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Caylao, Inna Marie S.

“Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you


will never be in danger.”- Sun Zi, Art of War

It is important to consider that in order to attain authentic peace and


agreement between the two Asian countries: China and Philippines, in
claiming the Spratly Islands, one should always prioritize to know things in a
proper and objective context. Nonetheless, I believe that the Spratly’s is for
the People’s Republic of China. Having said that, Chinese people own more
rightful and legitimate reasons than the Filipinos do. Correspondingly, if
China could employ Sun Zi’s Art of Offensive Strategy, it can attain its victory.
Fundamentally, China should basically know the five circumstances by which
victory may be predicted. Thus, by successfully knowing the basic building-
blocks of achieving victory, China can naturally and spontaneously execute its
plans and strategies against the Philippines. In this light, it is a well-known
fact that the greatest victory is to know oneself, to conquer one’s weaknesses
and intensify one’s strengths. The latter statement pertains to the similarity in
the capability of an individual to an aggregate whole (a country or a state in
particular). However, this is not enough, China should endeavor to know also
the enemy’s strengths and weaknesses. The Philippines, having a poor
military strategy and equipments in war are more likely be the reasons for its
downfall. China then should take the enemy’s weaknesses as its strength.
Therefore, if ignorance in knowing prevails, it shall result in an inescapable
fall.

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