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DISPATCH FROM BEIJING
With Jeff J. Brown
Shadow of Truth Radio Show:
“The Truth Behind U.S. Military Aggression in the South China Sea”
“The U.S. will never stop trying to destroy China as long as the Communist Party (CPC) is in power. And the only reason the Chinese people are free and benefit directly from their own labor and natural resources, is because the CPC represents its citizens’ interests and protects the country from Western colonialism and imperial exploitation…”
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Obviously your guest, Jeff Brown, knows very little about the history of Spratly Islands, both in terms of recent history, or in terms of economic importance. At the end of the Spanish American War, the Philippines was ceded to America by Spain and an addendum map was included in the territory of the Philippines clearly including the Spratly Islands. Hence from the end of the Spanish American War and until the turnover of the Philippines to the Filipinos in 1946, the Spratly Islands were clearly US controlled territory. Now, as to their economic and commercial value, these islands and their… Read more »
THE AUTHOR REPLIES: Obviously, Mr. Van Steenwyk doesn’t know his Filipino history. The internationally recognized treaties demarcating the Philippines’ western boundary have set it at the 118th parallel. This just lets in Palawan and what used to be Filipino Borneo, before it was lost to Malaysia 50 years ago. Most importantly, the Spratlys are just west of the 118th parallel. This is why Manila is cravenly forced to try its hand at the Western sock puppet Hague Court, which is like trying a divorce case in a bankruptcy court. The Filipinos know they’d get their clocks cleaned at ITLOS, the… Read more »