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Title:
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Trump, in trade feud with allies, say won't let them take advantage of U.S.
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Author:
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Matt Spetalnick, David Brunnstrom
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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June 12, 2018
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Description:
- SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday kept up his feud with America’s closest allies over trade, saying he could not allow them to continue taking advantage of the United States.
Asia Pacific Regional Developments
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Title:
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U.S. shows new de facto embassy in Taiwan amid China tensions
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Author:
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Jess Macy Yu
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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June 12, 2018
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Description:
- The United States unveiled a new $256 million representative office in Taiwan’s capital on Tuesday, a de facto embassy that underscores Washington’s strategic ties with the democratic, self-ruled island as it faces escalating tensions with China.
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Title:
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France challenges Beijing in South China Sea
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Author:
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Daphné Benoit, Agence France-Presse
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Source:
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ABS CBN News
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Date:
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June 12, 2018
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Description:
- PARIS - France is increasing its military presence in the Indo-Pacific region, sending warships through the South China Sea and planning air exercises to help counter China's military build-up in disputed waters. In late May, the French assault ship Dixmude and a frigate sailed through the disputed Spratly Islands and around a group of reefs that China has turned into islets to push back against Beijing's claim to own most of the resource-rich South China Sea.
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Title:
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In surprise summit concession, Trump says he will halt Korea war games
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Author:
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Steve Holland, Soyoung Kim, Jack Kim
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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June 12, 2018
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Description:
- U.S. President Donald Trump made a stunning concession to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday about halting military exercises, pulling a surprise at a summit that baffled allies, military officials and lawmakers from his own Republican Party.
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Title:
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Chinese missile launchers reappear on disputed South China Sea island
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Author:
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Ben Westcott
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Source:
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CNN Philippines
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Date:
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June 11, 2018
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Description:
- A series of Chinese missile systems have reappeared on a disputed island in the South China Sea, days after satellite imagery appeared to show they had been removed.
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Title:
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Xi, Putin agree to promote greater development of China-Russia ties at high level
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Author:
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Xinhua
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Source:
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en.people.cn
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Date:
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June 9, 2018
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Description:
- President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday agreed to promote greater development of China-Russia relations at a high level. The two leaders reached the consensus during talks in Beijing. Putin is on a state visit to China, and he will also attend the 18th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in the eastern Chinese coastal city of Qingdao on Saturday and Sunday.
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Title:
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China increasingly isolated as France, Britain set sail for disputed seas
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Author:
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Carmela Fonbuena
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Source:
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Rappler
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Date:
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June 5, 2018
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines – France and Britain announced they will sail through the South China Sea next week to join international efforts to stand up to China’s increasing aggressiveness in the disputed seas.
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Title:
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Duterte admin lost territory in West Philippine Sea – Del Rosario
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Author:
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Paterno Esmaquel II
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Source:
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Rappler
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Date:
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June 5, 2018
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines – Former Philippine foreign secretary Albert del Rosario said the Duterte administration lost territory in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) after China seized control of Sandy Cay, a sandbar near Pag-asa Island (Thitu Island).
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Title:
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Outgunned in South China Sea, PH rushes defense upgrade: Lorenzana
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Author:
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Analisa Burgos
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Source:
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ABS-CBN News
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Date:
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June 4, 2018
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Description:
- The Philippines is working "double time" to upgrade its military, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said, as he admitted that the country is currently incapable of defending its territories.
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Title:
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France, UK sail warships in South China Sea
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Author:
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Patricia Lourdes Viray
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Source:
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Philippine Star
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Date:
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June 4, 2018
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines — In a bid to challenge China's increasing militarization in the South China Sea, France and the United Kingdom will sail warships in the contested waterway. French Minister of Armed Forces Florence Parly and British Secretary of State for Defence Gavin Williamson made this statement at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore over the weekend.
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Title:
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Vietnam asks Philippines, China to stop escalating tension in South China Sea
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Author:
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Patricia Lourdes Viray
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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June 4, 2018
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines — Vietnam called out the Philippines and China for further complicating the situation in the disputed features in the South China Sea, part of which Manila calls the West Philippine Sea.
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Title:
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Asia Sees China, and U.S., as Threats to Rules-Based Order
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Author:
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Marc Champion
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Source:
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Bloomberg
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Date:
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June 3, 2018
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Description:
- For many U.S. allies, Secretary of Defense James Mattis is the last of the Trump administration’s so-called grownups in the room. So at Asia’s main annual security forum he got a warm reception for his firm defense of the rules-based order the U.S. helped to build after World War II.
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Title:
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Mattis warns of Chinese 'intimidation'; says U.S. seeks 'results-oriented' ties
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Author:
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Lee Chyen Yee, Idrees Ali
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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June 2, 2018
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Description:
- SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The United States is willing to work with China on a “results- oriented” relationship, but Beijing’s actions in the South China Sea were coercive and the Pentagon would “compete vigorously” if needed, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Saturday.
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Title:
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US commitment to defend Philippines in sea dispute uncertain
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Author:
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Ian Nicolas Cigaral
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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June 2, 2018
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines — US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Saturday maintained that Washington “stands by its allies,” although he remained muted on whether the US' treaty obligation to the Philippines covers Manila-occupied reefs and Filipino vessels in the contested South China Sea.
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Title:
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US disregards Beijing's nonsense, says it can take down South China Sea islands
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Author:
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Alex Lockie
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Source:
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Business Insider
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Date:
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June 1, 2018
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Description:
- The US issued a stark warning to Beijing on Thursday, as Chinese militarization of the South China Sea creates a potential flashpoint in a longstanding battle for control of the Pacific.
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Title:
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US sails warships past disputed islands in South China Sea
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Author:
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CNN
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Source:
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CNN
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Date:
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May 28, 2018
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Description:
- The United States has sailed two warships past a handful of disputed islands in the South China Sea for the first time, a move that drew the ire of Beijing. A US official told CNN that the guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins and the cruiser USS Antietam sailed within 12 miles of four of the Paracel Islands in its what the US Navy calls a "freedom of navigation operation" (FONOP), which are meant to enforce the right of free passage in international waters.
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Title:
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PH starts repairs on Pag-asa airstrip
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Author:
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Frances Mangosing
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Source:
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Inquirer.net
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Date:
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May 27, 2018
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Description:
- The Philippines has started planned upgrades and the repair of the dilapidated runway on Pag-asa (international name: Thitu), the biggest island controlled by Filipino troops in the West Philippine Sea, according to a Washington-based think tank.
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Title:
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China Disinvited from Participating in 2018 RIMPAC Exercise
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Author:
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Megan Eckstein
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Source:
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USNI News
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Date:
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May 23, 2018
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Description:
- The U.S. military has disinvited China from participating in the upcoming Rim of the Pacific exercise in Hawaii, a Defense Department spokesman announced. Citing actions in the South China Sea that run counter to international norms and a pursuit of free and open seas, Department of Defense spokesman Marine Lt. Col. Christopher Logan said the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) would not be participating in the exercise despite its participation in submarine safety and other non-warfighting components of the exercise in previous years.
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Title:
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Palace: PH to raise presence of bombers in disputed waters with China
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Author:
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Chad de Guzman
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Source:
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CNN Philippines
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Date:
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May 22, 2018
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Description:
- Even if the Palace said the presence of Chinese bombers in South China Sea poses no threat to national security, it will bring the matter up with the eastern giant soon.
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Title:
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Asserting PH sovereignty will mean trouble – Duterte
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Author:
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Reports from Julie M. Aurelio, Connie Fernandez-Brojan, DJ Yap, ABS-CBN and the wires
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Source:
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Inquirer.net
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Date:
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May 21, 2018
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Description:
- The Philippines should condemn China’s militarization of the South China Sea and strengthen its alliance with the United States for protection, a risk analyst said on Sunday.