ASEAN defense chiefs cancel joint statement over South China Sea row

[Abacin]

Plans for a ceremonial joint statement at the end of a Southeast Asian regional defense forum were dropped on Wednesday after differences between China and the United States over the mention of disputes in the South China Sea in the document.
ASEAN defense chiefs fail to agree on South China Sea statement - Yahoo News

Most ASEAN countries want to be neutral. Philippine's choice to escalate SCS issue, even though endorsed by United States, Japan and Vietnam is not welcomed since most ASEAN countries want to focus on Economy. With the coming of robots, all of them want to catch up the last train for industrialization. With more and more robots, cheap labors may be negative, instead of positive for industrialization.

 

[TaiShang]

Plans for a ceremonial joint statement at the end of a Southeast Asian regional defense forum were dropped on Wednesday after differences between China and the United States over the mention of disputes in the South China Sea in the document.
ASEAN defense chiefs fail to agree on South China Sea statement - Yahoo News

Most ASEAN countries want to be neutral. Philippine's choice to escalate SCS issue, even though endorsed by United States, Japan and Vietnam is not welcomed since most ASEAN countries want to focus on Economy. With the coming of robots, all of them want to catch up the last train for industrialization. With more and more robots, cheap labors may be negative, instead of positive for industrialization.

The ASEAN Way. If no consensus, nothing moves. ASEAN members (minus VN-PH) are well aware that they will be used as proxies if they get cozy with the US and there is no guarantee that they would not be discarded if/should dynamics between China and the US change abruptly.

 

[qwerrty]

 

[BuddhaPalm]

Pinoys and Viets should form their own ASEAN and issue statements about South China Sea all day long

 

[Beast]

And you should drop dead but sure why not? Anyhow china and even you have no say in the matter

After nobody joins and you claim as it you have won? Even vietnam has back down of bringing matter to international court. They are more than happy to have China invest in their metro, train and infrastruture project to progress themselves rather than picking over some useless islet with China.

 

[Zero_wing]

After nobody joins and you claim as it you have won? Even vietnam has back down of bringing matter to international court. They are more than happy to have China invest in their metro, train and infrastruture project to progress themselves rather than picking over some useless islet with China.

Huh really its being look at closely we say we won round one try to keep up really that what i hear sure they still keeping in touch but after go hit all the fishing boats incidents you people love so much they now trying to find ways and looking at case is one they looking at they not backing down regardless of you propaganda i mean your news

 

[Viva_Viet]

After nobody joins and you claim as it you have won? Even vietnam has back down of bringing matter to international court. They are more than happy to have China invest in their metro, train and infrastruture project to progress themselves rather than picking over some useless islet with China.

Wow,since when we back down to you? CN is just a bargain chip for VN in TPP.

 

[Beast]

Wow,since when we back down to you? CN is just a bagain chip for VN in TPP.

Have vietnam bring China to international court over paracel and spratly island? No

Vietnam drop the idea and choose more cooperation with China for economic cooperation.

 

[Viva_Viet]

Have vietnam bring China to international court over paracel and spratly island? No

Vietnam drop the idea and choose more cooperation with China for economic cooperation.

PH is doing good job, we simply support silently them to keep doing that job. PH win means VN win.

We are busy with TPP, sub Mekong plan now. Those small isls can be taken back when CN economy collapse due to TPP

 

[GS Zhou]

PH is doing good job, we simply support silently them to keep doing that job. PH win means VN win.

We are busy with TPP, sub Mekong plan now. Those small isls can be taken back when CN economy collapse due to TPP

As a neighboring country to China, you'd better pray China's economy could boom forever:
For any countries with a great military force that similar to China, if it senses the possibility of economy collapse, the immediate response should be launch a war against a neighboring country. This is the easiest way to make its economic machine running again, meanwhile also make its people forget the economic troubles and rebuild trust on government for patriotic reasons.

 

[Viva_Viet]

As a neighboring country to China, you'd better pray China's economy could boom forever:
For any countries with a great military force that similar to China, if it senses the possibility of economy collapse, the immediate response should be launch a war against a neighboring country. This is the easiest way to make its economic machine running again, meanwhile also make its people forget the economic troubles and rebuild trust on government for patriotic reasons.

TPP come out, and the collapse of CN economy is ineviable cos CN cant sell product in cheap price to US,CAD,JP etc any more.

Just like Karl Marx said: you can not go against the movement of the human society but to follow it, so we have no choice but to prepare for the collapse of CN economy when TPP come out.

 

[GS Zhou]

TPP come out, and the collapse of CN economy is ineviable cos CN cant sell product in cheap price to US,CAD,JP etc any more.

Just like Karl Marx said: you can not go against the movement of the human society but to follow it, so we have no choice but to prepare for the collapse of CN economy when TPP come out.

Haha, since I learned English in about fifteen years ago, the news articles about China collapse that I read is as many as the news articles about India going to be the next super power.

As I said, if there is one day that the Chinese economy is really going to be collapsed, the neighboring country with territory disputes with China will become an immediate victim.

 

[Reashot Xigwin]

ASEAN is a pointless organization.

 

[Viva_Viet]

Haha, since I learned English in about fifteen years ago, the news articles about China collapse that I read is as many as the news articles about India going to be the next super power.

As I said, if there is one day that the Chinese economy is really going to be collapsed, the neighboring country with territory disputes with China will become an immediate victim.

Did anyone say CN economy collapse due to TPP 15 years ago?

 

[GS Zhou]

Did anyone say CN economy collapse due to TPP 15 years ago?

Just place your bet on the collapse and keep blind to the facts that China is now aggressively upgrading its manufacturing capabilities in almost all areas for higher value added products. It's your freedom and I don't have any intention to intervene.

Hard to understand your confidence on TPP. The un-controlled foreign investment to Vietnam means vietnam's any intention to develop its own indigenous higher value added products, e.g cars, smartphones, large machines, will be easily killed by Japanese or U.S. companies. The only remaining destiny for Vietnam is to make textiles and toys for walmart forever.