Philippine Coast Guard vessels patrol the Ayungin Shoal, where the decaying BRP Sierra Madre has been stuck. The ship serves as the Philippines' military outpost within its exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea. The government is looking at filing charges against individuals who twisted facts about the military’s rotational and resupply missions in Ayungin Shoal and parroted propaganda lines peddled by China.
In Washington, Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping clashed in a telephone call Tuesday about US trade restrictions on technology and on Taiwan, but they looked to manage their tensions, with two top US officials heading shortly to Beijing. “What was mentioned by the Chinese Foreign Ministry is an insult to our Philippine Journalists who are independent and are not in any way being manipulated by the Philippine government,” he added.
China has denounced Lai, a longtime supporter of a separate identity for the self-ruling democracy claimed by Beijing, but US officials have been cautiously optimistic that China’s military moves ahead of the inauguration will not go beyond past practice. The Biden administration, while maintaining dialogue with China, has put a strong focus on supporting allies.
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