It is only a matter of time before a global alliance against China takes roots. After Vietnam and Japan, it is Philippines reaching out to India.
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Manila: Worried over increasingly aggressive moves of China to stake claim on disputed reefs in the South China Sea, the Philippines is looking at establishing defence cooperation with allies, including India, a top official said here.
The Philippines is watching with heightened concern China’s moves at reclamation work on four reefs in the Spratly Islands that Manila says fall in its exclusive territorial waters. China has transformed one of the reefs, called Mabini Reef, in the South China Sea into a fully equipped naval base, complete with refuelling and weapons loading facility, and with a suspected air strip, officials said here.
Philippines Foreign Ministry spokesperson Charles C. Jose said that Manila had lodged a protest with Beijing over the reclamation work, “but China rejected it and said it is their territory”. He said from the size of the structures that China was building on Mabini Reef, “we can surmise they are building military structures”.
The Philippine Star this week came out with a front-page news item along with satellite images of China’s construction activities on the reefs in the South China Sea.
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Manila: Worried over increasingly aggressive moves of China to stake claim on disputed reefs in the South China Sea, the Philippines is looking at establishing defence cooperation with allies, including India, a top official said here.
The Philippines is watching with heightened concern China’s moves at reclamation work on four reefs in the Spratly Islands that Manila says fall in its exclusive territorial waters. China has transformed one of the reefs, called Mabini Reef, in the South China Sea into a fully equipped naval base, complete with refuelling and weapons loading facility, and with a suspected air strip, officials said here.
Philippines Foreign Ministry spokesperson Charles C. Jose said that Manila had lodged a protest with Beijing over the reclamation work, “but China rejected it and said it is their territory”. He said from the size of the structures that China was building on Mabini Reef, “we can surmise they are building military structures”.
The Philippine Star this week came out with a front-page news item along with satellite images of China’s construction activities on the reefs in the South China Sea.
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Philippines seeking defence ties with India after China s moves GulfNews.com