More Than A Thousand Years of Filipino Bondage to Philippine-Chinese.
Efie
with "co" like mine is not necessarily a Filipino? My great great
grandfather (4 generations ago) came from China & married my great
great grandmother (a filipina) from Manila. Over the years their
children & their children's children inter-married with meztizo-
mestiza spanish-chinese-filipinos. I was born & raised in Davao, got
my business degree in UP Manila, married a Filipina & worked hard to
be successful for my family. How Filipino is that!
Read this guys bullshit article posted in the internet (date unknown)
& ask yourself if you are a pure blooded Filipino (Malay) without any
trace of Spanish, Chinese, American, etc. blood. If you are, you're
full of shit like this idiot writer.
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GREED HAS NO BOUNDS - Adolfo Abadeza’s
GREED HAS NO BOUNDS - More Than A Thousand Year of Filipino Bondage
to Philippine-Chinese.
“We have given you roof, a place to stay during the civil war in your
country. You have NOTHING except your empty pockets when you arrived.
You engaged in all kinds of legal and illegal trades. Now, you are
multi-billionaires - the one in control of almost all businesses in
this country. But you do not wish to leave us anymore. You would like
to make this country subservient to you forever. Your stomach is
already bulging but you still want to have more servings. Gluttony is
a way of life - is it your everyday course FOR LIVING?”
THE HALF CHINESE AND HALF FILIPINOS ARE CALLED “MESTIZOS.”
There were three (3) classes of inhabitants in the Philippines as
classified by the Spaniards from 1570 to 1740. We have the following:
- Peninsular- (Peninsulares) or the Spanish
- Indios (or the Filipinos)
- Chinese (called Sangleyes/Sanleys – meaning to trade or
traveling merchants)
One of the privileges given by the Spaniards to the Chinese those days
was the formation of their own Chinese organization called Gremio de
Chino (Guild of Chinese). In this set up they had their own officers
who they selected among themselves. They also had their own courts to
decide on cases involving their kinds. Along with it, they have all
the rights to become Christian through baptism or intermarriage with
Filipinos. The fusion between pure Chinese and native Filipinos
produced a new breed known as Mestizos. These mestizos were very much
distinct from their parents as they adopted three cultures in the
process of their growing to adulthood, Chinese, Filipino and Spanish.
The past growth of the Mestizo population brought the Spanish Colonial
power to re-classify residents of the Philippines into four (4) in
1741. These were:
-Peninsular – Spanish / Creoles (Spanish Mestizo) – paying no tribute
-Indios (or Filipinos)
-Chinese
-Chinese Mestizos (last three were paying tributes)
Person, whose father or mother were Chinese Mestizos or those with
Chinese Mestizo father and Pure Chinese mother or vice-versa, were
considered Chinese Mestizos up to its fourth generations. A Chinese
Mestiza who married an Indio was considered and listed as Indio, to
include their children.
Unlike the number of Creoles (Spanish father with Indio mother or
Spanish mother with Indio father) that were so little, the number of
Chinese Mestizos rose continuously fast. Just like their Chinese
fathers, at one point in time during the same regime, they were
allowed to have their own listings and were given privilege to form
their own group which called Gremio de Mestizos Sangleyes (GUILD OF
CHINESE MESTIZOS). This guild was treated differently and separately
from the Pure Chinese Guild, the Gremio de Chino. The Spaniards even
thought of matching and using the Mestizos against the Pure Chinese in
business and trade.
“In 1816 there were approximately 121,621 Chinese Mestizos against a
population of 2,390,676 and in 1850 almost doubled at 240,000 Chinese
Mestizos in a population of more or less 4,000,000. In 1898 and up,
there were more than 500,000 Chinese Mestizos. Later years estimate
were placed between 5-16% Mestizos out of the total
population.” (Later days estimate was placed at 10%)
THE CHINESE MESTIZOS BECOME THE EDUCATED AND THE INTELLECTUALS IN THE
PHILIPPINE SOCIETY
Due to rebellions and insurrections of the Chinese that were answered
by the Spanish Colonial power with massacres and expulsions, the
Chinese populations dwindled. (There was a time, after the return of
Manila by the British to Spain, their numbers decreased to the
fullest, (less than a thousand). The void created by the Chinese
(after the massacres) who used to control wholesale, retail, import
and export were immediately taken over by the Spaniards who tried to
dominate the economy by going to retail and wholesale trade, import
and export. However, they failed to penetrate the market in as much as
“they have different trading attitudes, selling goods at much higher
prices and most often, there were no goods to be sold,” as there were
no supplies at all. Their short-lived dominance later died down and
the more articulate and active Chinese Mestizos penetrated and
controlled the market, having almost the same work and trading
attitude like their Chinese parent. As they controlled the market for
the meantime, their standard of living have changed and risen. The
Chinese Mestizos created wealth and changed drastically their
political and social standing. They have stepped up further in 1863
when the educational decree was passed by the Spanish colonial power
that gave way for the Indios (who can afford) and the Mestizos access
to higher education, the Mestizos taking the opportunity by sending
their children to exclusive schools of the religious like Ateneo, San
Beda etc., and the others in other countries, giving way to entry and
influx of liberal ideas to the Philippines that catapulted the 1896
revolution (A Filipino revolution headed and financed by Chinese
Mestizos and Pure Chinese – who plotted and snatched the glory from
its real founders and leaders – Andres Bonifacio and the Filipinos.
Details of these are in the later pages of this work).
In 1840 due to the opening of port in Manila, (opening of trade to the
world) the Spanish encouraged the Chinese to return to speed up the
economy. Their policy was changed to that of attraction and
invitation. But those who left and invited back were mostly very old,
so limited figures of new Chinamen arrived (Another factor was most
them still fear the executions and massacres). The Chinese slowly went
back to this country to resume their unfinished task of economic
control, this time penetrating even the provinces and little by little
displacing the Mestizos of their temporary control.
A MORE DANGEROUS EXPLOITER WAS BORN
The displaced Chinese Mestizos in return shifted to land cultivation
and export of crops and became big landowners and farmers. They became
the Hacienderos – (the equivalent in China’s feudal lords) signaling
the start of feudal system in this country – brewed, concocted and
controlled by the Spaniards, the church, the Chinese, few rich
Filipinos and the Chinese Mestizos). Others shifted to become
professionals, doctors, lawyers, writers, engineers, and other
occupations – managers, contractors, etc.
The Spaniards have made the fatal mistake of instigating the further
increase in population of the Chinese Mestizos. In one of their
decrees, the Spaniards gave the Chinese Mestizos the privilege to
marry at the age 16 without parental consent. This privilege was not
even given to the Indios.
The Chinese Mestizos have later grown to be the leaders of so many
communities in the Philippines with their wealth, power and education.
These were reflected fully by the number of municipalities and cities
that they controlled during that time as Cabezas (Mayors) and
Governadorcillos (Governors). The family of Rizal was in this category
– as they were the Chinese Mestizos who controlled a number of
municipalities in Laguna like Binan, Calamba, etc.
The Indios (the real Filipinos) were left behind to make way for what
they have become today, the same uneducated, unknowing, backward
provincial people, whose destiny are dependent with their conquerors,
exploiters, political clans, corrupt leaders, highly politicized
church (some fighting for their liberation theologies) and the like.
THE IDENTITY CRISIS – ARE YOU CHINESE OR FILIPINOS?
“Consequently, a Mestizo born of Chinese father and Filipina mother
who has been raised as Filipino and who has completely accepted
Filipino values to the point of REJECTING his Chinese origin can
hardly be called Chinese or member of the Chinese Community.” However,
action speaks lauder than voice. Let me then present to you a list of
known personalities including some of our heroes and leaders who
belonged to the Chinese Mestizo groups of the past and present time:
Jose “Lamco” Rizal, Corazon Cojuangco Aquino, Ferdinand E. Marcos,
Jaime (Cardinal) Sin, Salvador Laurel, Alberto Romulo, Emilio “Famy”
Aguinaldo, Apolinario Mabini, the brothers Antonio and Juan Luna,
Julian Felipe (writer of Philippine National Anthem), the three priest
Gomez, Burgos and Zamora, Cong. Teodoro Locsin, the family Sycip
(owner of SGV -Sycip, Gorres and Velayo), Pedro Paterno (President of
Malolos Republic), Alfredo “Fred” Lim (Previous Mayor of Manila, now
Senator), Cong Augusto “Boboy Syjuco”, Jose Maria Sison (founder of
Mao-Communism), Mel Tiangco (Mel and Jay team), Mother Lily Monteverde
(Regal Films) Lyn Ching (TV Host), Chavit Singson, Alfredo “Fred”
Ramos (owner of National Bookstore), Jose Campos (owner of a big drug
manufacturing) Dechaves (President Estrada case), Sergio Osmeña, Jose
P. Laurel, Elpidio Quirino, Ramon Magsaysay, Cesar Virata, Carlos
Romulo, Roberto Ongpin, Arturo Tanco, Dr. Serafin Quiazon, Claudio
Teehankee, Mother Ignacia, Lorenzo Ruiz (the Saint). Brothers Raul and
Jose Concepcion (Concepcion Industries, Sarsi, Selecta, Cornetto,
RFM), Jose Laurel (ex President), Justice Jose Abad Santos, Tomas
Pinpin, Vicente Lim, Eugenio Lopez (ABS-CBN), Jose Yulo (Canlubang
Sugar Estate), Justice Ramon Avanceña, Vidal Tan (UP President
before), Teodoro Kalaw (the historian/book writer), Manuel Lim,
Eulogio “Amang “ Rodriguez, Arsenio Lacson (previous Mayor of Manila),
Joselito Atienza (present Mayor of Manila), Sonny Belmonte (Mayor of
Quezon City), and many others including the King of Malacanang today,
Miguel (Tuazon or Zun-tua) Arroyo.
Chinese sounding surnames like Yuzon, Tuazon (almost all surnames that
ended in on and co), Linkao, Limcauco, Limcauco, Tanjuatco, Leongson,
Tiongson, Lim, Yap, Sychangco, Anganco, Tantoco, Tanchanco, Tantuico,
Juico, Tanlayco, Cojuangco, Syjuco, Ongsiako, Ongpauco, Soliongco,
Liongco, Yupangco, Tanco, Lamco, Yangco, Yuchengco, Chua, Gosiengfiao,
Uy, Sy, Dy, Tan, Po, Lo, Ong, Coseteng, Tianco, Sytanco, So, Co, Que,
Pe, Tang, Yang, Ty, Sy, Sia, etc., are guaranteed 24 K pure blooded
Chinese.
If the Parents are Chinese, but the children have fully embraced the
Filipino side, what would we regard them, are they Filipinos or
Chinese? The intermarriages actually have caused so much confusion not
only with us Filipinos but also with then, the pure Chinese. There
were publications written by them assaulting the attitudes of the new
generation Chinese as too bias with their Filipino sides. The identity
crisis has sink down the nerve of each sides and once and for all this
issue should be resolve fully.
FILIPINO (SPANISH) SOUNDING NAME IS NOT A GUARANTEE THAT ONE IS
FILIPINO
There is also no guarantee that if one’s surname sounds like Spanish,
Filipino or stylized Spanish/Filipino, one is Filipino. This was
proven by the list of Pure Chinese and Chinese Mestizos in different
parts of the Philippine who changed their names and surnames when they
were baptized as they were allowed to choose from the catalogue of
Spanish names and to use their “sponsor’s” surnames during Spanish
Regime in 1849.
“As reflected in the record of “Gremio de Mestizos Sangleyes” or Guild
of Chinese Mestizos in 1882, the following surnames are with Chinese
origins:
For several towns of: Cavite:
Tagle, Sabali, Sapico, Dairet, Sanquilayan, BAUTISTA, DE GUZMAN,
VILLANUEVA, Camarce, Marimbao, Mayasa, Sariñas, Camua, Mateo, Cariño,
Aransasu, Tarim, Ginaco, Topacio, Calocada, de Castro, CUEVAS,
Camerino, VIRATA, MONZON, Malbal, ESPIRITU, HERRERA, Alejandro,
Yubienco, BUSTAMANTE, POBLETE, VASQUEZ, AGUINALDO, ENCARNACION,
Legazpi, Jimenez, San Agustin, Dasa, Feleteo, Jose, Fernandez,
Ballesteros, De Cuenca, Lazaro, Miranda, Pagtachan, Narvaez, Javier,
Estandante, Lumanog, Alis, Madlansancay, Espeneli, Mojica, Pareja,
Loyola, Villacarlos, Malimban, Alvarez, Salud, Nazareno, etc.,
At Camarines and Albay, listed as Chinese Mestizos at seminary of
Nueva Caceres in 1796 were:
Vicente Tagle, Narciso Cecillo, Bernardo de la Cruz, Vicente Racios,
Juan Nepomuceno, Eulogio Modesta, Pablo de Sta Ana, Fabian de Vera and
Jose Rodriguez.
Bacolod – (1852 Barangay record)
Cayetano, Villanueva, Balayos, Fereon, Segobia, Eringas, Lanes, Tomas
Rodrigaza, Arcenas, Medel, Gonzaga, Torello, Salmeo, Sta Rita,
Rodriguez, Guanzon, Puntuan, Suanson, Sianson, Togly, Asaola, Felicia,
Picson, de la Peña, Brujola, Singco, Jocsing, Villamena, Quijano.
Bacolor, Pampanga
De Ocampo, Rasillo, Mesina, de los Reyes, de los Angeles.
Mabalacat and Mexico, Pampanga
Pinping, Lusing, TUAZON, etc.
Angeles, Pampanga
Henson, Dizon, Quiason
Negros and Ilo-Ilo
Lacson, Conlu, LOCSIN, Jacson, Tiongco, Yunpue, Tinsay, Jison, YULO,
Cuaycong, Montilla, Yusay, LOPEZ, Gonzaga, Ymzon, Guanco, MONTELIBANO,
ARANETA, Ditching, Limsiaco, MAGALONA, de la Rama, LEDESMA, VALDERAMA,
Consing, Guanzon, de la Peña, etc.
Cebu
Velez, Osmeña, Climaco
Bicol
Samson.”
At present era, it is now a sort of ”privilege” for the Chinese and
Chinese Mestizos to change their surnames (at their discretion) for it
to sound like Filipinos to hide their origins forever and continue
their dominance of this country without interference. Example is the
case of - National Bookstore; the owner is Chinese who changed his
name to Alfredo “Fred” Ramos (this guy is also in mining business).
Later through lavish advertisements and media campaign, he put the
name of his wife Socorro Ramos as founder/owner of the said successful
store. Another case was that of Jose Campos (RIP) a known crony of
President Marcos, owner of Unilab one of the biggest drug
manufacturers in the Philippines and owner of a large commercial
complex in EDSA Mandaluyong. Thousands upon thousands of ordinary and
rich Chinese have changed and been changing their names for their
convenience. As they have two names, one Chinese and one Filipino, you
can notice in news releases (prints or visuals), that most of them who
committed crimes use their Chinese names and Chinese nationalities not
to arouse the Filipino notice of their criminal and illegal activities
in this country which are prevalent. Therefore, when they are arrested
as big time “Illegal Drug Dealers, (manufacturers or financiers),
gambling lords, prostitution operators, smugglers, carnap syndicate
boss, Tax Scammers or Evaders, etc., as hooked up by the Police
authorities, they were all identified with Chinese nationalities in
the news coverage when in fact and in truth they have already gained
Filipino citizenship.
ADOLFO A. ABADEZA
Filipino, Writer and Publisher
Email: laspipm...@yahoo.com
greedhas...@yahoo.com
Boracay Bill
> greedhasnobou...@yahoo.com
To me, it sounds like racism, pure and simple.
joek...@gmail.com
yeah- anti-chinese sentiments flow thru south Asia and often turns
into outrageous riots and murders. "Pure" filipinos would be negritoes
(or whatever name you like to use) even the writer of this rant
"Adolfo" is obviously a mixed-breed by his own standards- but
apparently chinoys aren't afforded the same respect due to alleged
sucess/wealth. I've noticed a tendency to blame most crime on
"chinese" as well and this is common in most of the filipinos I've
met....
Dirty Sick Pig
> > On Jul 4, 3:12 pm, Efie <EfieCaton...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Is this bullshit or what? So this guy is saying that surnames ending
> > > with "co" like mine is not necessarily a Filipino? My great great
> > > grandfather (4 generations ago) came from China & married my great
> > > great grandmother (a filipina) from Manila. Over the years their
> > > children & their children's children inter-married with meztizo-
> > > mestiza spanish-chinese-filipinos. I was born & raised in Davao, got
> > > my business degree in UP Manila, married a Filipina & worked hard to
> > > be successful for my family. How Filipino is that!
>
> > > Read this guys bullshit article posted in the internet (date unknown)
> > > & ask yourself if you are a pure blooded Filipino (Malay) without any
> > > trace of Spanish, Chinese, American, etc. blood. If you are, you're
> > > full of shit like this idiot writer.
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>
> > > GREED HAS NO BOUNDS - Adolfo Abadeza’s
>
> > > GREED HAS NO BOUNDS - More Than A Thousand Year of Filipino Bondage
> > > to Philippine-Chinese.
<SNIP>
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> On Jul 4, 7:04 am, Boracay Bill <boracayb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > To me, it sounds like racism, pure and simple.
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On Jul 4, 9:11 am, "joeke...@gmail.com" <joeke...@gmail.com> wrote:
> yeah- anti-chinese sentiments flow thru south Asia and often turns
> into outrageous riots and murders. "Pure" filipinos would be negritoes
> (or whatever name you like to use) even the writer of this rant
> "Adolfo" is obviously a mixed-breed by his own standards- but
> apparently chinoys aren't afforded the same respect due to alleged
> sucess/wealth. I've noticed a tendency to blame most crime on
> "chinese" as well and this is common in most of the filipinos I've
> met....
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Adolfo, the aledged 'Purong Pinoy" (Filipino of Negrito descent) is
the typical "Juan Tamad" sleeping (siesta) under the manga tree. The
term Chinoy is a derogatory term serving no purpose but to distinguish
a particular group of Filipinos. They (Filipinos of Chinese descent)
are not all rich but they are not dirt poor. Most are living
comfortably (by Philippine standards) because of hard work & smarts.
Like all Filipinos, they value education for their children & strong
work ethics to excel in their chosen professions. Adolfo & the rest
of the Juan Tamad's descendants are the poorest of the poorest. My
Malay-Chinese (15% Spanish) grandmother used to say to me: "Na sa Dios
ang awa, na sa tao ang gawa". I followed her advise to heart & found
my own niche in the US of A.
Happy Independence Day & Filipino-American Friendship Day to all & God
Bless America!
July 4th is Day of Truce for the Other Pig.
Dunno about DSP.
Dirty Sick Pig
> Is this bullshit or what? So this guy is saying that surnames ending
> with "co" like mine is not necessarily a Filipino? My great great
> grandfather (4 generations ago) came from China & married my great
> great grandmother (a filipina) from Manila. Over the years their
> children & their children's children inter-married with meztizo-
> mestiza spanish-chinese-filipinos. I was born & raised in Davao, got
> my business degree in UP Manila, married a Filipina & worked hard to
> be successful for my family. How Filipino is that!
>
> Read this guys bullshit article posted in the internet (date unknown)
> & ask yourself if you are a pure blooded Filipino (Malay) without any
> trace of Spanish, Chinese, American, etc. blood. If you are, you're
> full of shit like this idiot writer.
I know how you feel, having observed first-hand the prejudice thrown by
Indo-Malay Filipinos at Chinese, Indians and other fellow Asians who
have become good Filipino citizens.
However, I would like to offer my observation that generally,
Filipino-Chinese and others I mentioned above seem to concentrate their
citizenship primarily in the business, financial and commercial aspects
of Filipino society. There are only few in government specially in the
salaried civil service (yes, I know, one became president); practically
none in the military; and only a handful in the diplomatic corps.
In other words, they have not really, fully, integrated and assimilated
into all aspects of Philippine life. Immigrant Filipino families
specially the older, established ones have not bothered to establish a
solid tradition of public service to their adopted country.
Dirty Sick Pig
> To me, it sounds like racism, pure and simple.
Yeppers! Exaktamente! But as I observed somewhere else, they have not
made any real efforts to fully assimilate into the general population.
Heck, their menfolks joining a few conciertos with the local boys would
help a lot, in my drunken opinion. It really does!
Concierto Tangero Pig