Manila Skeptics Wary of Washington Embrace Amid Beijing Bullying
America ‘stands with our Philippine allies,’ the state department says, but it did little when Chairman Xi’s naval forces in the early 2010s began to annex parts of the South China Sea that neighbors claimed as their own.
What a difference a decade makes. As Beijing’s bullying of its neighbors escalates, Washington on Monday declared it would defend the Philippines militarily. Yet, because America in the past has been far less bold in similar disputes, Manila skeptics must wonder how committed it is now.
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