We should have considered the Chinese proposal for a direct negotiation

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“Our decision not to accept a direct negotiation, regretfully, was a fatal and complete mistake on our part”

If the Philippines accepted the offer of China to directly negotiate in the Scarborough Shoal issue, that would have instantly solved our problem in the South China Sea. Neither is China a signatory to the agreement, for obviously the People’s Republic of China has yet to exist as an independent political entity.

It is our military alliance with the US that puts justification and semblance to the presence of a naval flotilla in the South China Sea.

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