The War Battleground by Erick San Juan

The War Battleground by Erick San Juan


Woody Island, also known as Yongxing Island (in Chinese) and Phu Lam Island (in Vietnamese), is the largest of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. It is part of the Amphitrite Island Group in the eastern Paracels. Woody Island has been under the control of the People's Republic of China since 1956. It lies about 250 miles southeast of Hainan Island, which contains one of China’s main submarine bases.

Woody Island is no natural preserve, however. It has a port, and China built a runway and airfield on the island a quarter-century ago, in 1990. Late last year, China’s deployment of the more advanced J-11BH/BHS fighter aircraft to Woody Island, revealed in photographs released via online Chinese-language media websites in late October, underscores how seriously the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is taking its claims to the South China Sea.

The new location could prove troublesome for US surveillance aircraft, such as the EP-3 Aries and the P-8 Poseidon, that fly through the area on a regular basis. In 2001, a collision between a Chinese fighter and EP-3 resulted in the death of a Chinese fighter pilot and the forced landing of the EP-3 on Hainan Island. In 2014, a Chinese fighter harassed a P-8 in the vicinity of Woody Island, which followed with a strong verbal protest by the Pentagon.

Bonnie Glaser, director of the China Power Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the Chinese are demonstrating to the US, other claimants to the South China Sea and their domestic audience that they intend to protect their sovereignty. (Various sources online).

With these things in place in the Paracel Island group before, to add more war materiel should not be a problem because as the Chinese say, they just “want to protect their sovereignty.” But the recent deployment of HQ-9 SAM (surface-to-air- missiles) to Woody Islands known as the “Red Banner”, (each missile has a top speed of Mach 4.2, range of 200-km and a flight ceiling of roughly 27-30km), the waters in the South China Sea began to boil again.

“At the end of the day, Obama and all the leaders of ASEAN agreed that any territorial disputes in the South China Sea should be resolved peacefully and through legal means. But there’s no joint mention of China. In reality, U.S. can do nothing about China’s militarization of Woody Islands, or any other islands for that matter, that Beijing chooses to, without starting a war.

And it’s hard for U.S. to justify a war with China over territorial disputes in the area without looking like a fool and hypocrite. U.S. would be a fool to start a war because if you look at the world map, there’s a country called Russia whose leader Vladimir Putin would orgasm the moment Barack Obama declares a war on China.

U.S. would be a hypocrite to say China cannot claim islands in the South China Sea because they are not within mainland China’s territory when America can claim Guam, which is thousands of miles away from home. Get real, Beijing doesn’t give two hoots about what U.S. thinks, let alone ASEAN countries’ scream for their fair share of the area.

Did US made a tactical mistake when they sent destroyers and P-8 Poseidon surveillance aircraft, spying and intimidating the Chinese? Now, Beijing can easily justify the needs to send more military equipments, including more HQ-9 SAM to their islands under the pretext of protecting the country’s people and assets. There are tons of reasons why China is claiming 90% of Spratly Islands.

For a start, the South China Sea is home to US$5 trillion in annual global trade. By China’s own calculations, the area has oil reserves of 7-billion barrels and 900-trillion cubic feet of natural gas, making South China Sea the second “Persian Gulf”. But most importantly, islands here will serve as strategic military outposts to China.

As military bases, these reclaimed islands are like “unsinkable aircraft carrier” to China. In addition to the Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands; Spratly Islands, Scarborough Shoal, Paracel Islands and Pratas Islands are strategically located so that everything within the South China Sea could be reachable by Chinese military assets in two hours or less. (Source: Why China Can “Take” Any Island In South China Sea … And Get Away, financetwitter.com)

What was not told is China's thirst for more wealth through world war loots, rare earth metals and fresh drinking water which can be extracted in several Asian nations.

The mere fact that U.S. could do nothing about the Chinese expansion in the South China Sea through reclamation and militarizing it in the process without starting a war, did we ever consider the glaring fact that our “big brother” had to re-establish its relationship with its allies in the region to do the dirty work (a.k.a. proxy war) for them? Like in our case, we have been used in the past as the big brother’s cannon fodder and in the end we were short-changed, and now this.

The reality to start a war in the region (and later globally) is not far-fetched, and as I always say, any miscalculation and stupidity, and maybe through a false flag op, the battleground to the next war could be right in our backyard. Especially now that China's President Xi Jinping is fighting several fronts from within and from without.

China Is Not The Problem, It's Xi by Erick San Juan

In 2012, an anchor woman on China’s state-run TV network has accidentally declared that the Philippines is a part of China.

“We all know that the Philippines is China’s inherent territory and the Philippines belongs to Chinese sovereignty, this is an indisputable fact,” she said in the broadcast, which has since disappeared from the CCTV Web site, but is available elsewhere on the Web.

The presenter apparently meant to say that Huangyan Island (???) — known in the Philippines as the Scarborough Shoal, and claimed by Taiwan — is part of Chinese territory. (http://www.taipeitimes.com)

This ‘honest mistake’ created a lot of posts by netizens and bloggers both from China and here on their views and opinions that somehow a word war was launched. Although it died a natural death after a while, some might ask where did such idea come from? If there is smoke, there is fire.

Is this the reason why China is so cocky in telling the world that they control the South China Sea and now will reclaim not only Taiwan but including the Philippines as its province? This was also aired at You Tube by an American popular activist Alex Jones. This morning, I was informed by a friend that he got a book bought in Hongkong last week that the Philippines was once a province of China with an old map in it. This will be the topic of my next article.

And the recent show of China’s military power in the disputed SCS area that they installed the HQ-9 long range, high-altitude, surface-to-air missile system on the Woody Island in the disputed Paracel Islands group. What is Beijing really up to this time?

There are various reasons why China installed this missile system, according to an article from Asia Times online by M.K. Bhadrakumar – “Beijing claims that the fracas over Woody Island is in reality an orchestrated American campaign to frighten the ASEAN countries. Indeed, the first-ever summit meeting with the ASEAN grouping that Obama hosted in California last week provided the backdrop for the “breaking news” in the Paracels.

Various theories have appeared as regards Chinese motives. There are interpretations that Beijing resorted to jingoism to distract domestic attention from political and economic woes, or that China was simply mocking at the US-ASEAN summit.

Other analysts say it was a retaliatory measure provoked by recent US flyovers and sail-bys, or, it could be a calculated step to establish China’s supremacy and could be prelude to a Beijing-imposed air defense identification zone in South China Sea.

Some others conclude that Beijing is working to a plan to shift the balance of power against the US.”

Methinks that China’s President Xi Jinping is fighting so many fronts from within thus dividing China's leadership, including his key security officials and actually looking for an outside enemy as distraction from the  eco-politics problems in his country and as a unification tool at the same time.

China watchers believe that the problem is not China but Xi who is disguising himself as an anti corruption buster. When in fact, global financial and anti corruption watchdogs knew for a fact that his family according to Bloomberg report is also corrupt.

“Mr Xi has carefully fostered a reputation for clean government, and there is no evidence that he has a personal fortune. Chinese officials are forbidden from accumulating significant wealth.

However, his only daughter Xi Mingze studies at Harvard University under a pseudonym and an investigation by Bloomberg revealed (in 2012) that Mr Xi's other relatives have built an enormous empire.

The investments are hidden from public view in multiple holding companies, but were identified among thousands of pages of regulatory findings, Bloomberg said.

The family's interests include a 1.83 billion yuan (£188 million) share of the assets of Shenzhen Yuanwei, a property investment company, according to a filing from December 2011.

Other companies in the same group, wholly owned by the family, have assets of at least 539.3 million yuan. They also have an indirect 18 per cent stake in Jiangxi Rare Earth & Rare Metals Tungsten Group, whose assets are worth some £1.1 billion.

Another 3.17 million yuan investment in Beijing's Hiconics Drive Technology company, made in 2009, is now worth 128.4 million yuan. The sums do not account for liabilities and consequently do not reflect the net worth of the family.

The family also owns a villa in Hong Kong worth £20 million and another six properties in the former British colony with an estimated value of £15.4 million. The Chinese Foreign ministry declined to comment on the revelations.

Most of the traceable fortune is held by Mr Xi's older sister, Qi Qiaoqiao, 63, her husband Deng Jiagui, 61, and her daughter Zhang Yannan, 33. However, a brother-in-law, Wu Long, ran New Postcom Equipment Co, which has won hundreds of millions of yuan in contracts from state-owned China Mobile.

No assets were traced to Mr Xi himself, his wife Peng Liyuan, or their daughter. There is also no indication that Mr Xi helped to advance his relatives' business, or of any wrongdoing by Mr Xi or his family, Bloomberg said.

However, the Chinese authorities were quick to censor the report, blocking Bloomberg's website from view on the mainland.”

Need we say more?

If the escalation of tension in the SCS will continue by China’s provocations and might lead to a regional conflict due to China’s insistent claim of the whole SCS, could Xi Jinping be the perceived Asian Hitler in the offing?

The late President Deng Xiao Ping was correct in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly in 1974, in anticipation to the rise of China as a superpower when he said- "China should not be a victim of it's own leadership who may be exploiters or arrogant... Because that will cause the collapse of China."

I hope that the Chinese people who are known to be workaholic and peaceful will not tolerate this tyranny and destroy the harmony that their past leaders like Deng, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao built to make China glorious and respected by the world community of nations.

The Real Agenda by Erick San Juan

The Real Agenda by Erick San Juan

Is Obama engaging in soft touch (a.k.a. soft power) operation by launching the first ever meeting of US plus ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) in Sunnylands estate in Rancho Mirage, U.S.A.? (The same place where Obama held his famous "short-sleeves summit" with Chinese President Xi Jinping three years ago.) And this time minus China, but China will be one of the topics in the two-day summit with the ten ASEAN leaders and Obama on the territorial disputes with some ASEAN members and China in the South China Sea. With the intention of Obama to counter the growing influence of China in the region where China uses its soft power operation to penetrate the ASEAN reportedly in disguise of helping its neighbors economically.

According to L.A. Times online ASEAN is very important for “the US because the U.S. and the 10 ASEAN nations traded $254 billion in goods and services in 2014 — about 8% of all American trade, or the equivalent of about half the U.S. trade volume with China.

Four ASEAN countries — Vietnam, Singapore, Brunei and Malaysia — have joined the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, and others have expressed interest.

"It's America's fourth-largest trading partner. It's by far the largest destination for U.S. investment in Asia — more than China, Japan, South Korea and India combined. It's huge," said researcher Ian Storey of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore. "Southeast Asia is enormously important to the United States, and the Obama administration has been giving it the attention it deserves."

About 4 million people living in the U.S. were born in ASEAN countries, including 1.8 million from the Philippines and 1.2 million from Vietnam, according to 2012 Census Bureau data. That's about 10% of the foreign-born population. Among U.S. citizens naturalized in 2013, more than 111,000 came from ASEAN countries — 54% more than from mainland China.”

But why the sudden interest in the ASEAN members that Obama had to give two days for such an ‘informal’ meeting? Is the China threat too strong now that Obama had to rely on ASEAN to neutralize the perceived ‘enemy’?

The growing China threat is for real and the mere fact that Bill Gertz, the senior editor of the Washington Free Beacon revealed this in his article Chinese Defector Reveals Beijing’s Secrets, the possibilities are high that even the use of nuclear weapons in the region should be a major concern.

According to Gertz, “A defector from China has revealed some of the innermost secrets of the Chinese government and military, including details of its nuclear command and control system, according to American intelligence officials.

Businessman Ling Wancheng disappeared from public view in California last year shortly after his brother, Ling Jihua, a former high-ranking official in the Communist Party, was arrested in China on corruption charges.

Ling Wancheng, the defector, has been undergoing a debrief by FBI, CIA, and other intelligence officials since last fall at a secret location in the United States, said officials familiar with details of the defection who spoke on condition of anonymity. The defector is said to be a target of covert Chinese agents seeking to capture or kill him.

Among the information disclosed by Ling are details about the procedures used by Chinese leaders on the use of nuclear weapons, such as the steps taken in preparing nuclear forces for attack and release codes for nuclear arms.

Other secrets revealed included details about the Chinese leadership and its facilities, including the compound in Beijing known as 'Zhongnanhai'. That information is said to be valuable for U.S. electronic spies, specifically for cyber intelligence operations targeting the secretive Chinese leadership.

Other officials said Ling defected sometime in the summer of 2015 after his brother, once the senior administrative aide to former Chinese leader Hu Jintao, came under suspicion for leaking state secrets.

Intelligence officials said Ling, if confirmed as a legitimate defector in debriefings over the next several months, would have the most privileged information of any defector from China to the United States in more than 30 years.

“This is an intelligence windfall,” said one senior official.

The events surrounding Ling’s defection and his brother’s arrest appear to be part of a complex internal power struggle in China led by current leader Xi Jinping targeting hundreds of Party leaders and officials. Under the guise of a nationwide anticorruption drive within the Chinese leadership, Xi is said to be systematically removing rivals from previous administrations.

Officials said Ling Wancheng is being kept under tight security after U.S. intelligence agencies detected the activity of covert Chinese agents tasked with tracking down Chinese nationals sought by the government.

The defection was triggered by the arrest of Ling’s brother, Ling Jihua, a former presidential aide who secretly obtained some 2,700 internal documents from a special Communist Party unit he headed until 2012. The unit was in charge of storing and archiving classified documents.

During an investigation of Ling’s residence, Chinese authorities discovered that 2,700 secret documents had been photocopied. Most of the photocopies had been produced after September 2012, when Ling Jihua was transferred to another government ministry.

The secrets included security passcodes and communications codes used at Zhongnanhai, blueprints, and command and control information used by Communist leaders and the State Council, the cabinet, and the Central Military Commission.

Launch procedures for firing nuclear missiles used by Party leaders and People’s Liberation Army leaders also were leaked.

China’s nuclear arsenal and the conditions for its use are among Beijing’s most closely guarded secrets. Very little information is held by U.S. intelligence agencies on how China would use nuclear weapons and when it would conduct nuclear attacks.”

If all these leaked information are now in the hands of the US intelligence, the threat for a first strike policy is not far-fetched and the US allies in the region are in the crosshairs whether we like it or not.

There is no better time to consolidate forces than now that Obama is giving the ASEAN leaders to be wary of a regional conflict.

The question is- who will strike first? Will the US leak how the Chinese missiles trajectory will really scare the ASEAN?

Let's all be vigilant!

The EDSA Circus by Erick San Juan

The EDSA Circus by Erick San Juan

“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” (Zora Neale Hurston, 1891–1960, an American novelist, short story writer, folklorist, and anthropologist).

As in the case of the “1986 EDSA People Power Revolution”, a lot of questions were answered after several years had passed. Unfortunately there are those who still believe the lies of the so called ‘revolution’ even though the truth is glaring right in front of their faces. Of course, the remnants of the Yellow fever, the believers will always justify the ‘miracle of EDSA’ no matter what. But was there really a miracle?

Let us analyze some facts that were hidden until some time that they were declassified (so to speak). One book that exposed the works of some paid lackeys to destabilize a nation for the purpose of destroying its economy or to implement a regime change is the book of John Perkins’ Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.

An "economic hit man"-orchestrated-coup was the term used by the research team of the Executive Intelligence Review (EIR) in December 2004 when the book of Perkins was released. Prior to Perkins book I have already released some important insights on the 1986 coup in my book Marcos Legacy Revisited, Raiders of the Lost Gold after a decade of the said ‘people power’.

Through my book some people began to realize the truth behind the ouster of then President Ferdinand Marcos and his family. Sadly this is just one of the so many mistakes that had to be corrected in the nation’s history.

The following is a part of my interview which I included in my book – “Question: Who were pressuring Marcos to give in and leave? Is there any credible evidence that this happened? Answer: The pressures came from both U.S. and Philippine sources. On the American side, there was Philip Habib. He was joined by U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines, Stephen Bosworth, Richard Armitage, Michael Armacost, Rep. Stephen Solarz, Norbert Garrett (CIA Station Chief in Manila), and Joseph Mussomelli (Anti-Fraud Section, U.S. Embassy). Senator Paul Laxalt, as you probably know, was the guy who spoke to Marcos on the phone and told him “to cut and cut cleanly.” Lines to Washington were kept busy by calls coming in from Lawrence Eagleburger and Henry Kissinger. Later on, I was told that operating funds came in from Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, through dollar grants from the C.V. Starr Foundation of New York. Greenberg is a powerful member of the B’nai B’rith. Others like Higdon, Brzezinski and General Pike and Allen of JUSMAG also formed part of the American initiative to oust Marcos.

On the Philippine side were assets like Joe Concepcion, Jobo Fernandez, Cesar Zalamea, Jaime Ongpin and Alex Melchor. Journalists, likewise were used for their media hype.

… Habib was sent by the Trilateralists to the Philippines to pressure Marcos into signing the document prepared in the U.S. It contained provisions of equal sharing of the gold bars among different countries (through their bankers in the Commission), transshipped by Marcos to Fort Knox and other depositories under a top secret operation plan coded “Tuna Highway”.

And the rest was history, facts that must be corrected even for the next generation to appreciate the other side of the truth. But as far as I am concerned, there is more to what transpired in the ouster of Marcos that brought about the so-called ‘people power’ in EDSA.

Now it can be told that Marcos was brought to Hawaii because he double crossed his ‘masters’ by minting his gold stocks with his logo.

And we thought that the likes of Juan Ponce Enrile and Fidel V. Ramos during that time were the so called heroes of the EDSA Uno revolution, their infighting with Marcos back then  was clear that it was not 'por la patria' but for self-preservation according to pundits. Senator Enrile is now even supporting the candidacy of Sen. Bongbong Marcos while former President Ramos if not for the advice of some allies almost give his support to his nephew Bongbong. Out of the blue, FVR was shown in several news releases supporting vice presidentiable, Cong. Leni Robredo. And the worst, most Marcos cronies and dummies are in  control of so many big business and industries and in their pocket are contending politicians.

Now we have to ask ourselves as a nation, what is there to celebrate and commemorate with the bogus revolution when we are now witnessing their support to the candidacy of Bongbong Marcos?

If we are to establish a sound legacy for generations to come, we have to revise our history books and tell what really happened so that we can move on and maybe later on come up with a true Filipino ideology. We have to start by scrapping this EDSA fiesta that had taken us all for a ride for several years now. This is the year that we have to answer the questions and be firm and take a stand that we were made to believe lies in order to justify our shortcomings as a sovereign state.

Wake up!

Zika Virus Scare, Another Depopulation Agenda

Zika Virus Scare, Another Depopulation Agenda

By Erick San Juan

Several articles on the internet openly discussed the role of the globalists for another staged depopulation agenda using the Zika virus scare. Just like HIV-AIDS, Zika was reportedly found in Africa in the late 40's. One article written by Bernie Suarez even gave us a closer look on depopulation to serve as a reminder for the world to realize that the world is being used as a huge cage of guinea pigs for their experimentation and manipulation.

The global elites have been clear about their goal of depopulation. Depopulation is deeply embedded into all the global plans of the new world order. It’s all part of the Malthusian belief or theory that the earth only has limited resources and, therefore, it is up to humanity (or its ruling elite) to limit its growth. The ruling elite have been selling this ideology for decades.

In 1958, author of Brave New World Aldous Huxley appeared on a national TV interview with Mike Wallace about his gloomy view of humanity. In his interview he admits at the time that humanity is being manipulated and destroyed by many forces. Huxley almost sounds like a prophet or a wise messenger for humanity with his unique smart-sounding, slow-speaking technique. But it doesn’t take a wizard to listen in to the first 3 minutes to see that Huxley’s TV appearance ultimately is about selling the Malthusian dogma of scarcity and the need for depopulation as a solution.

Depopulation is also clearly outlined in the Georgia Guidestones, a monument (by the way) whose history is fully protected by the establishment media and Wikipedia. In case you didn’t know, the identity of the person who actually paid for the monument to this day is concealed. Wikipedia states:

In June 1979, an unknown person or persons under the pseudonym R. C. Christian hired Elberton Granite Finishing Company to build the structure.

Wikipedia also states:

The structure is sometimes referred to as an “American Stonehenge”

So let’s get this straight. It’s an American “Stonehenge” of historic proportion, it was built in modern times, yet mysteriously no one knows who paid for it?? Let that sink in for a minute.

I am bringing up the Georgia Guidestones because not only it is a listing of ten commandments for the new world order, but the first two commandments have clear implications of the goals of depopulation. The first two commandments state:

1- Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature. 2- Guide reproduction wisely— improving fitness and diversity.

Clearly the Luciferian elites who paid for these stones believe the Malthusian theory of population, and they feel population needs to be controlled. The second commandment demonstrates that controlling population is clearly something they feel needs to be done by controlling fertility and reproduction. Despite this outrage, there isn’t any criticism of this idea in Wikipedia or any establishment platform. Instead these ideas are seemingly accepted.

There is no greater control of humanity than taking control of someone’s body and their reproductive rights; and with the globalists going for it all in 2016, no one should be surprised that an effect that wasn’t traditionally there before is being attached to a virus that has been around potentially hundreds if not thousands of years.”

Another article by Luis R. Miranda, “How would globalists who favor mass depopulation go about decimating a country’s fertility rate? Normally they do it through two methods. One of them is loud, bloody and generally unwanted, although often used. That method is war."

"One can see the application of this technique in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, where western organizations and governments spend billions of dollars a year to promote and maintain the destabilization of nations by financing opposition groups that carry out civil wars.

The second method is stealthy, silent, and consequently more effective in achieving its goal. This second method is spreading bio-weapons over a determined population to affect their reproductive health.

War as method of depopulation is very effective, but it is not very popular. The sounds of war can be heard loudly, way before the first bomb is dropped. People usually have some time to prepare or run away.

In the case of a bio-weapon it is quite the contrary. There is usually no escape, unless you are in the know. The malignant beauty of a bio-weapon is that it achieves its goal of reducing fertility quietly and over a long period of time.

A bio-weapon may not be the choice in many occasions because it takes longer to achieve its end goal. In this respect, war is more effective, because it destroys property and human lives instantly.

The release of bio-weapons in the form of experimental trials with viruses, bacteria and other pathogens is not new, but it continues to be used by private entities funded by philanthropic organizations and government agencies.

Experiments are conducted in highly secured labs which follow standard protocols, but scientists who cozy up to their funding partners find it difficult not to deploy a bio-weapon outside their labs in an attempt to make it perfect. Of course, this is not spoken of publicly. The excuse is always ‘research’, ‘general well-being’ and other things of the sort.”

Manufactured diseases used for covert operations had to find its way to mostly third world countries which the globalists tagged as ‘useless eaters’ and had to be eliminated. In several Hollywood movies this is specifically in the script and openly tackled by so-called doctors cum scientists together with their ‘guinea pigs’ like in one of the Bourne movies filmed here. Sadly, like the Georgia Guidestones (American Stonehenge) that is glaring right before the world and nobody wanted to oppose it because they tagged the people who will try to as conspiracy theorists and just laugh it off. Thanks to presstitutes and the lamestream media of the corporate elite, they always muddle the truth with their lies and deceit and use the strategy of fear like what they are currently doing with the Zika virus scare.

Let us heed the warning of Bernie Suarez – “With the Olympics planned in Brazil this year, we should at least be paying attention to see how the establishment tries to spin this in terms of a global pandemic that must be dealt with by forced sterilization, forced vaccination or both. Either way it will likely be something out of the Aldous Huxley or Bill Gates new world order playbook to promote depopulation.

If nothing else, it’s about time we stop thinking that these global crises that all fit in perfectly with the new world order plans are by coincidence. And it’s time to take notice of how all the huge crises that are presented by the mass media, all seem to fit into the new world order plans in a very neat and increasingly perfect way. In light of the overall picture, we would be foolish to ignore these patterns.”

 Always be wary of the globalist agenda. An Evil genius can sometimes appear to be good to achieve his goal.