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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is scheduled to deliver a keynote speech at the annual Shangri-La Dialogue, which will be held in Singapore from Friday to Sunday. Given the rising tensions in the South China Sea, he is likely to use the occasion to hype up the South China Sea issue, especially its maritime dispute with China, to gain sympathy from the international community.