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Every evidence suggests that the Digong way of going like that to China and hoping they'll be nice to us,

in fact, as Duterte put it, you know, be meek and humble and you'll get mercy from China,

that thesis has been completely disproven.

And let's not forget, it was under Digong that the Reed Bank-Recto Bank incident happened,

na muntik naman tayo yung mga more than a dozen Filipino, yung Jemver incident.

Nangyari din sa mga iba't-ibang area ng Kalean Group of Finance, inarmada tayo ng mga militia nila.

So it's absolutely clear, absolutely clear, that the Digong way of dealing with China, it just doesn't work.

Zero concessions from China on any important issue.

Zero big-ticket infrastructure projects.

Therefore, yung mga invested sa ganyan policy na may zero, right, zero real dividends for the Philippines,

have zero moral ascendancy and arguably zero intellectual capital, right, to lecture us on what to do moving forward.

Now, having said that...

I am still for engagement with China.

I'm still for exploring the best possible compromise there.

But we have to be clear with our red lines.

And we have to be clear that as much as we welcome high-quality investments from China,

that should not come at the expense of our sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea.

And at the end of the day, any investments that comes in, it has to be mutually beneficial.

And it has to rely also on the Filipino technology or at least Filipino labor.

It has to hire Filipino workers.

And it has to be high-quality, sustainable.

It has to be environmentally-friendly infrastructure projects.

Now, as long as we can keep those basics clear in our engagement with China,

I have no problem whatsoever dealing with them.

But those red lines have to be clear.

And once those red lines became clear,

then I think we can have a very good relationship with China.

Because guess what?

The country I am in right now, Singapore, has a fantastic relationship with China.

Well, they don't have territorial disputes.

But, you know, every time they had a problem, they stood their ground.

Now, Indonesia, nung binuli sila ng China sa North Tatunasi,

nagpadala sila ng mga F-16 fighter,

nagbumunta dyan sa Jokowi,

nagpadala sila ng warships,

they stood their ground.

And now, Indonesia and China have fantastic relationship.

In fact, China just finished yung Bandung project nila.

Yung Bandung-Jakarta high-speed railway project nila.

So, I can go on and on with many examples.

Australia, for instance.

For many years, ang laki ng problema nila with China.

And China was angry at them for introducing, you know,

counter-influence operations kind of legislations

for restricting Chinese investments in their critical infrastructure,

for collusion.

For calling for independent investigation

in the source of origins of COVID-19.

But China kept on, you know, threatening them.

They said they will impose sanctions.

And in the end, Australia stood its ground.

And now, you have Australian Prime Minister Albanese

going to China and everything went more or less well.

So, that's the point.

If you stand your ground, hindi ka magpa-intimidate,

hindi ka mag-tutol, katulad nung isa, right,

you will get their grudging respect.

And then, you can negotiate for a good, proper compromise

dyan sa West Philippine Sea.

But compromise doesn't mean,

peace under conditions of subjugation.

It has to be a just peace.

And it has to be a peace and a compromise

that is in accordance dun sa ating saligang batas

and prevailing modern international law,

the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

And we already have a ruling on that.