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The Philippines overtures

Author: coyote
Date: 04-17-12 11:36

The Philippines has made repeated overtures for peace and settlement with regard to Scarborough Shaol:

"The Philippines is definitely trying to build bridges with China.

Both President Benigno Aquino and his foreign minister, Albert Del Rosario, have visited Beijing within the past year, signed agreements and organised cultural exchanges.

Even on the South China Sea dispute, one of the most intractable problems between the two nations, some analysts had started to suggest in recent months that the situation was slowly improving.

Last year, the Philippine navy recorded a series of Chinese incursions into its territory. In one incident, Chinese navy ships threatened to ram into a Philippine research vessel. But until the standoff last week, there had been no sightings of unauthorised ships in Philippine territory since the beginning of February.

And as the troops practice their conflict drills this week, Philippine officials will be fervently hoping they will never have the cause to use their skills for real."

Also:

"This is certainly true economically. China's level of trade with the Philippines is not far behind that of the US, and it is predicted to double by 2016 to $60bn (Ł38bn) a year.

And there are voices in the Philippines, such as activist Renato Reyes, who say that the government is putting far too much emphasis on the US.

Mr Reyes is vehemently opposed to further US military involvement in the Philippines, saying that if his government "thinks our national interests are synonymous with those of the US, it's wrong."

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