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'We must continue to defend our sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea.' [ANALYSIS] West Philippine Sea strategy in total disarray
We must continue to defend our sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea . Otherwise, in the near future our fishing boats will not only be rammed in the WPS like
China is bullying and intimidating the Philippines into accepting the nine-dashed line as China’s national boundary. Still we refuse to conduct joint patrols with Vietnam or Malaysia in each other’s EEZ because we do not want to offend China. We refuse to file our ECS claim off the coast of Luzon facing the South China Sea because we do not want to offend China, even as Malaysia and Vietnam have filed their own ECS claims in the SCS.
In early 2016, China sent dredgers steaming from the coast of Guangdong to Scarborough Shoal. US satellites monitored the dredgers.that the US would take serious measures if the dredgers proceeded to reclaim Scarborough Shoal. The Chinese dredgers turned back. with a threat to finally terminate it thereafter. That is not how the territorial integrity and maritime zones of a state are defended. That is compelling proof of a foreign and defense policy in total disarray.
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