Philippines vs China - If war broke, Who is going to BENEFIT?

"Philippines vs China - If war broke, Who is going to BENEFIT?" The answer is plain and simple "NOBODY" , these is a very dangerous scenario that might trigger WWIII!, It's not only the Philippines but it would drag Vietnam as well and some other Asean countries who have claims to the same territory, It would drag Japan who has a similar issue to the East and gradually involve the U.S. who has defense treaties with the Philippines and Japan and has similar interests. Having the 3 largest economies at war might trigger world financial collapse and not to mention the possibility of use of nuclear arms at their disposal, when the U.S. is involved there is a possibility that NATO would come join in, OMG! let's all pray that nobody would be crazy enough to start all these., Have we not learned our lessons from WWII? Or have we simply forgotten or fail to read our history books?

The ones that are going to benefit are those who produce weapons and anything that are needed in a war. I just hope that this conflict will be resolved immediately.

I don't think this scenario will happen. But if it will indeed happen, then it won't be exclusively between China and the Philippines. Since we have a mutual defense treaty with the US and other countries, they will be indirectly involved. And since China is allied with other countries, they will also be indirectly involved. This is the reason why this scenario, in my opinion, will not happen.

hi, we all know that China is bigger country rather to Philippines and they have many soldiers compare to Filipinos,we are thankful because no war between China and Philippines and it because of the United Nation interfere too.both of them will benefit if no war.

Who had given anybody (bigger-country) the right to rule or govern another (read the whole world) and so it is justified that it must be their divine duty to police and protect the whole world? I’ll try to answer this question. It is possible that some bigger nations will see it in their interest to centralize their resources and from an entity that can be a force on the global stage. Whether the said entity will a world police or superpower will be based on military and economy such as in the case of Europe, US and China. As a big entity, they can effectively protect their international interests, which may or may not be agreeable to other superpower in the world. . I would agree that nobody gave them right but in times of trouble and uncertainly, those big entities step up for their interests. Any uncertainty on the matter is a threat to them and their interests. They may say that what they do or play is in the interest of other countries but it may also be based on a nation’s interests. Does war benefit anybody? The winner of course in the short run. In the long run, no one really. There will some strained relationship if they was a return to the status quo.

Hello gilmegans, I just saw your discussion as you had just left a response to another contributor. Its an interesting situation, I had a look to see what I can find out about it from internet news sources and they said that ASEAN has been trying to resolve the issue, it will be interesting to see if they succeed, as their role in recent years has been to try and increase economic co-operation, which has been of benefit to the whole region. So, though I can see why china would want this island hopefully a diplomatic solution is possible, as co-operation between neighbouring countries is far better than conflict. (while here I am in the UK watching our government try to keep those who don't like the EU happy by promising a referendum.)