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Title:
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SWS: 87% of Filipinos say it is important for PHL to regain full control of West Philippine Sea
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Author:
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GMA News
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Source:
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GMA News
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Date:
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July 21, 2018
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Description:
- The results of the Second Quarter 2018 Social Weather Survey showed that 87 percent of adult Filipinos say it is important that the Philippines regains control of the islands occupied by China in the West Philippine Sea.
Political Security
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Title:
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Philippines ‘not now, not ever’ a province of China, reassures envoy
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Author:
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ASIA TIMES STAFF
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Source:
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THE ASIA TIMES
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Date:
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July 19, 2018
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Description:
- China’s ambassador to the Philippines was forced to clarify that the archipelago nation is not Chinese territory on Tuesday, after photos of satirical banners hung in Manila claimed otherwise.
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Title:
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Palace slams Sinophobes
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Author:
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Ralph Villanueva
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Source:
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Manila Times
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Date:
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July 18, 2018
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Description:
- MALACAÑANG on Tuesday said only those afflicted with Sinophobia would find the “routine” docking of a Chinese survey ship in Davao City questionable.
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Title:
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81% of Pinoys reject government inaction on SCS
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Author:
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Helen Flores
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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July 16, 2018
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines — Four out of five Filipinos reject the Duterte administration’s policy of “doing nothing” about China’s intrusions in the West Philippine Sea, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.
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Title:
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Palace denies inaction on South China Sea dispute
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Author:
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Alexis Romero
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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July 16, 2018
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Monday said it has been asserting the Philippines' claims in the South China Sea after a nationwide poll suggested that four out of five Filipinos reject the government's perceived inaction on the issue.
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Title:
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Studies ongoing for creation of defense industry zone: DND
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Author:
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Priam Nepomuceno
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Source:
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Philippine News Agency
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Date:
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July 7, 2018
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Description:
- Studies are underway on the construction of the so-called Government Arsenal Defense Industry Economic Zone in Limay, Bataan, Department of National Defense (DND) spokesperson Arsenio Andolong said Friday.
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Title:
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Time for a different narrative on maritime dispute with China
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Author:
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Marites Dañguilan Vitug
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Source:
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Rappler
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Date:
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July 6, 2018
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Description:
- Soon, it will be two years since the Philippines overwhelmingly won in its maritime dispute against China. But during this time, the official narrative in the Philippines has been one with strong defeatist tones.
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Title:
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3 U.S. carrier visits to Philippines show America cares – envoy
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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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July 4, 2018
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines – The 3 visits of US aircraft carriers to the Philippines this year show that America cares about the disputed South China Sea, said US Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim as America celebrated its Independence Day.
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Title:
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2 Philippine Navy ships join Pacific Rim exercise
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Author:
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Michael Punongbayan
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Source:
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Philippine Star
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Date:
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June 25, 2018
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Description:
- Two of the Philippine Navy’s biggest ships joined the United States, Japanese, Indian and Singaporean navies yesterday in a formation exercise as the vessels sailed as a group to participate in this year’s Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise in Hawaii. The BRP Davao Del Sur and BRP Andres Bonifacio, with a 700-man contingent, linked up with its counterpart foreign ships while passing through Johnson Atoll, a deserted 1,300-hectare atoll in the North Pacific Ocean located about 750 nautical miles southwest of Hawaii.
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Title:
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Taiwanese fishing boat saves 2 Filipinos adrift at sea
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Author:
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Emerson Lim, Kuo Chih-hsuan and S.C. Chang
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Source:
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Focus Taiwan
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Date:
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June 19, 2018
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Description:
- Two Filipino fishermen who were found drifting at sea were rescued by a Taiwanese fishing boat and later handed over to Filipino coast guard officers, a military spokesman said Tuesday.
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Title:
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Senate panels to probe Duterte’s China policy
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Author:
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Paolo Romero
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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June 16, 2018
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Description:
- Two Senate committees will jointly hold a public hearing to determine how effective the country’s foreign policy is in the face of alarming developments in the West Philippine Sea, particularly China’s military buildup and its harassment of Filipino fishermen. No date has been set for the hearing to be led by the Senate committees on foreign relations and on national defense and security.
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Title:
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Philippines eyes buying submarines amid row in South China Sea
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Author:
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Asian Correspondent Staff
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Source:
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The Asian Correspondent
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Date:
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June 12, 2018
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Description:
- THE Philippines is set to acquire its first batch of submarines to modernise the defense capabilities of the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) modernisation program amid heightened tensions with China over the South China Sea.
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Title:
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China says it's allowing Pinoy fishermen in Panatag 'out of goodwill'
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Author:
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ABS-CBN News
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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:
- MANILA - Beijing on Tuesday said it was allowing Filipinos to fish in Panatag shoal in the West Philippine Sea "out of goodwill." China's foreign ministry made the statement on Monday after a GMA 7 television report last week showed a cellphone video of Chinese coast guard seizing the catch of fishermen passing by Panatag shoal, located only 124 nautical miles off Zambales province.
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Title:
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Philippines asks China to stop coast guard from taking fishermen's catch in Scarborough
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Author:
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Reuters Staff
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Source:
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Reuters
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Date:
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June 22, 2018
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Description:
- The Philippines said on Monday it has asked Beijing to stop the Chinese coast guard from taking the catch of Filipino fishermen in the disputed Scarborough Shoal, describing such actions as unacceptable.
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Title:
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China is Buying Up Ports and Influence Across Europe
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Author:
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Ronald H. Linden
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Source:
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The National Interest
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Date:
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June 10, 2018
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Description:
- Roughly three thousand years ago, the eastern Mediterranean was dominated by the Mycenaeans, Hittites and the Egyptian empire of Rameses III. Then, in several places at once, an aggressive people of mysterious origins referred to as "the sea peoples," attacked the territories held by these empires. The invaders were defeated, but the reigning powers saw their dominance fatally weakened.
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Title:
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US-China relations deteriorating fast over flashpoint issues
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Author:
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Simon Tisdall
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Source:
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The Guardian
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Date:
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June 6, 2018
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Description:
- China’s expanding efforts to impose its will on neighbours through diplomatic, commercial and military pressure – the so-called Xi doctrine – have drawn the sharpest riposte to date from the Trump administration, with Taiwan once again the main flashpoint in a sea of accelerating Sino-American rivalry.
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Title:
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SC orders government to answer petition vs ICC withdrawal
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Author:
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Edu Punay
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Source:
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The Philippine Star
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Date:
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June 6, 2018
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered Malacañang to answer the petition filed last month by six opposition senators challenging the administration’s withdrawal of the country’s membership in the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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Title:
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Chinese official on defending territorial rights: Do not test China's resolve
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Author:
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ABS-CBN News
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Source:
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ABS-CBN News
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Date:
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June 6, 2018
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Description:
- Manila's former foreign affairs chief said the Philippines should seek the support of other countries that are against China's deployment of military assets in the South China Sea. This, as Beijing officials issue a warning against other countries that may intervene in the regional dispute.
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Title:
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How other countries see the South China Sea dispute
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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 — Defense ministers of different countries expressed their nations' commitments to rules-based order amid China's expanding militarization in the South China Sea during a regional security summit over the weekend.
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Title:
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Lorenzana: We're helpless against China blockade in West PH Sea
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Author:
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Rappler.com
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Source:
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Rappler
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Date:
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June 4, 2018
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Description:
- MANILA, Philippines – The country's top defense official repeated President Rodrigo Duterte's defeatist stance against China's aggressiveness in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) in the wake of new reports of harassment.