00:01President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. doubles down on the Philippines' need to prepare should a war break out over Taiwan.
00:08This as he hits back at China for accusing him of playing fire on issues bearing on China's core interests.
00:15I don't know what they're talking about.
00:17Playing with fire?
00:19I was just stating facts.
00:21We do not want to go to war.
00:24But I think if there is a war over Taiwan, we will be drawn, hihilain tayo sa ayat gusto natin.
00:35Kicking and screaming, we will be drawn and dragged into that mess.
00:41Marcos has long made public his stance that the Philippines would not be able to stay out of the conflict should a war break out between China and Taiwan,
00:48citing the migrant Filipino population in Taiwan and its proximity to the Philippines' northernmost provinces.
00:55A week ago, during his state visit to India, Marcos said, if there is an all-out war, then the Philippines will be drawn to it.
01:02Beijing then accused Manila of going back on its words, fudging and hollowing out on the one-China principle and harming the China-Philippines relations.
01:10Marcos says on Monday that planning for contingencies in Taiwan is just planning.
01:15Come on, let's be, huwag na tayong, hope, I love this saying, hope is not a plan.
01:21How do we get our people out?
01:23How do we protect the, kung magkagulo, gera na nga dito.
01:27E malapit na sa atin. Anong nga gawin natin?
01:30Manila has not changed its one-China policy.
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