The joint maritime activity between the Philippines, Australia, Japan and the United States in the West Philippine Sea is a “show of unity” among the four countries, rather than a show of force against China, the Department of National Defense said Sunday.DND spokesperson Arsenio Andolong said the Maritime Cooperative Activity that will be conducted by military units of the four countries is something that is also undertaken by nations all over the world.
"Despite these assurances, Andolong said the DND still expects China to “malign” the exercise.“We already expect that they will malign through propaganda what we are doing in this MCA,” he said.As the Philippines, Australia, Japan, and US held the joint exercise, China also conducted its own military "combat patrols" in the disputed South China Sea on Sunday.
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