Gov't warned of China's political warfare vs PH

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Gov't warned of China's political warfare vs PH
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A maritime security expert has warned the government against possible Chinese political warfare as he alleged that China is coopting key Philippine defense officials to supposedly secure a foothold in the country.

After then President Rodrigo Duterte’s pivot to China did not gain traction because of pushback from the Department of National Defense and the Navy, Retired Rear Admiral Rommel Jude Ong said the Chinese Embassy in Manila instead “fired the operating salvo by hosting an alumni event for AFP officers trained in China.”

A successful cooptation of political elites through influence operations seriously impacts the country’s maritime interests, the retired navy warned. So to address this, Ong believed the United States or Australia can be :encouraged to take a lead role in discussing the ways to mitigate foreign interference to take a lead role in discussing the ways to mitigate foreign interference in the guise of cooptation of political, business, and military elites, strategic corruption, disinformation, and cyberwarfare, among others.”

“The Philippine-Australia bilateral relationship is both promising yet highly under-tapped… The Philippine-Australia relationship is yet to be optimized. Manila has often prioritized relations with Washington, Tokyo, and more recently, Beijing. But bilateral relations with Manila, a fellow US treaty ally and Southeast Asia’s sole liberal democracy, have a huge room for improvement,” he said.

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