Filipino and US forces are restarting a two-week joint military exercise which was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
President Rodrigo Duterte cancelled his country’s defence pact with Washington last year.
But with regional tensions rising and China expanding its military presence, he has reversed that decision.
Al Jazeera’s Jamela Alindogan reports from Manila, Philippines.
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China has trapped itself in a hole it has dug and forgot to bring a ladder
After many generations of the one child policy, the average chinese person has to earn ONE salary, to support the life of 4, 5, or 6 people (parents, grandparents, self, child). And as chinese labour stop being cheap like before, the time window for the China Boom is slowly closing.
If China plays by the rules, it will suffer a second century of humiliation. But most probably Beijing will not accept the idea of suffering honourably. It will lie, rob, scam, and steal to stay alive. WW3 is inevitable.
CHINA THE LAND OF EXOTIC VIRUSES
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CHINA IS TRASH
Love Phillipines from Taiwan 🇹🇼
Hong Kong as well 🇭🇰
we Singapore although is a tiny nation we too support our asean brother👍
TAIWAN IS BEING USED AS A PUPPET BY THE USA!
We are talking about Philippine，this guy suddenly bring out Taiwan. Makes me really think that china is no 1. No 1 in making enemies of the world.
Taiwan is real China!
SMASH US SCUMS 💪🇷🇺 URRAAAA!!!
Isla na inaagaw ng insik bakit di lagyan ng tao.
Does China have ANY allies in case of war?
They’re starting trouble with ALL their neighbors.
If war breaks out and Taiwan, India, Vietnam, Japan, S Korea, Philipines, Australia,(Tibet), all gang up on China, plus the USA, China will get crushed.
War with no friends is not fun.
China got Russia, Russia meanwhile just deployed 80000 troops near Ukraine Border.
War is coming…Russia and China is up to something
Ez clapped
y’all better not start a war
my order from china hasn’t arrived yet
china wants USA out of Sea because china wants to acquire more land and sea area…
a greedy country. already a rich nation but still wants to acquire area. to the extent of not playing by the rules of UNCLOS.
the philippines should from its history… foreign power always wants natural resources of the philippines… SPAIN. USA. JAPAN. BRITAIN.. even chinese li ma hong.
Pinakamahina at palpak na presidente ng pilipinas Duterte Hindi dapat naging presidente
Many filipino’s hate duterte’s being a stupid kissing china’s toes but we are full support on what the US is helping us i really hope in next years elections their would finally be a president that are really good going in threats and knows how to handle the REAL enemies of such country.
give back Subic Bay to US Navy again
USA should arm PH with the latest hi- tech weapons all around under soft loan negotiations so that it can protect itself…transfer tech too if possible!
Duterte is a traitor. He is China’s pet. We can’t rely on him to protect our sovereignty. I’m glad that a powerful nation had stepped up to help us. China is a coward, bullying smaller countries. They should pick somebody their own size, like India and the United States.
why did they interview hontiveros shes pretty much useless as a senator
Guy’s let’s pray that on war Will happen i wanna live peaceful
If US would use the VFA as a bargaining chip to force the philippines to settle down with US’s demands, then Ph wont restore it 100% then US may lose leverage over the south china sea and maintain a strong presence and protection fo its local PH investments and control of soouth china sea. Etong si Hontiveros, napakakitid ng pagiisip…
Duterte is such a joke!! He tried to play both sides and got burned by the Chinese. This just proves that you cannot trust the CCP they have a history of breaking agreements.
wag ka ng magbabalita tungkol sa pilipinas kung kasiraan lang ni du30 .. si rissa virus pang opposition ang napili mong magsalita puro kasiraan ng gobyerno ang bukang bibig. . get mo?
Good Philippine s
Support from the UK
Stand strong Philippines and defend your sovereignty
luko luko ka hontivirus lahat ng oposisyon puro bunganga walang gawa anu ba ginawa ng admin noon nung 2012 nirereclaim na ng china yung islands sa wps
China must fall…!!!
The only thing China will understand is strength, you don’t back down or appease a bully. Duterte as President of the Philippines should have the interest of the Philippine people and its territorial economic zones as non negotiable. It is remarkable how silent he has been about this issue that goes to the heart of Filipino sovereignty in protecting their own economic resources of their EEZ. Very strange actions by Duterte by not saying a word to the Filipino people publicly. What kind of leader is that.
Ai NAko honteveros hahhaah
The Armed Forces of the Philippines wants to defend our territory, but the commander-in-chief (President Duterte) is a China lapdog. He only wants what’s best and beneficial for his boss, Xi Jin Ping.
Duarte is confused but will soon be taught a lesson by China. China will nuke the US and democracy will end. I have foreseen this.
Philippines = expendable fish farm for China — then a floating missile battery.
Risa lugaw!
Sampal kay riza poro critics para mapansin.
President with no balls in protecting its country. He is only good in threatening with no actions.
President duturte is a coward he can only beg the U.S.A for help 😭😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😂🤣🤣🤣😂
putang ina mo hontiveros…sabihin mo sa harap ng sundalo yan..
Why did you guys interview Risa Hontiveros? She doesn’t want the Philipine military to be strenghtened because it will harm her NPA allies.
whitsun reef is a test for duterte response
Chinese government, IF YOU REALLY WANT A WAR. LET’S DO IT IT WITH A BOXING MATCH,, YOUR ALL BOXERS VS PHILIPPINES PINOY BOXERS,,WHO WIN MANY FIGHTS WILL WIN.. IF WE WIN YOU HAVE TO STOP YOUR GREEDY PLANS.. WILL YOU ACCEPT THAT CHALLENGE A GENTLEMAN FIGHT.. THEN IF YOU DON’T ACCEPT IT CLEARLY MEANS YOU CHINESE PEOPLES ARE NOTHING
CHINESE GOVERNMENT,, YOU WILL SEE, I’D YOU DON’T STOP YOUR GREEDY EVIL PLANS THERE WILL GONNA BE HAPPEN UNEXPECTEDLY IN YOUR COUNTRY,, IT WILL RAIN FIRE IN YOUR SOIL,, MARK MY WORD
The Philippines should cut all diplomatic ties with China for not respecting the sovereignty of the Philippines. This is not a declaration of war so there should not be any form of massacre to happen. Above all President Duterte should at least protect the dignity of the country. Claiming that Philippine is no match against China’s power is a given, but which country is going to war? The Philippines is a strategically located country and China will lose out on that. Meanwhile the Philippine should create closer military alliance with India, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, South Korea, etc.
I love U.S. better than gotham..
Destroy china
Many countries support Philippines
But Philippine government not support their country
The Visiting Forces Agreement is far outweighed by the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty ratified by both Houses of Congress of the USA and the Republic of the Philippines and signed by the US Secretary of State and Philippines Foreign Secretary in the presence of President Harry Truman and Philippine President Elpidio Quirino and many high officials of both countries.
that’s the thing when the president withdraw from the defensive pact China saw this as an opportunity to expand while the country is weak
don’t forget they have a great old strategist
sun tzu
“Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise. All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.”
I though the Philippines didn’t like the US anymore.
Support for the Philippines from Mars
From the US. We made this monster by giving China most favored nation trading status. We relocated factories to China and most of our manufacturing. CHINA learned it’s lesson well, industrial might is what wins wars.
West Philippine Sea Ms. Reporter!
Naalala ko nung nangangampanya si duterte puro mga chinese mgq nasa likod nya habang nagsasalita.. bataan talaga si duterte ng mag chinese
that long line of fishing ships really a tasty target for A10-warthog go Brrrrtttt . . . .
Welcome to the Era of War on Water
The US wants to “strengthen our military” with their military materiel through military aid. But the question is, we had been “friends” since 1898, why haven’t they strengthened our economy so we could buy or have our own military industry? Why did they make China the factory of their economy, that allowed China to have that dramatic rise, and not the Philippines?
Why the US of A has Military bases around the world? Like in Japan, S. Korea, Australia, Taiwan, Germany, Italy, Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel, Kuwait, formerly Subic Naval base, former Clark Air base, just to name a few.
Didn’t the Philippines make a deal with china not long ago ? They just can’t be trusted
Duterte tuta na ng china
Mean while india yeee boy Philippine did u forget us
🇺🇸🤝🇵🇭 god bless the Philippines 🙏🏻
US should teach China a lesson it’ll remember forever 🇺🇸🇻🇮🌎
I think our US government needs to reassess this for 6 months so the Philippines leader can have his independent policy. He has nothing to back it up of course when the Chinese navy is circling he Philippines like angry sharks. Maybe for the sake of his people he will show a little appreciation which is something the US so rarely receives from the countries it rescued in WW2. Remember General Douglas MacArthur came back to save the people.
Honteverus the vuris should Shut up the Useless senator in Philippines
The only way to teach China a lesson is to stand up to it like India did.Thereafter China wants deescalation.
Period
Really? You interviewed a virus senator.. risa hontivirus 😁. Words coming from a garbage like her..
Time to move on from Duterte and get rid of Chinese influence in the Philippines.
Didn’t they kicked out the US so they can forge closer ties with China? 😒
If theres going a war my town is very close to southe china sea I hope theres no war 😭
INDONESIA SUPPORT THE PHILLIPINES,
THE GREAT COUNTRY INDONESIA…
This is great news to hear. Hopefully we can all be a strong fighting force together in the future when the unfortunate inevitable conflict with China begins. In the end though, it is the only real practical answer.
There they are, acting like a peace keeper/ superhero, where in fact US killed millions of people in the history of mankind including Filipinos. And right now Asians are being bullied and harmed in their country.
What can we do the current admin loves the ccp
China even stated it has the rightful claim to the Hawaiian islands, so we will have to see if they decide to push that narrative. In the meantime, The USA is proud to stand with the Phillipines (without trying to push some pro-American narrative I hope).
Love to Phillipnes from the USA.
dds team love china soo much😅
Hoi hontevus matagal kanang virus sa bansa natin
Duterte remain silent? 😂😂😂 fvck off al jazeera.
America please help defend Philippines against evil china
Strongest Allies but cannot give free visa in US. But the US citizens are free visa when they r coming in our country
Thank you US Navy and Marine Corps!
Riza Hontivirus 👎👎👎👎👎
AlJazeera is doing USA a service.
Duterte the puppet of china.
Fighting over fish? Waste of time
World peace 🙏
China, Philippines & Russia against the world. 🇨🇳🇸🇽🇷🇺
i would rather die then be a red commie.
For duterte it is an honor to die for the chinese
Of course they did.
That’s good but the Philippines should also be careful because US has its so called “Interest” specially when it comes to oil and other resources.
The Philippines should be more independent in defending there own soverenity and territory rather than just relying to other nation to defend the country. They should start building our own industries that would provide equipments and assets like ships, tanks and rifles.
Collaborating to other nations to gain knowledge and experience to new technologies like missiles, planes and radars.
took the Pinoys a while to renew that alliance but I’m glad they did
Can’t complain China’s agressive behavior for geopolitical dominance, after what had happened to them in “The Century of Humiliation”. However, this does not justify the reasons to bully, abuse its smaller, poorer neighbors into submission.
Support for the Philippines, from Mars.
Duterte and biden: Let’s wait for it
Marcos when he’s a president: bomb that shits
US Army is a terrorist organization that causes thousands of civillian deaths each year.
tanginamo hintivirus puro ka dada hayop ka… wala ka naitulong sa bansa
hontiveros still sending fake news…
why not ask Aquino about that? dont blame duterte
USA USA USA
The US regime is not reliable and will only declare ‘ i shall return’ if there is indeed going to be an actual war in the philippines. Check the history. Obama even declared hands off policy when former President Noy Aquino request US help on the issue of west philippine sea.
I will consider China to be top dog when people start to immigrate to China more than they do to America or Europe.
Even Chinese immigrate to US and Europe rather than Americans or Europeans vying for Chinese citizenship.
CCP is paper tiger and hides the blackside of Chinese life.
Nice. There is hope
Hontiveros is talking sheyt.
@1:29 we are weak. That’s a fact. We can’t even rival Taiwan in military prowess. Haiys. Senator, ok ka lang?