WASHINGTON, D.
C.: The United States on Tuesday promised to defend the Philippines in the dispute-rife South China Sea as the allies launched their largest-ever joint exercises in the face of Beijing's growing assertiveness in the region.Nearly 18,000 troops are taking part in the annual exercises dubbed Balikatan, or 'shoulder to shoulder' in Filipino, which for the first time will include a live-fire drill in the South China Sea, which Beijing claims almost entirely.
'News of the expanded base access had prompted China to accuse the United States of 'endangering regional peace and stability.''Countries in this part of the world must uphold strategic independence and firmly resist the Cold War mentality and bloc confrontation,' China's ambassador to Manila, Huang Xilian, said last week.
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