Shelving disputes with Beijing has not worked for Manila: analyst
04/25/2021 04:01 PM
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An aerial view of Taiwan-controlled Taiping Island in the South China Sea. File photo courtesy of the Military News Agency
Taipei, April 25 (CNA) The policy of setting aside maritime disputes and seeking joint development with China does not seem to have worked out well for the Philippines as evidenced by Beijing's recent aggressive actions in the South China Sea, according to a security analyst at a government-funded think tank in Taiwan.
Huang Chung-ting (黃宗鼎), an assistant research fellow at the Institute for National Defense and Security Research (INDSR), was referring to the massing of Chinese fishing vessels around the Whitsun Reef since early March, which at one point reached as many of 220 in number.