CHEERS TO Inquirer for the two-part report by Kurt Dela Peña on the issues roiling the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Inquirer published the first
As the relationship between Washington and Manila improves, the Philippines is daring to be more robust regarding the security of its own maritime territory in the South China Sea.
China, however, persisted, expanding its maritime militia, whose vessels ostensibly engage in commercial fishing, but are deployed to achieve political objectives in disputed waters.
By: Kurt Dela Peña May 04, 2023 globalnation.inquirer.net COMPOSITE IMAGE: JEROME CRISTOBAL FROM INQ/STOCK/PAMALAKAYA FILE PHOTOS (First of two parts) MANILA, Philippines China is building a maritime ‘Great Wall’ in the South China Sea, including the West Philippine Sea, according to analysts who have been keeping tabs on Chinese aggression in the disputed waters. But unlike the…