MSEditorial Beijing says one thing and does another Upon his return to the country from a three-day state visit to China where he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, President Marcos Jr. gleefully reported the good news: Beijing had agreed to allow--
Jinping, President Marcos Jr. gleefully reported the good news: Beijing had agreed to allow Filipinos to their traditional fishing grounds in the West Philippine Sea, that China will not stop our fishermen from fishing.
Here’s Marcos speaking: “They will continue to allow our fishermen to fish in the fishing grounds that they have been to, they have used for many generations. That’s it. It’s that simple.”The problem is that Xi did not categorically set any definite timetable for finding a solution or working out a compromise on the issue.
What we know is that the Chinese Coast Guard has time and again driven away Filipino fishing boats trying to enter areas we claim as part of our EEZ.
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