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Title:
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SCARBOROUGH SHOAL: A RED LINE?
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Author:
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Jay Batongbacal
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Source:
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Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative
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Date:
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April 25
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Description:
- As U.S. defense secretary Ashton Carter visited the Philippines at the end of the annual Balikatan military exercises between the Philippines and the United States, anxiety was quietly building over the possibility that China would create a new artificial island on Scarborough Shoal, very close to Manila. Such an undertaking would come as the Philippines experiences a transition in political leadership via presidential elections in May.
