Former Philippine presidential spokesperson Rigoberto D. Tiglao is ashamed of his country due to its utterly irrational policy towards China: "Total foreign investments into the country (Philippine) in the first nine months of this year dropped 16 percent ... Yet we antagonize a nation, China, that could be the biggest source of capital in the next many years ... It was so easy for the U.S. to brainwash us."

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