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reopened disputed fishing Waters

Cumslut1895 posted:

does that mean shutting down conservation areas or allowing china to fish in their Exclusive Economic Zone

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Saturday he would not sever his nation’s alliance with the United States, as he clarified his announcement that he planned to “separate”.

“It’s not severance of ties. Severance is to cut diplomatic relations. I can not do that. Why? It’s in the best interests of my country that I don’t do that,” Duterte told reporters in his hometown of Davao after returning from China. The firebrand leader signalled on Thursday during his four-day state visit to Beijing that he intended to end the Philippines’ 70-year alliance with the United States in favour of China and Russia.

“I announce my separation from the United States,” Duterte told a group of Chinese businessmen.

“America has lost. I’ve realigned myself in your ideological flow and maybe I will also go to Russia to talk to (President Vladimir) Putin and tell him that there are three of us against the world: China, Philippines and Russia. It’s the only way.”

Until Duterte took office on June 30, the Philippines had been one of the United States’ most important and loyal allies in Asia, and a key to President Barack Obama’s “pivot” to the region. But since becoming president Duterte has done a dramatic foreign policy U-turn that has baffled Washington.

US State Department spokesman John Kirby said on Thursday that the United States would seek clarification from the Philippines about the “separation” remark. “It’s not clear to us exactly what that means in all its ramifications,” he said.

Duterte on Saturday gave a series of comments to clarify those remarks.

“Sever is to cut. Separate is just to chart another way of doing,” he said.

“What I’m really saying was separation of foreign policy, which in the past and until I became president, we always followed what the United States would give the cue.”

Nevertheless, Duterte launched another tirade against the United States for criticising his war on crime, which has left more than 3,600 people dead and raised fears about extrajudicial killings. Duterte said a defence pact signed in 2014, known by the acronym of EDCA and which allows for a much greater US military presence in the Philippines, remained in jeopardy. “It will affect EDCA and the rest of the agreements, maybe, I will have to consult the military, the police and everybody,” he said.

Duterte also said he did not care if the United States or the European Union cut their foreign aid to the Philippines, worth hundreds of millions of dollars a year, over concerns about human rights abuses in his war on crime.

US President Barack Obama welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping during a State Arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, September 25, 2015. Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb.

“Assistance, USAID, you can go to hell,” he said, referring to the US government’s overseas economic and development assistance organisation.

Duterte often laces his rhetoric with vulgar language, and has repeatedly referred to US President Barack Obama as a “son of a whore”.

On Saturday he let loose again at US and European critics of his war on crime.

“You sons of whores. Your euro, that’s a piece of paper. You run out of toilet paper, you wipe up your rear end,” he said in a rant that at times appeared not to make sense. “You guys are bullshit. Why am I saying this? It sounds the height of vulgarity. You started it.”

Duterte, 71, also repeated criticism of the American invasion of Iraq in 2003, saying it was based on a lie and triggered turmoil in the Middle East that cost many lives. “If there is one thing that America has failed miserably, it is in the province of the human dignity,” he said at the end of his critique of US foreign policy in the Middle East.

Duterte said he also endorsed Russian efforts to keep Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in power. “If Assad is out they (the United States) will have destroyed the entire Middle East,” he said.

fish and chips and dip posted:

If you seriously think that China is even close to being better than the US, well then, I'm sorry to break it to you, but you're a right loving dumbass. Also, you should try to live in China for some time, get some perspective.

THE PWNER posted:

THE PWNER posted:

Try to live in the US for some time

-walk by someone wearing a BLUE LIVES MATTER t-shirt
-drive past a 50,000 strong church sermon
-buy a tomato stew that's called a pizza
-get a minor health issue and pay $50000 to fix it
-try to get educated and find myself indebted for life
-get shot by a cop

THE PWNER posted:

Try to live in the US for some time

-walk by someone wearing a BLUE LIVES MATTER t-shirt
-drive past a 50,000 strong church sermon
-buy a tomato stew that's called a pizza
-get a minor health issue and pay $50000 to fix it
-try to get educated and find myself indebted for life
-get shot by a cop

THE PWNER posted:

Try to live in the US for some time

-walk by someone wearing a BLUE LIVES MATTER t-shirt
-drive past a 50,000 strong church sermon
-buy a tomato stew that's called a pizza
-get a minor health issue and pay $50000 to fix it
-try to get educated and find myself indebted for life
-get shot by a cop

THE PWNER posted:

Try to live in the US for some time

-walk by someone wearing a BLUE LIVES MATTER t-shirt
-drive past a 50,000 strong church sermon
-buy a tomato stew that's called a pizza
-get a minor health issue and pay $50000 to fix it
-try to get educated and find myself indebted for life
-get shot by a cop

nomad2020 posted:

I'm pretty sure the Scots have us beat in the fried food department.

THE PWNER posted:

Try to live in the US for some time

-walk by someone wearing a BLUE LIVES MATTER t-shirt
-drive past a 50,000 strong church sermon
-buy a tomato stew that's called a pizza
-get a minor health issue and pay $50000 to fix it
-try to get educated and find myself indebted for life
-get shot by a cop

THE PWNER posted:

China should play the national anthem from zepellins when they invade, all the americans will loving stand as straight as they can at attention and be free kills

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500,000 elderly people go missing in China every year
Hong Kong (CNN)More than 1,300 elderly people go missing in China every day -- 500,000 per year, a new report claims.

Senior citizens aged 65 or over account for up to 80% of missing elderly person cases, according to the Zhongmin Social Assistance Institute under the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

"This is obviously a huge number and a social issue we cannot afford to ignore," Wang Zhikun, president of the Zhongmin institute, said on Sunday.

Around 25% of those missing had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's or dementia, while 72% suffered some sort of memory impairment, according to the report.

Of those who were found after being reported missing, 25% then went missing again, report author Xiong Guibin added.

Falun Bong Refugee posted:

This is called homophobic apologia in case you are wondering.

Outrail posted:

So I'm going to a Chinese food potluck tomorrow and I want to bring something good.

Can one of the thread experts in tasty Chinese food recommend an 'authentic', easyish to cook dish that doesn't need any ingredients you couldn't find in a typical western supermarket?

Gutter oil, heavy metals, pollution etc etc hah hah hah.

Imperialist Dog posted:

In conclusion, education in Hong Kong is great if you're rich!

THE PWNER posted:

China should play the national anthem from zepellins when they invade, all the americans will loving stand as straight as they can at attention and be free kills

rear end cobra posted:

I think this guy's go-to number for "a lot" is 50000

oohhboy posted:

I guess he likes to continue living.

https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/10/22/philippines-duterte-says-will-not-sever-us-ties-announcing-realignment-china/

Brannock posted:

summary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0_DLnyM3s0

Outrail posted:

So I'm going to a Chinese food potluck tomorrow and I want to bring something good.

Can one of the thread experts in tasty Chinese food recommend an 'authentic', easyish to cook dish that doesn't need any ingredients you couldn't find in a typical western supermarket?

Gutter oil, heavy metals, pollution etc etc hah hah hah.

Vegetable posted:

i drank bai jiu today (sorgham wine), i can't loving get the taste out of my mouth

Vladimir Poutine posted:

So does this have a completely reasonable explanation or is the government just icing old folks
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/12/asia/china-elderly-missing/

CIGNX posted:

On the other hand, if we assume the CCP is killing 500,000 seniors per year in some sort of senicide dystopia, then they would have almost 50 years worth of old people to kill from Alzheimer's sufferers alone.

Deceitful Penguin posted:

Which part, the blaming of homophobic elements of society on Western influence rather than saying that, actually, Chinese people weren't really cool with gays and it was purely an upper class thing that died as China got rid of that class?
Tomato Egg would be my recc, bonus points for being something so simple and familiar yet different enough that people go like "oh boy, that's Chinese you say, how interesting".
My libertarian 'buddy' always raves about how they govern, so poo poo like this cracks me up because we've always been handed everything here practically for free; education, healthcare, the works.

He also fumes at how his law degree isn't getting him any decent work; turns out making contacts and learning languages is useful when you're in a country undergoing a tourism boom?

Vesi posted:

a cucumber salad would be perfect and easy, you can find it in almost every reastaurant nationwide in china

http://www.chinasichuanfood.com/chinese-cucumber-salad/

just use a few fresh small (thai-style) chilis instead of chili oil or flakes, and make sure to mix in the sauce only right before serving

the cucumber should be as slim as possible, no fatties

Deceitful Penguin posted:

pentyne posted:

It's amazing how quickly he had to walk back that statement. He's fallen over himself to assure the world that he doesn't actually mean he's breaking the treaties and economic/military support the Philippines has enjoyed for 70 years.

whiteyfats posted:

I wonder if some military leadership sat down and had a long talk with him.

Sheep-Goats posted:

I doubt it was that long.

Brannock posted:

summary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0_DLnyM3s0