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“Will the rest of the world, Europe. Australia and even the US of A wage war other than words, words and more words, over the bullying China does?”
In a question and answer forum in Singapore, he said if a Filipino citizen is killed while in the South China Sea, that would be “very, very close to what we would define as an act of war,” implying it would be reason to invoke a mutual defense treaty with our ally, the US of A.But is ASEAN listening?
He argued as long as China’s position does not cause physical harm…there is no issue. He said that China has not inspected ships or banned sailing through the South China Sea. “We have oil production in the SCS…so far they haven’t done anything.” Even Thailand’s Srettha Thavisin echoed their words, saying Southeast Asian countries should “try to maintain ASEAN centrality and relevance,” because “Asia is the equilibrium” amid superpower rivalry.
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