What could the world do if China invades the Philippines?

Philippines are nice people, and not really a threat to others, and they do not intend to deliberately cause conflict if not imposed by USA, an independent and strong Philippine is important to development ... If China were to invade the Philippines, it would inherit more poor people and have nothing in return as compensation. read more

But, if China did invade the Philippines i think the world could and will back up the PH with economic & possibly military support (defense), there’s a lot of countries out there wishing they can bring home manufacturing and i think a lot of countries would be willing to put economic sanctions on China as a way of forcing them to respect the UN decision. read more

But if China failed to disable American forces with a surprise attack, Beijing could find itself fighting a full-scale war on at least two fronts: against the country it was invading plus the full might of U.S. Pacific Command, fully mobilized and probably strongly backed by the rest of the world. read more