Talk of the Town: Dealing with China’s rise,

Comments on “Dealing with China’s rise,” (Public Lives by Randy David, 4/14/24) via www.inquirer.net:

The ultimate agenda of the Chinese leadership was, of course, to accelerate the acquisition of modern technology that they could apply to speed up the modernization of their own economy and military. Ang mga Amerikano ay 1900s pa nandito sa Pinas, e anong ginawa ng mga Pinoy para umunlad?

A country’s behavior is dictated mainly by its autocratic leader regardless of any other conditions. The call to action emanates only from the autocratic leader. Even if the Philippines is nonaligned, the WPS will still be claimed by China. What is the reason why the traditionally neutral Finland and Sweden joined Nato?

Felipe Soriano