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Originally Posted by Ascaloth
So that's why my girl was telling me recently about how her countrymen have expressed nationalistic dissatisfaction with China, with lots of claims being thrown around about how China apparently wants to invade Vietnam. Huh. You know, I can hardly blame them.
It's not just Vietnam either; I can't reveal my sources, but Myanmar's recent political reforms and subsequent opening up, leading to closer ties with the United States? Yeah, it seems that Chinese pressure may have possibly been a contributing factor to that turn of events as well. It could very well be the case that economic factors were only a secondary consideration; I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out to be the case for the Philippines as well.
The way things are going, it's almost like China is recruiting the United States' strategic partners for them.
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China's PR slip-ups has given the Big Media we hate so much enough fuel to light a fire. What I worry about is that Big Media is playing such a great "team game" with SEA governments that it may encourage the latter to pass garbage like the TPP in return.