In the Presence of Vultures

The Philippines is now being sold piece by piece to Communist China by our very own government. The weird thing is that we’ve had a communist insurgency for several decades. Our “little” president had been playing both sides. On one hand is the USA and the China on the other. How is our country being sold? Majority of incoming investment especially in the mining sector is being cornered by the Chinese. There is a resolution in our congress to allow 100 percent of land ownership to foreign entities. Up for grabs are fertile lands, lands that are being tilled by poor peasants but owned by cronies and the oligarchs.

The Chinese mining companies have eased out our small-scale miners, the locals. They are forced to compete for what little is left of the mines. Their children are forced to stop schooling to help their families out to make ends meet. China is losing its farms to the crawling desert. Thier industrialization have encroached on their agriculture. They have less land to plant on to feed their growing population. The answer is to acquire land from other countries. Knowing how greedy the current regime is, they’ve dangled billions to entice our leaders to sell our people out.

The worst part of this whole scenario is that they seldom employ the locals which has led to massive poverty. What a way to legalize an annexation of another country. But the next national elections is next year. The administrationis doing all it can to derail this because they know that the people and the opposition will surely go after their necks. The Chinese invasion has begun. Almost all products being sold comes from China. There’s also an influx of mainland Chinese, not as investors but as competitors to our small businesses.

China’s expasion is not limited to Asia. They’ve expanded to Africa as well. They target the developing countries with very corruptible leaders. So if you think that the world safe from the Communist , better check again. A new way of expansion is on the way.

Two decades have passed since the people of China tried to challenge the patience of their Communist leaders. To this day, the number of those murdered is yet to be known. Perhaps fearing that the people could once again rise up to try and democratize China, they have since instituted some changes. But still, power is in the hands of a few. Communist oligarchy is alive and well. These so-called reforms legalized the wealth of its leaders.

For the first time in dcades, the Chinese felt empowered. The politburo was on the defensive and those in the countryside were coming to Beijing to join the protesters. The simple clamor for better conditions of the students were about to reach revolution status. To save fave, the embattled leadership declared martial law. The army swept any opposition aside and the massacre that followed is testimony to the ruthlessness of the government.

Huge companies are owned by officials while the people are now allowed a taste of good life. A very good way to appease the people and to douse the simmering cauldron of change. Yet most of China remains unchanged. Life is harsh in the rest of the country. Only those who live in the major cities have an easier life. While progress is rapid, vital services are worse and the heavy hand of the party hangs over the entire country.

Twenty years have passed and still figures of casualties remain unknown. China is now a legitimate super power. Will freedom for the people ever come? I doubt it. As long as the politburo paints a picture of good life, no one will ever think of freedom. Unless its leaders would allow their people to decide for themselves, democracy would remain an elusive dream. The vultures of the party will continue to enrich themselves at the expense of the people.

At the end of the day, what happened in Tiananmen in 1989will soon be forgotten, erased by the government who rules with an iron hand. The people would remain silent and simply accept the fact that their only option for now is subservience.