Flashpoint! How far would the US be willing to go beyond issuing statements of support amid simmering WPS row?

IN the aftermath of the August 5  Ayungin Shoal incident in the West Philippines Sea (WPS) which highlighted Chinese efforts anew to prevent the resupply of a detachment sheltering in the BRP Sierra Madre (LST-57), the question that struck the minds of most Filipinos is whether the US, its long-time…

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