ASIA PACIFIC:
- Philippine has abruptly banned his naval forces from participating in joint maritime exercises with the United States and others in the South China Sea, a move which could undermine Washington’s bid to build an anti-China bulwark of like-minded allies in the contested waterway. Previously, the Beijing-friendly Duterte tried to improve relations with China by downgrading his government’s maritime cooperation with the US.
SOURCE: ASIA TIMES https://asiatimes.com/2020/08/duterte-bans-exercises-with-us-in-south-china-sea/
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