Anybody worried by dutertes view?
May 2nd 2017, 7:19 am
#16
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Re: Anybody worried by dutertes view?
Yeah, you know the Chinese... they don't believe in throwing good money after bad 
- and Haiyan was when Aquino was still at the helm & sabre-rattling/drum-beating/posturing over the Spratlys spat.
I've done more business with mainland Chinese than I care to admit - and these are shrewd, calculative, penny-pinching "what's in it for me" SOBs with a streak meaner than Scrooge and a purse string tighter than a nun's aperture. The only time Chinese would hand over money is if/when there's an objective to be achieved, or an advantage to be had.
Having said that, who knows, with the way SEA - Philippines & Malaysia readily come to mind at the moment - is bending over backwards to China, Duterte might still end up getting a fistfull of dollars from Beijing in exchange for not planting the Pinoy flag on some rocky shoals in the South China Sea eh?
- and Haiyan was when Aquino was still at the helm & sabre-rattling/drum-beating/posturing over the Spratlys spat.I've done more business with mainland Chinese than I care to admit - and these are shrewd, calculative, penny-pinching "what's in it for me" SOBs with a streak meaner than Scrooge and a purse string tighter than a nun's aperture. The only time Chinese would hand over money is if/when there's an objective to be achieved, or an advantage to be had.
Having said that, who knows, with the way SEA - Philippines & Malaysia readily come to mind at the moment - is bending over backwards to China, Duterte might still end up getting a fistfull of dollars from Beijing in exchange for not planting the Pinoy flag on some rocky shoals in the South China Sea eh?
Last edited by xizzles; May 2nd 2017 at 7:21 am.
May 2nd 2017, 7:22 am
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Re: Anybody worried by dutertes view?
Yes the Chinese do not give monety away, they will just buy your soul.
May 12th 2017, 2:07 pm
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Re: Anybody worried by dutertes view?
The new duterte appointed DFA chief claimed a success at the UN meeting in Switzerland. After he explained everything about there being no EJKs here, there was a vote, 45 out of 46 voted against the Philippines. Defines a whole new meaning to success.
May 12th 2017, 2:17 pm
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Re: Anybody worried by dutertes view?
I've done more business with mainland Chinese than I care to admit - and these are shrewd, calculative, penny-pinching "what's in it for me" SOBs with a streak meaner than Scrooge and a purse string tighter than a nun's aperture. The only time Chinese would hand over money is if/when there's an objective to be achieved, or an advantage to be had.
