PH, Japan tackle China

The top diplomats of the Philippines and Japan – Albert del Rosario and Fumio Kishida – met in Manila January 10 and pledged to deepen security and other ties to counter a rising China. The Philippines and Japan are locked in separate territorial disputes with China which have simmered for decades. Del Rosario warned that “very threatening” actions from China in staking its claims to contested waters were posing a risk to stability in Asia. Del Rosario cited a range of recent Chinese tactics that were of concern to the Philippines, including establishing a local governing authority to rule over the South China Sea and building more infrastructure in contested areas.

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