China's ridiculously large coast guard ship returns to waters close to Zambales, as the US, Philippines, and Japan call Beijing out for its 'dangerous and unlawful behavior'
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Biden convened the two key US allies jointly again, this time via video conference on Monday, January 13 . It will likely be the last time for Biden, under whose presidency bilateral ties with the Philippines grew by leaps and bounds, to convene with his counterparts from the Philippines and Japan. This is how Biden framed the importance of bringing together its two allies through a trilateral leaders summit: “A great deal of history in our world will be written in the Indo-Pacific over the coming years and the three — as the three allies, three steadfast partners, and three proud democracies representing a half a billion people.”
Ishiba, according to Malacañang, said it was “important to deepen trilateral cooperation in a variety of fields.” Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi will be visiting Manila on the 15th, even as he’s trying to organize a foreign ministers meeting between the QUAD to include Trump’s presumptive foreign affairs chief Marco Rubio.Vice President Sara Duterte officially broke off from the administration and the once-vaunted Marcos-Duterte “Uniteam” coalition.
In the waters of Scarborough Shoal and just some 70-90 nautical miles from the Zambales coast, the China Coast Guard has been sending one ship after another, including the infamous 12,000-ton 5901 or the “thus far, with confrontations limited mostly to radio challenges, the too-close-for-comfort hovering of a Chinese military helicopter over a Philippine Coast Guard ship, and the constant presence of CCG ships. Hopefully, tensions do not rise further.
It’s a strategy that cannot be countered through a show of brute strength — of which the Philippines is wanting, especially in contrast to China.
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