27 days ago
The Manila Times
AUSTRALIA has announced it is in discussions with the Philippines on launching joint patrols in the South China Sea, where China has become increasingly aggressive in asserting its territorial claims. Beijing, which claims sovereignty over almost all of the South China Sea, has protested the presence of foreign warships in its "pond." "China and Indonesia will work with other Asean countries to accelerate consultations on a code of conduct in the South China Sea, and jointly maintain the peace and stability in the South China Sea fully and effectively," Qin said. Efforts to finalize the code of conduct in the South China Sea have lain dormant, mainly because of China's intransigence to resuscitate it. The Marcos administration must not get caught in the maelstrom building in the South China Sea.
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