Poor chinese what has CCP done to you,if thats the same thing then we have sold our sovereignty to most of the nations ,beacuse many airlines operate out of India and refuel while flying over many countries.It is essentially the same in principle.
After signing the LEMOA, India has essentially sold their sovereignty to the US military.
It's the same thing we faced back in 1962, and as always, it's the Westerners using Indians as a meat shield.
Duterte was smart, he realized that America had already abandoned the Philippines while China was seizing their territory in 2012, and that the US "mutual defence treaty" wasn't worth anything at all. So he pivoted to China, this way at least he has a chance to keep something.