Chinese officials are against the move to upgrade the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement between the Philippines and the US because they see this as an American ploy to encircle and contain China through its military alliance. Know more:
The Hague-based decision, constituted under the UNCLOS, ruled that China’s claim of historic rights to resources in areas falling within an invisible demarcation “had no basis in law and is without legal effect”. It also upheld the Philippines’s sovereign rights and jurisdiction in its exclusive economic zone.
The Department of National Defense on Saturday defended the country’s Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement with the United States, as it expressed concern on theof Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian against the Filipino workers in Taiwan. Huang earlier said Beijing “reserves the option of taking all necessary measures” should things escalate in the Taiwan Strait, just as it advised Manila to oppose “Taiwan independence” if it really cares about the 150,000 overseas Filipino workers there.
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