China's slow, calculated encroachment on Philippine sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea is alarming and destabilizing to world peace. Any show of brute force by a rising power in complete and total disregard of the sovereign rights of another country shows only that China will not peacefully abide by the conventions of international relations.
While indeed the Philippines is no match, nay a feeble caricature against a towering wall, China, of all nations, should learn from its long history that always there is a point where one rises to the pinnacle and a point where one crawls in the sand. To paraphrase George Bernard Shaw, "Be kind to the people you meet on your way up because you might meet them again on your way down."
China's actions will reverbate for history to be immortalized, and there will come a time when it's actions in the West Philippine Sea will come to bite it again - and bite it will come. Right now, it can do what it wants and the Philippines can only mutter a whisper of protest, then again, history has always shown that those on top do not remain on the pedestal for all time.
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