Entire South China Sea owned by China?

The overconfidence that has been shown by China was becoming apparent as each passing by. By the promotion of their rising military power, Chinese come into view unrestrained with their assertiveness with their neighbors.

China, instead of positioning itself as the superpower country in the 21st century, appears to be turning back the clock as they resembled 12th century Empire of the Mongol hordes and Genghis Khan who have conquered Eurasia. Today's China seems to adhere the philosophy "might make right." And since they have the biggest number of "guns" they can do whatever it wants.

This is the era of “superpowers” as Chinese might argue that they are. In the similar fashion, for most of 20th Century, U.S. saw Caribbean Sea as its own private "sandbox" where they can operate unimpeded. However, United States — although have—never operated with arrogance and impunity as what China at this moment displays, as they intimidates neighboring country showing off its powerful navy.

Chinese seems to draw from the pleasure picking on the Filipinos in particular. Dr. Robert D. Kaplan, one of the "top 100 global thinkers" of the world by a Foreign 2011 Policy magazine, a member of advisory committee of US Department of Defense notes in his book Asia's Cauldron that "the truth was, that pushing the Philippines around served a purpose in nationalistic circles in Beijing that pushing Vietnam around just didn't. Hating Vietnam was a default emotion inside China and therefore did not advance any Chinese official's or military officer's nationalistic bona fides; whereas because the Philippines was a formal treaty ally of the United states, bullying the Philippines telegraphed that China was pushing back at the United States. And this was easy to do because of the Philippine military's own lack of capacity."

In addition to that, the China based dealings with Philippines during Macapagal-Arroyo administration, they must have concluded that the Philippine government officials, from the “president on down are both corrupt and gullible”. After years Philippines telling ASEAN neighbors to stand united as one against China, Arroyo then suddenly broke ranks in 2004 to make secret deal with China and Vietnam called JMSU (Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking). Even the members of Philippine Senate and House of Representatives kept in the dark as to the specific details of this undertaking.

The top secret project unexpectedly ended in 2008 after an article published in Far Eastern Economic Review characterized the project as a "sellout" by Arroyo administration to China and Vietnam. Barry Wain, a researcher from Institute for the Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore authored the article noting "Philippines ... has made breathtaking concessions in agreeing to the area for study, including parts of its own continental shelf not even claimed by China and Vietnam." It is no wonder Arroyo wanted to keep everything under wraps! Now remember to include the reason of the list of charges being leveled against the former president.

JMSU and NBN-ZTE scandal then followed gave the Chinese leaders first—hand experience that they were looking for when dealing top echelons of Philippine government. And they have concluded that getting Filipinos to do their bidding would be a cakewalk so long as you "greased" enough palms.  The fact that current Aquino administration shunned corruption does not mean that future ones will. But China does not have to wait for a new administration for them to bribe. China simply continues it’s "salami slicing" strategy, grabbing small island after another until they eventually controls everything it wants.

Even the Chinese—Filipino leaders who were now in control of country's commerce and industry are unlikely to show obvious support for Philippine for fear that they might be blacklisted from doing business in China.

Recently the concluded regional security summit at Myanmar, the Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi hinted that China was willing to halt its activity in the disputed areas of South China Sea if Philippines withdraw its arbitration case to the United Nation, hoping that Filipino officials take the bait, and drop its UN suit.