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Every evidence suggests that the Digong way of going like that to China and hoping they'll be nice to us,
00:06.3
in fact, as Duterte put it, you know, be meek and humble and you'll get mercy from China,
00:11.6
that thesis has been completely disproven.
00:14.6
And let's not forget, it was under Digong that the Reed Bank-Recto Bank incident happened,
00:18.9
na muntik naman tayo yung mga more than a dozen Filipino, yung Jemver incident.
00:22.8
Nangyari din sa mga iba't-ibang area ng Kalean Group of Finance, inarmada tayo ng mga militia nila.
00:28.5
So it's absolutely clear, absolutely clear, that the Digong way of dealing with China, it just doesn't work.
00:35.5
Zero concessions from China on any important issue.
00:39.8
Zero big-ticket infrastructure projects.
00:42.0
Therefore, yung mga invested sa ganyan policy na may zero, right, zero real dividends for the Philippines,
00:49.1
have zero moral ascendancy and arguably zero intellectual capital, right, to lecture us on what to do moving forward.
00:57.3
Now, having said that...
00:58.5
I am still for engagement with China.
01:00.9
I'm still for exploring the best possible compromise there.
01:05.6
But we have to be clear with our red lines.
01:08.2
And we have to be clear that as much as we welcome high-quality investments from China,
01:12.0
that should not come at the expense of our sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea.
01:15.6
And at the end of the day, any investments that comes in, it has to be mutually beneficial.
01:19.9
And it has to rely also on the Filipino technology or at least Filipino labor.
01:23.9
It has to hire Filipino workers.
01:25.8
And it has to be high-quality, sustainable.
01:28.5
It has to be environmentally-friendly infrastructure projects.
01:31.3
Now, as long as we can keep those basics clear in our engagement with China,
01:35.0
I have no problem whatsoever dealing with them.
01:37.1
But those red lines have to be clear.
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And once those red lines became clear,
01:42.3
then I think we can have a very good relationship with China.
01:45.2
Because guess what?
01:46.4
The country I am in right now, Singapore, has a fantastic relationship with China.
01:49.4
Well, they don't have territorial disputes.
01:50.5
But, you know, every time they had a problem, they stood their ground.
01:53.0
Now, Indonesia, nung binuli sila ng China sa North Tatunasi,
01:56.7
nagpadala sila ng mga F-16 fighter,
01:58.7
nagbumunta dyan sa Jokowi,
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nagpadala sila ng warships,
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they stood their ground.
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And now, Indonesia and China have fantastic relationship.
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In fact, China just finished yung Bandung project nila.
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Yung Bandung-Jakarta high-speed railway project nila.
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So, I can go on and on with many examples.
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Australia, for instance.
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For many years, ang laki ng problema nila with China.
02:16.0
And China was angry at them for introducing, you know,
02:19.3
counter-influence operations kind of legislations
02:23.1
for restricting Chinese investments in their critical infrastructure,
02:28.5
For calling for independent investigation
02:30.1
in the source of origins of COVID-19.
02:32.3
But China kept on, you know, threatening them.
02:34.5
They said they will impose sanctions.
02:35.9
And in the end, Australia stood its ground.
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And now, you have Australian Prime Minister Albanese
02:40.2
going to China and everything went more or less well.
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So, that's the point.
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If you stand your ground, hindi ka magpa-intimidate,
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hindi ka mag-tutol, katulad nung isa, right,
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you will get their grudging respect.
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And then, you can negotiate for a good, proper compromise
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dyan sa West Philippine Sea.
02:56.3
But compromise doesn't mean,
02:58.5
peace under conditions of subjugation.
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It has to be a just peace.
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And it has to be a peace and a compromise
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that is in accordance dun sa ating saligang batas
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and prevailing modern international law,
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the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
03:13.0
And we already have a ruling on that.
