Philippines seeking defence ties with India after China’s moves

Vikrant

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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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Philippines seeking defence ties with India after China s moves GulfNews.com
 
There's going to be a containment alliance stretching from Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam backed by the US and Australia. India and Thailand possibly.

The dragon is wide awake.
 
B Kidd,

Russia does not pose any threat to India so it is logical that India maintains a neutral stance on Ukraine. This is more or less true for Philippines as well. China on the other hand poses serious threat to Philippines and other countries in the region. So it makes complete sense for the countries in the region to form an alliance to contain China.
 
Ah yes...ye olde "We'll stay neutral", "we'll get a letter of friendship from them" idea;

Worked well for Britain...not........................got a letter of friendship from Hitler/Nazi Germany.

Some are saying that Putin is the new 'Hitler"..."first Crimea, then Ukraine, then the rest of Europe one country at a time"..."first Europe then the world".

India would do well to read the poem;

 
I hope China can learn from Philippines.

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Philippines says WWII foe Japan now trusted friend

MANILA: The Philippines said Saturday it had rebuilt a "strong friendship" with former foe Japan, as its neighbours criticised Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for failing to properly apologise for Tokyo's aggression during World War II.

Since the war, Japan had "acted with compassion" which led to a relationship "characterised by trust and unfailing support in so many fields", Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said in a statement.

"This 70-year history demonstrates to the world that through their relentless efforts, peoples of two countries can attain a remarkable achievement in overcoming issues of the past and establishing strong friendship," he said.

Japan is now the Philippines biggest source of development assistance and the two countries have also been strengthening defence cooperation in the face of separate territorial disputes with China.

Del Rosario's comments were in stark contrast to reactions from China other Asian victims of Japan's wartime aggression.

Beijing called Abe's statement a non-apology while North Korea derided it as an "unpardonable mockery of the Korean people".

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye said the speech "left much to be desired" and stressed the need for Japan to resolve the issue of Asian women forced to work in Japanese wartime brothels.

A Philippine group representing dozens of former sex slaves denounced Abe's pronouncement that future Japanese generations should not be compelled to apologise for past aggression.

"He wants a gag of silence. That is unacceptable. You can't commit a crime and set conditions... Our grandmothers didn't set conditions when they were victimised," Rechilda Extremadura, executive director of Lila Pilipina, told AFP.

Only 70 of the estimated 1,000 Filipina "comfort women" are still alive, many of them ill and in their twilight years, she said.

The women are demanding an "unequivocal apology", an acknowledgement of the war brothels policy and compensation from the Japanese government, she said.

"I am very angry because Japan does not want to close this chapter. Will they wait for another 80 years? 100 years?" she said.

Philippines says WWII foe Japan now trusted friend - The Times of India
 
NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday backed the Philippines in its dispute with China over islands in South China Sea, which Manila calls West Philippine Sea, saying it wanted peaceful resolution to the maritime disputes, at the heart of which lies Beijing's expansive maritime claim in the form of the nine-dashed line covering 90% of the sea's waters.

India's position implies diplomatic support for the Philippines' decision to approach Permanent Court of Arbitration against Beijing's maritime claims in early 2013 and persisting with arbitration even though China boycotted the proceedings of the Arbitral Tribunal for long.

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India backs Philippines on South China Sea row - The Times of India
 

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