stands now, China has enough influence to keep Duterte from taking hostile actions towards China. I don't care if the USA holds more overall influence, just that China has enough influence to not have another fascist enemy working against them.
China has enough resources to fund communist rebel groups in tons of countries, but they don't because if the rebels either get crushed or end up severing ties with China, then they end up not just losing a potential alliance, but facing ramifications from international organizations that they aren't strong enough to contest right now. They are going with the safer option. Soviet funding of successful rebel groups produced some of the best communist governments of the 20th century, but it was also a massive strain on their national budget and incredibly risky. China is choosing to not do that. I understand both foreign policy methods, but in this specific instance I think the Chinese line is better.
China is absolutely powerful enough to do such a thing. It's still bad foreign policy, but they could at the very least sanction their nearby neighbors if they're fucking around.
China is largely in support of maintaining the status quo of all the countries it does business with.
sanctions are immoral and more often than not hurt the people instead of the political elite causing the problems.
Or you mean other sorts of sanctions?
I mean stoppage of upcoming planned foreign direct investment into the country and suspending certain BRI projects that credit the existing government with a win.
I still don't see how this would stop Duterte's government. If China starts going "Stop being a fascist, bro, or we won't give you any more investments" then he's just going to turn to even more US-investment. Either way, the fascist government is going to exist. It's a matter of deciding whether the fascist is going to be western aligned or Chinese-aligned. Nobody likes making deals with fascists, but it's literally the only option, unless you want a Chinese invasion and puppet government.
Similar to Iran and the whole theocracy thing. Nobody likes theocracies but if you wanna survive on the international stage you have to make tenuous alliances with Bad Guys.
I don't see any solution where China has a greater foothold in the philippines than the US does without supporting rebels there. The only reason to support Duerte is short term concerns that are insignificant compared to what the US has already done there. Theyre already a part of the TPP lol.
I don't know how I would quantify who has more influence over Duterte's government, but as it stands now, China has enough influence to keep Duterte from taking hostile actions towards China. I don't care if the USA holds more overall influence, just that China has enough influence to not have another fascist enemy working against them.
China has enough resources to fund communist rebel groups in tons of countries, but they don't because if the rebels either get crushed or end up severing ties with China, then they end up not just losing a potential alliance, but facing ramifications from international organizations that they aren't strong enough to contest right now. They are going with the safer option. Soviet funding of successful rebel groups produced some of the best communist governments of the 20th century, but it was also a massive strain on their national budget and incredibly risky. China is choosing to not do that. I understand both foreign policy methods, but in this specific instance I think the Chinese line is better.