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Philippines plans military hub, sea cameras amid China row 11 published : 10 May 2021 at 16:49 11 FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of the newly constructed beach-ramp at Philippine-held Pag-Asa island, also known as Thitu island, in the Spratly archipelagos during a visit of Philippine Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana, on June 9, 2020. (Photo by Department of National Defense Philippines (DND) / AFP) The Philippines plans to convert a South China Sea island into a military hub amid rising tensions with China. The Philippine military will ask President Rodrigo Duterte to fund a logistics hub on Thitu Island, its chief General Cirilito Sobejana said, as the nation seeks to sustain patrols in the South China Sea. It’s also planning to place high-resolution, night-capable cameras to monitor activities around islands claimed by the Philippines, he said. ....
US drive against China sharpens political tensions in the Philippines Over the course of the last month, tensions have mounted sharply between the Philippines and China over the presence of Chinese vessels anchored in the disputed waters of the South China Sea. The tensions are finding open expression in Philippine politics, where the bourgeois opposition to President Rodrigo Duterte had gathered to form a coalition party, 1Sambayan, whose fundamental concern is to reorient Philippine foreign relations away from Beijing and back into the camp of Washington. The heightened tensions first emerged over the announcement in late March, in the same week that 1Sambayan was founded, that Chinese vessels were anchored near Whitsun Reef, a feature of the South China Sea claimed by both countries. The Chinese government initially stated that the boats were fishing vessels sheltering in the boomerang shaped atoll from the brunt of a storm. While some vessels departed, others remained ....
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