Philippines Plans Resource Exploration in China Sea Amid Tensions with China

As Beijing and Manila agree to manage disputes, the Philippines builds defense alliances and plans more robust military activities with the US and other allies.

• The Philippines is building defense alliances with the US and other security partners to pave the way for resource exploration in the oil-and-gas-rich South China Sea, amid heightened tensions with Beijing.
• Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jnr suggests that energy exploration could be the next flashpoint in the territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
• The Philippines will not allow any joint exploration that doesn’t recognize the nation’s right to exclusively exploit these resources.
• In the face of a 'more aggressive' China, the Southeast Asian nation is also planning 'more robust' military activities with the US and its allies.
• China and the Philippines have agreed to manage their disputes on the South China Sea, amid heightened tensions between the two rival claimants.

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