It's not Just 'The Chinese'.Chneseexpat wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 5:56 pmMy 2 c worth. You'd have to be a complete idiot to think otherwise. The Chinese always lie about their intended plans. Just look at Djibouti. A strategic service center suddenly becomes a military base.
https://www.ucanews.com/news/the-us-mil ... ines/82234
Don't people get it, yet?
Two seemingly opposing sides are created on the pretence of being ideologically diametric. To Joe Public, hysteria is created: "We must stand firm against this perceived enemy."
People like Duterte are just stooges of the super-rich in that they will be kept in power and be sustained as long as they have a 'useful' part to play; then they will be discarded.
Sorry to be slightly , but, at the top, it is very much On Topic. And On Course.