President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s three-day state visit to China last week would “test the waters and examine how truthful China can be on its words and promises,” according to analysts. | FMangosingINQ /PDI
But Chester Cabalza of think tank International Development and Security Cooperation said most of the pledges in Marcos’ visit were “revivals and continuations of unfulfilled promises” from the previous administration of Rodrigo Duterte.“The state visit of Marcos Jr. to China [may be] seen as an ocular visit to test the waters and examine how truthful China can be on its words and promises,” he said.
He said protection of the country’s maritime territory must remain a strategic priority in the government’s foreign policy. Cabalza said the hotline was “a rehash of the 2017 coast guard diplomacy [pursued] by China and the Philippines [which] brought more miscommunications and miscalculations.”
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