00:22.1
democratically elected
00:23.4
leader of Republic of China,
00:25.6
otherwise known as
00:30.0
So, ayon kay President
00:31.8
Marcos, on behalf of the Filipino
00:33.7
people, I congratulate President
00:35.9
Elect Lai Ching-te on his election
00:40.0
president. We look forward
00:42.0
to close collaboration, strengthening
00:44.2
mutual interest, fostering
00:46.0
peace, and ensuring prosperity for our
00:47.9
peoples in the year ahead. Medyo may pakayunitim
00:50.0
ang dating. Medyo may pakamiss
00:52.5
universe, diba? But
00:53.8
important yan kasi nga.
00:55.8
Explain natin shortly. Now, let's go about
00:58.0
the next part, which is
00:59.9
also the response of
01:01.4
Vice President, outgoing Vice President
01:06.2
well, now President-elect
01:10.2
Thank you, President Bongo Marcos
01:12.3
Jr. for your congratulations.
01:14.2
I deeply value the enduring
01:16.3
friendship between Taiwan and the
01:18.2
Philippines, and I look forward to enhancing
01:20.1
our economic and people-to-people ties while
01:22.0
championing democracy, peace, and
01:24.0
prosperity in the region. So, there are two important things
01:26.1
to keep in mind here. Two important things
01:28.1
to keep in mind. Don't worry, I'll let
01:29.9
you know what they are.
01:38.1
economic and people-to-people.
01:40.7
So, he didn't talk about anything geopolitical
01:42.6
or sensitive. So, that's good. He didn't say
01:44.6
something like defense of democracies,
01:47.5
you know, like holding back
01:48.7
forces of tyranny.
01:52.6
it was a very measured, calibrated
01:54.8
response from the leader of Taiwan.
01:57.7
On the second level,
01:59.9
he still mentioned that this is about
02:01.4
championing democracy and peace
02:03.7
and prosperity in the region. The whole rules
02:05.4
and rules-based order rhetoric
02:07.5
and the idea that Philippines and Taiwan
02:09.7
should be part of a kind of a
02:11.1
community of democracies. And some would
02:13.6
say kind of a wall, great wall
02:15.6
of democracy dito sa Asia.
02:17.5
O, parang magandang idea na, great wall of democracy.
02:20.9
Gamitin natin yan.
02:23.0
sinulat natin. The great wall of democracy
02:25.8
from Taiwan, from
02:27.6
Japan, to Korea, to Taiwan,
02:29.9
to Philippines, to Indonesia,
02:32.2
to Australia. Yeah, this will be
02:34.1
the great wall of democracy.
02:36.4
Uy, gamitin ko yan, ha. Itutuit kayo
02:37.9
mamaya. Baka man ako. Baka nanakawin
02:43.9
And then, pwede ko i-rotate ng ganyan. And then, that goes
02:45.8
all the way up, all the way side. Then, pupunta
02:47.9
siyang Indonesia. So, it goes like that. Parang
02:49.9
siyang half circle.
02:52.2
Japan, Korea, Taiwan,
02:56.0
Indonesia, Australia,
02:57.9
or actually, pwede siya bumaba sa Australia,
02:59.9
akyat sa Indonesia, and then, pumunta sa India.
03:02.0
So, you'll have something like this. Semi-circle.
03:04.1
Parang horseshoe. You'll have a horseshoe
03:08.1
Parang nine-dash line din yan, diba?
03:12.1
So, that's quite interesting.
03:13.8
That is something quite interesting
03:15.9
that we have to keep in mind. Thailand,
03:18.0
nakomment ako sa Thailand kasi
03:19.8
neither democracy talaga
03:21.6
nor a real US treaty ally. So,
03:23.9
let's just skip it. At saka, gugulo yung map.
03:26.6
Ganyan, ganyan. Wag na lang.
03:28.2
O, hindi democracy ang Vietnam. Sorry.
03:29.9
Alam ko, mga algalit sila sa China, pero hindi sila
03:31.7
democracy. Hindi rin ang tatong
03:33.7
democracy ang... Well, I mean,
03:36.1
pwede ko isama Malaysia dyan, in fairness.
03:37.9
Medyo mas democratic sila ngayon. Pero hindi
03:39.7
Singapore, hindi ano. Okay.
03:41.7
Alright. Moving forward.
03:44.2
Pahamak tayo dito.
03:45.8
Eto, eto. Obviously,
03:53.2
because never nangyari yan na we have a sitting
03:55.8
president of the Philippines openly,
03:56.9
you know, congratulating,
04:01.8
affirming the legitimacy
04:03.5
of the Taiwanese electoral process
04:05.6
because the position of China
04:07.1
is absolutely clear. Taiwan is a
04:09.6
renegade province. Their democratic election
04:11.5
is nothing but not even a municipal
04:13.4
elections. It has no legitimacy
04:15.3
whatsoever. At the end of the day,
04:17.5
the sovereignty of the greater China
04:19.6
including, including,
04:25.6
falls with Beijing.
04:27.3
And, of course, in Beijing right now, it's controlled
04:29.3
by the Communist Party of China.
04:30.6
So, essentially, the sovereignty over
04:32.5
the Chinese nation
04:34.1
and civilization belongs to the Communist Party.
04:36.7
Yun ang position nila. Diba?
04:38.1
So, President Marcos Jr., by making this statement,
04:40.7
is essentially rejecting that.
04:42.9
Right? But, at the same time,
04:45.0
wala naman sinabi si BBM masyado.
04:46.8
Sinabi lang, we look forward to close collaboration.
04:49.1
Okay, but that's very generic.
04:50.4
Strengthening mutual interests, fostering peace and ensuring...
04:52.6
So, it's very vague. It's very generic.
04:54.4
And, as I said, if you look at the response of
04:56.6
President Lai, it's also quite safe.
04:58.5
I mean, you know,
04:59.3
economic people to people, but, you know,
05:01.3
nothing more than that. Not intelligence sharing,
05:03.8
military, so on and so forth.
05:05.0
Obviously, hindi mo iti-tweet yan kung talaga nangyayari yan
05:07.3
or mangyayari yan. But, at least, in terms of
05:09.3
statement, hindi siya
05:11.0
masyado aggressive while
05:13.1
championing democracy. That's the part that, as I said,
05:16.0
kaya nga minensyon ko itong
05:17.0
Great Wall of Democracy in Asia.
05:19.3
Right? The Great Wall of Democracy in Asia.
05:20.9
I mentioned that.
05:23.3
Nevertheless, let's
05:25.0
look at the response of China.
05:26.8
Of course, hindi na natuwang China.
05:29.3
Importantly, actually, China summoned
05:39.1
dito sa nangyayari.
05:43.4
So, let's go to anong drama
05:45.3
ng China. Drama, drama.
05:47.8
Drama, drama, drama.
05:51.5
Labas natin dito.
05:55.8
China summoned the ambassador from the
05:59.3
Philippines and warned the country
06:06.8
After President Marcos Jr. congratulated
06:09.3
President Lai Chingte.
06:11.0
Grabe naman yung mga memes dyan. Sabi niya,
06:12.9
SD card president versus ano. Grabe.
06:14.8
Huwag naman kaya ganyan. Huwag naman kaya mag-meme.
06:16.7
Presidente natin yan.
06:18.3
Sabi ng China, President Marcos gravely
06:20.8
violated the one China principle.
06:22.8
Iyan ang sinasabi ko eh.
06:24.2
Went against political commitments to China and interfered
06:26.9
in China's internal affairs. So, again, sabi ko,
06:29.0
the one China principle says that
06:31.0
ultimate sovereignty from Taiwan
06:32.8
to people's rights, all of that falls
06:35.0
with essentially the regime in charge.
06:39.3
So, hindi sila natuwa
06:41.0
and accordingly, they have called upon
06:43.2
the Philippine ambassador
06:44.8
to complain it. So, essentially, kind of
06:46.5
papagalitan lang nila.
06:48.6
Oh, padala mo yung gano'n lang nila.
06:51.4
Well, sa bagay, ginagawa rin natin
06:53.1
yan sa ambassador ng
06:54.9
China dito. Paggalit tayo sa kanila.
06:57.1
May pagbubuli silang ginawa.
06:59.0
Eh, kaya nga, medyo tayimik na eh, diba?
07:01.6
Medyo tayimik na yung
07:03.2
ambassador ng China
07:05.0
dahil pinagalitan din natin na maraming
07:07.0
beses at medyo nagkalat-kalat na rin siya
07:09.2
throughout the years.
07:11.6
let me get back to this.
07:15.5
So, what are we gonna
07:17.1
look forward to here?
07:20.6
Alam ko, kapon medyo nagkarantayan ng mga problema
07:23.0
sa technicalities and all.
07:25.0
But, let me explain to you
07:26.4
what I think should be the way forward.
07:29.0
I'm working on a couple of articles
07:31.1
on that. Pwede nyo also
07:33.2
check yourself later on.
07:41.1
Philippines to get more
07:43.2
out of its relationship with Taiwan
07:47.2
underdeveloped itong relationship natin.
07:49.6
I had a chance to meet both
07:51.0
President Ma Ying-ju in the past when he was the
07:53.0
president, also President Tsai Ing-wen, the outgoing
07:54.9
president. And usually, you know,
07:56.9
my sense is pagkausap natin yung mga Taiwan,
07:59.0
is, ang sasabihin nila, napaka-underdeveloped,
08:01.0
napaka-lead yung level of communication
08:03.2
between Philippines and Taiwan considering how close
08:05.1
the two countries are geographically
08:07.0
and also in terms of our democratic system,
08:08.9
at least compared to other. I mean, like, we have more
08:10.8
in common with Taiwan than many ASEAN countries
08:12.8
in terms of political values, culture, etc.
08:15.5
The other thing I have to also
08:16.9
mention here is that
08:18.4
ang tingin sinabi ko,
08:21.2
kapon, if you look at Taiwan, this is
08:22.9
the center of the universe when it comes
08:25.1
to production of the most important technology
08:27.1
of our era, which is semiconductor.
08:31.3
gigantic. It's a trillion
08:33.2
dollar industry we're talking about as far as
08:35.1
the semiconductor industry is concerned.
08:37.1
So, para sa akin, medyo nasasayangan ako
08:39.1
because ang Pilipinas ay pwede
08:41.1
pumasok dun sa eksena in the sense that
08:43.1
we can be part of the production network
08:45.0
of semiconductors.
08:47.1
Of course, we cannot do the most high-end
08:49.0
ones that they do,
08:50.9
but we can be involved in the more mid to high range
08:53.2
and also in terms of product design,
08:55.5
packaging, things like that. Which, by
08:57.1
the way, Malaysia,
08:59.0
Vietnam, and Thailand are competing for.
09:01.8
So, we should have
09:05.0
kind of advantage
09:06.7
over Vietnam, Malaysia, and
09:12.8
correctly and aggressively push
09:14.9
for investments. Now, getting investments
09:16.9
from Taiwan is not against one-China policy.
09:19.0
There's nothing in the one-China policy that says
09:21.1
hindi pwede mag-invest sa Taiwan sa bansa.
09:22.8
In fact, Taiwan ay isa sa mga pinakamalaki
09:24.9
investors sa Vietnam.
09:27.1
Taiwan ay malaki investors din sa
09:29.0
Thailand, and increasingly also
09:30.7
in Indonesia and Malaysia.
09:32.6
So, actually, I am 100% for
09:35.0
more Taiwanese investments in the Philippines,
09:37.5
particular dun sa mga
09:38.8
pinaka-high level
09:40.7
na Taiwanese product
09:42.8
productions like semiconductors.
09:45.3
Of course, realistic din tayo na
09:46.8
we cannot do the best of the best,
09:48.9
but if we can be kind of part of the process,
09:51.5
then the Philippines will also be more
09:52.9
important. In fact, isang dahilan
09:56.7
interest ng mga Western countries,
09:59.0
na protektaan ng Taiwan, is because
10:00.9
they cannot lose Taiwan to China.
10:03.2
And they cannot lose Taiwan per se, because
10:04.9
any war in Taiwan means disruption of the
10:06.9
global supply chain and trade.
10:08.8
Kung mahala lang yung panahon ng pandemic,
10:10.8
maraming mga kotse late tumarating,
10:13.6
yung mga gusto mong pumili ng kotse,
10:15.4
or maraming bagay, dahil yung mga
10:17.1
computer chips and semiconductors nila,
10:20.8
bottlenecks dun sa
10:22.0
delivery and supply chains. So,
10:24.7
kunting delay lang dito, biglang
10:26.6
isang milyong kotse sa Toyota ang hindi pwede deliver.
10:29.0
So, ganyan ka-importante
10:31.2
ang Taiwan. 30% of total
10:33.3
chips, more than 90% of all
10:35.3
high-end chips in the world, which
10:37.0
operate your most advanced drones, military
10:39.0
facilities, military equipment,
10:41.1
sorry, your cars, your high-tech
10:43.3
laptops and high-tech cars, so on
10:45.2
and so forth. So, I am
10:47.3
for more aggressively pushing for
10:48.9
semiconductor cooperation with Taiwan, and
10:51.0
we should have a leg up compared to
10:53.3
let's say Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia
10:55.2
who've been juicing their relationship with Taiwan for
10:57.0
far too long. Yun ang problema sa atin eh.
10:59.0
Marami tayong mga
11:00.5
geopolitical and values, blabla,
11:03.4
pero sa economic, medyo huling-huli tayo
11:05.0
sa laro eh. Sayang. Kasi may
11:07.0
sounder and strategy yung Taiwan to invest more
11:09.1
in ASEAN, so that hindi rin sila gano'ng
11:11.2
kadependent sa China. Kasi yung isang problema
11:12.9
ng Taiwan is marami sa kanilang companies, like
11:16.4
which assembles Apple
11:18.7
products in China. So, parating mga henyo dyan
11:20.9
nagsayang yung mga kapiliklaw,
11:22.4
kung ayaw mo si China, huwag kang bumili ng Apple. Well, except,
11:25.0
well, when it comes to Apple, the design is American,
11:29.0
engineer is American, the
11:30.6
company that actually oversees its production
11:33.0
in China is Taiwanese, right? So,
11:35.2
kung ayaw mo rin sa Apple,
11:36.9
dapat ayaw mo rin sa Amerika, ayaw mo rin sa Taiwan.
11:39.5
Kung gusto mo ng China,
11:40.8
hindi huwag ka na manood ng NBA. Yung alam mo yung
11:42.5
ridiculous na argument na gano'n. I'm just showing
11:44.8
how ridiculous those arguments are. But anyway,
11:47.3
so, there's so much
11:49.0
to do here. But, katulad
11:50.8
ng sinabi ko kaapon,
11:53.3
dun sa what should be the Philippine
11:54.9
strategy, how should we approach it, what should
11:56.9
we do, para sa akin,
12:00.8
communications channels with
12:02.0
Taiwan, and talk to the Taiwanese,
12:05.3
and encourage them to
12:06.8
find a reasonable
12:08.0
relationship with China. Because,
12:10.9
katulad ng sinabi ko, both China
12:12.6
and Taiwan have an interest in making
12:14.9
sure they don't go to war.
12:16.8
Magyayabang ang China, magta-threaten-threaten
12:19.0
sila, gagawa sila ng military
12:20.5
drill soon, mag-sanction-sanction
12:22.8
sila. But even China, alam nila,
12:25.4
magiging Putin 2.0 sila
12:26.8
pag sumugod sila sa Taiwan ngayon, right?
12:30.6
mangyayari sa kanila, kumpara dun sa
12:32.5
nangyayari sa Russia when they invaded Ukraine.
12:34.5
Yung mga first few months and all.
12:37.4
But at the same time,
12:39.0
yung Taiwan din, dapat mag-effort
12:41.9
ma-reassure. Hindi mo ma-reassure
12:50.0
backdoor diplomacy.
12:53.0
Because, as I said,
12:55.1
if Taiwan and China can kind
13:00.4
medyo just below the threshold of full confrontation,
13:03.4
then, hindi tayo masastress
13:08.7
nabibigyan natin sila ng mga ETCA bases
13:10.7
dyan malapit sa Taiwan. Because, to be honest,
13:13.2
I see the value in that,
13:14.8
but dapat hinahinay lang tayo dyan.
13:16.7
Dahil dapat unayin natin dito
13:18.8
yung sarili natin national interest.
13:20.8
And ang sabi ko, yung ETCA at yung mga
13:22.8
bases na malapit sa Taiwan, pwede din natin
13:24.9
maging leverage point yan, pagkausap
13:27.0
natin ng China. Sabihin natin sa China,
13:29.0
kung kayo ay tuloy-tuloy yung pagbubuli
13:30.9
nyo sa atin, sa West Philippine Sea,
13:32.7
sa Yung Insyol, kung hindi nyo,
13:34.6
kung i-disrupt nyo yung ating
13:36.7
fortification plants dyan sa Yung Insyol,
13:38.8
at saka yung mga planan natin na i-develop, yung mga
13:40.6
facilities sa Pag-asa,
13:45.0
sa Juan Felipe, etc.,
13:47.1
edi lagot kayo sa amin, kasi
13:48.8
bibigyan namin ng mga Amerikano ng mga malalaking
13:50.9
bases dyan sa North, and we'll do
13:52.8
more intelligence sharing and security cooperation
13:55.0
although quietly, with Taiwan. So we have
13:56.8
that option. We have that option.
14:01.1
meron tayong interest. Okay?
14:02.9
Doon talaga meron tayong interest. Okay?
14:04.9
This is a very important thing to keep in mind.
14:07.4
Yung mga, yan naman yung mga
14:09.2
mga ka-TikTokers,
14:11.5
huwag naman ni, ano, huwag natin
14:12.9
pag-usapan yung mga blogger,
14:14.7
trawlers, yung mga ganon. Seryosong bagay yan.
14:17.0
If you wanna learn something real here,
14:19.0
from a real expert, who actually has real
14:20.8
publication, who actually went to, you know,
14:23.5
has taught in real university,
14:25.1
you know, huwag na natin pag-usapan
14:27.3
yung mga iba. Ako naman,
14:29.0
game naman ako eh, diba? Dinabaten natin kung
14:30.9
sino-sino yung mga blogger-blogger dyan. But,
14:32.9
for me, that was just, you know, ticking the box
14:34.9
and moving forward. Okay? So,
14:37.6
huwag ni sayangin yung espasyo
14:39.3
doon. Napakaganda yung comment section.
14:41.0
Pwede kayo magtanong ng mabuti,
14:42.8
pwede kayo magbigay ng moral support,
14:45.4
pwede kayo magbigay ng
14:46.5
constructive criticism. Ayan ang problema
14:48.8
kasi sa atin eh. Pag may matinong
14:50.4
tao na nagvlog, matinong
14:52.8
sinisabi, may free lecture
14:55.0
dyan, ayan, magkita-struck-struck
14:56.8
na dyan sa comment section. Kaya,
14:59.0
paano tayo aasayin sa kung ganyan yung
15:00.7
ugali natin? Diba? Mga kameta.
15:05.4
so yun po yung crux ng
15:06.8
concern natin. So, let's see how things are gonna move forward.
15:09.6
Nevertheless, in fairness
15:10.9
sa DFA, DFA made it clear
15:13.0
one China policy pa rin tayo.
15:15.6
Right? That yung statement by
15:19.2
the Philippines was, you know, just a general
15:21.1
congratulations and all, and
15:23.0
it doesn't mean any significant
15:24.8
fundamental shift in our foreign policy.
15:29.0
Sinasabi na sa China, huwag kayo magdrama
15:30.6
masyado. Misan, yun din ang sinasabi ko eh.
15:33.4
As much as we should not
15:36.9
provoke China or any country, at the same time,
15:39.0
huwag rin tayo mag, ano,
15:40.9
huwag tayo mag-stage mother sa kanila.
15:42.8
Huwag tayo mag, ano, baby sa kanila.
15:45.1
Alright? Ang laking-laking bansa,
15:46.8
parati silang nagingay na parang bata.
15:49.5
Ito, the Department of Foreign Affairs
15:50.7
said the Philippines remains committed to one China policy
15:53.1
and ayon sa kanila,
15:55.0
yes, President Marcos congratulated
15:57.0
as his way of thanking
15:58.8
them for hosting our OFWs.
16:00.5
What? 200,000 Pilipinas nandiyan?
16:02.3
Ang dami mga Pilipinas dyan.
16:04.3
But, you know, this doesn't mean na pinapalitan natin
16:06.8
yung position natin sa one China policy.
16:09.5
Ayon sa Department of Foreign Affairs,
16:10.6
the message of the President congratulating the new President was
16:12.9
his way of thanking them for hosting
16:14.7
our OFWs and holding a successful
16:16.5
democratic process. Nevertheless,
16:18.6
the Philippine reaffirms, it's one China policy.
16:20.7
So, yun ang sinasabi ko.
16:22.7
Magdrama-drama siya. At saka, minsan magdadrama
16:24.5
talaga ng China. Huwag nang pansinin. But,
16:27.0
that's why mahirap ang
16:29.4
diplomacy and strategy. Nevertheless,
16:31.1
huwag ka rin mugsulsol, di ba? Huwag nang
16:32.7
trigger-trigger din yung necessary. You find the right
16:35.0
balance. Alright? That's why it's important we have
16:37.2
responsible good people in the DFA
16:39.1
and other departments to do the proper diplomacy.
16:41.6
On that note, thank you very much
16:43.0
mga kameta. Talk to you soon.
16:45.9
abangan bukas. R&R
16:48.7
Mari Test. Pag-usapan natin ang nangyari
16:51.1
behind the scenes. Alam naman si Ronald
16:52.7
ang maraming mga Mari Test dyan. Ako,
16:54.6
mabait na tao lang tayo. Matinilang tayo.
16:57.0
Nice nang usapan. So, thank you very much sa mga
16:58.7
followers natin in different platforms.
17:01.0
Dito, of course, sa Facebook. Thank you very much.
17:02.7
God bless. Also, dito sa
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TikTok. May isa lang
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naman naman sa Hawaii. Dalawa lang.
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And also, dito sa YouTube.
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On that note, God bless and
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talk to you soon.
