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>>campus+(OP)
Well, if they want to learn from the US, they should ship their manufacturing capacity and intellectual property off to their geopolitical rival for short-term monetary gain.

>>lenerd+O7
China was actually trying to heavily establish offshoring in the Philippines—but that has seemingly dried up with the increasing South China Sea tensions.

>>derefr+o9
Looks like militarism and imperialism are not compatible at that crazy new 21th century world.

IMO, that's a good development. I hope it lasts.

>>marcos+Zd
The US government has put a lot of effort into isolating China from the Phillippines. It's just statecraft and covert influence campaigns, nothing to do with the moral supremacy of anti-imperialism.

Moralizing arguments such as this one are FUD.

>>uoaei+DA
>The US government has put a lot of effort into isolating China from the Phillippines.

Let's not forget that some of China's isolation is self inflicted. China's nine dash line map, claiming 90% of the South China Sea, only drove their neighbors into the US's open arms.