The Manila Times

MY SAY

- MAURO GIA SAMONTE

or incognito. Nothing forbids me from expressing my views on China expressive of my sincere beliefs. But certainly, Ambassador Sta. Romana cannot be on the same plane as I am on the matter. He is fettered by

state decorum, I am not. And as I expressed it in the title of one of my recent columns (“Damned if I do, damned if I didn’t), if I must shout to the heavens that no nation comes to prosperity if not by China, I’d do it, because I truly believe so. That’s why I wouldn’t wish to be an ambassador, particular­ly to China, plainly because diplomatic ethics

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