JENELLA MIKA A.

ESTRELLA
1BSA-ABM3
MODULE 4 ASSIGNMENT 1

Chinese mestizos rose to prominence between 1741 and 1898, mostly as

landlords and middlemen wholesalers of local produce and foreign imports, but there
were mestizos in other occupations as well. The bulk of today's upper class is made up
of descendants of mestizos who rose to prominence through commercial agriculture in
the late Spanish century. That the mestizo, as a marginal variable not closely associated
with a village or town, acted as a catalytic agent in the late-Spanish-century phase of
social reform. This will require the extension of the money market into parts of the
Philippines. Regional governors and mestizos were the only citizens with capital in certain
areas. The emergence of the middle class as an economic force has yet another
significant impact. Any mestizo families found it easier to provide schooling for their

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children after accumulating a certain amount of money. The Philippine Revolution of 1896

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was the final act of determination on the part of the true Filipinos - Indios and Chinese

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mestizos alike -to claim for themselves and for future generations the incomparable

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birthright of nationhood. And the accomplishment of this historic mission was due, to a
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significant extent, to the patriotic awakening of the Chinese mestizos and their complete
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absorption into the social, cultural and economic fabric of the emerging Filipino nation-
state. But now, almost businesses here in the Philippines was run by Chinese. The
possibility of a war between China and the Philippines over the South China Sea has
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enraged Filipinos, who do not want to have an alliance with the Chinese because they
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believe that having a relationship with them entails granting them sovereignty over the
West Philippine Sea, particularly now that President Duterte is so close to them. Whatever
differences we have with China it Will not be an obstacle to the overall positive trajectory
of our bilateral friendly relations and our deepening cooperation [in the] pandemic
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response, including vaccine cooperation, and in [the] post pandemic economic recovery,"
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Duterte said in a statement read by his spokesperson. Increased Chinese

assertiveness in the form of offshore drilling, land reclamation and militarization
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operations, and intimidation of international fishing and oil exploration ships has breached
Philippine sovereignty and heightened the Philippines' ability to protect its territorial sea
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and exclusive economic zone (EEZ) privileges over the years (Chang, 2ft14). Duterte will
need China's help, particularly as the Philippines deals with a resurgence of coronavirus
infections that has forced a quarter of the population, including the capital, to be
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quarantined for two weeks. This jeopardizes his government's efforts to reverse a 9.6%
economic recession last year, which resulted in the hunger and unemployment.

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