Comments by "红火树 RedFireTree" (@firetree2007) on "'Will send navy ships in South China Sea to assert claim': Philippines| Rodrigo Duterte|English News" video.

  1. do not get too excited, nothing will happen, Duterte said: "If they start drilling oil there, I will tell China, is that part of our agreement? If that is not part of our agreement, I will also drill oil there," " when we start to get whatever it is in the bowels of the China Sea, our oil, by that time I will send my grey ships there to stake a claim," China will not drill oil there (not worth of it), therefore he will not send any warships there.
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  2. before 1990, China had no ability to control SCS with, if there is large amount of oil, US, JP would have been explored it long time ago, not waited for China (sure nobody would wait for Philippines) to go there. China started SCS only after Xi became president in 2012. US data showed. 11 billion barrels of oil in proved and probable reserves, most of which lie along the margins of the South China Sea rather than under disputed islets and reefs.  Compare to proven 302 billion in Venezuela , 267 billion Saudi Arabia. etc
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