Tag: china

  • Map of the Philippines Under Chinese Rule

    Normally, given how subservient Filipinos are to Americans, I would have preferred to draw maps with places easily pronounced by our beloved western overlord.

    But given how China is dominating our coasts recently, I wouldn’t mind entertaining the idea of selling our souls to the Chinese instead. Here is what our map might look like under Chinese rule.

    Philippine map under chinese rule.
    JL 09, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    (Though the file was modified with colors and labels)

    The name South Sea New Province (南海新省) another fresh addition to China’s coastal buffet. China would be happy to give us the independence of choosing between dim sum or adobo-flavored dumplings.

    Here are the proposed names of the three island groups.

    Old NameNew English NameNew Chinese Name
    LuzonNorth Dragon Island北龙岛
    VisayasCentral Cluster中央群
    MindanaoSouth Wind Land南风地

    I’m excited what other country might meddle with our affairs. In the end, we never know to whom we are going to devote our heart and soul to until the dust settles.