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Every nation acts in its own interest to develop multi dimensional foreign relations. And so far no relation is exclusive. Mind u even our mountain high ocean deep friend Pakistan has been milking the US at the same time for decades without jeopardizing our all weather partnership :thumb:
And spare me from your democratic preaches. Among 3rd world Asian countries isn't Philippines a good pupil? Democracy? u know more than I do abt Philippines - a few families dominating politics, Marcos, Aroyo, Aquino, corruption, no land reform... Once PH had the highest GDP per capita in Asia. Now purely an origin of maids in Hong Kong and Gulf.
And Malaysia - democracy? the ruling party BN (UMNO/MCA/MIC) has never failed a single election in 54 years after independence.
Mind you I'm not preaching democracy. I'm talking about the inevitability of Myanmar's democratisation (which I am referring to the Junta's letting go of its iron control). But if democracy as a general concept is brought into the mix then let me tell you that both the Philippines and Malaysia have better records ta it than China. The Philippines have corruption problem while Malaysia is threading so carefully about diving into American style noisy democracy. But both are still more open and participatory systems than China's CCP is the only correct monkey in the room.
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