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Banding with friends: The Philippines’ ace in sea row with China
Massively outgunned by China, the Philippines under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr is adopting a collective deterrence approach to give more teeth to the historic South China Sea arbitral ruling
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Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard ship BRP Malabrigo preparing to conduct a survey in the waters of Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea in April, with a China Coast Guard ship in the background.
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MANILA - The salty air hung heavy with tension as Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) officers aboard two white ships braced themselves for what was coming for them in the South China Sea.
On June 30, some 12 nautical miles from the Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratlys, China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels blocked the path of the PCG’s BRP Malabrigo and BRP Malapascua.
