REMEMBER THE TREATY OF PARIS 1898, SPAIN CEDES CUBA, PUERTO RICO, GUAM, AND PHILIPPINE TO THE UNITED STATES. IN THE 20TH CENTURY CUBA TURNS COMMUNIST, IN THE 21ST CENTURY PUERTO RICO AND GUAM STAYS LOYAL TO THE US, NOW THE PHILLIPINES COMES AT A CROSS ROAD WITH CHINA, AS CHINA OFFERS MONEY AND PULLS IT BACK (SIKE) AS CHINA CONTINUES ITS LAND GRAB OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS EVEN NOW THE INHABITED ISLAND OF PAG-ASA(THITU) BY FILLIPINOS. AS THE US ALREADY BACKED AWAY FROM THE SCARBOROUGH SHOAL, THE COMMUNIST RED LINE IS DRAWN AGAINST CHINA AND NOT TO BE CROSSED FURTHER PASSED PAG-ASA, AYUNGAN SHOAL, AND SCARBOUROUGH SHOAL.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday vowed to defend the Philippines against "armed attack" in the disputed South China Sea in Washington's starkest warning yet against Chinese claims to most of the strategic waterway.
Speaking in Manila after meeting with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, Pompeo said Beijing's artificial islands in waters also claimed by the Southeast Asian nation and other neighbours was a threat.
"China's island-building and military activities in the South China Sea threaten your sovereignty, security and therefore economic livelihood, as well as that of the United States," he said at a joint news conference with Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin.
"As the South China Sea is part of the Pacific, any armed attack of Philippine forces, aircraft or public vessels in the South China Sea will trigger mutual defence obligations under Article 4 of our Mutual Defence Treaty."

https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/03/01/us-vows-philippines-aid-if-attacked-in-china-claimed-sea.html

 
 https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Datawatch/China-has-island-building-down-to-a-science

It’s a tactic not seen since the dying days of World War II: desperate soldiers, sailors and pilots flinging themselves at their enemies in suicide attacks.

But Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has warned of the return of the ‘kamikaze’ — or ‘divine wind’ — tactics of the Japanese.
Describing his dilemma in dealing with an immensely more powerful China in territorial disputes in the South China Sea, the president said he has few options other than to order troops to “prepare for suicide missions”.

https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/military/philippines-president-duterte-warns-china-of-suicide-attacks-if-it-invades-island/news-story/cdc41c922a1ff9e079e7f5fea7e142a3