US President Joe Biden's administration announces new joint military efforts and infrastructure spending while he hosts Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. alongside Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Washington
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US President Joe Biden’s administration announced new joint military efforts and infrastructure spending in the former American colony while he hosted Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. alongside Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Washington for a first-of-its-kind trilateral summit. China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Friday, April 12, the statement amounted to a “wanton smear attack” and Beijing summoned a Japanese diplomat to protest against the comments.
China claims almost the entire South China Sea, including the maritime economic zones of neighboring nations. The Second Thomas Shoal is within the Philippines’ 200-mile exclusive economic zone. A 2016 ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration found that China’s sweeping claims have no legal basis.The three countries said their coast guards planned to conduct a trilateral exercise in the Indo-Pacific region in the coming year and establish a dialogue to enhance future cooperation.
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