China accused Washington of jeopardising peace in Asia after it introduced the institution of army bases within the Philippines to counter Beijing’s claims to strategic islands within the South China Sea.
The plans had been introduced throughout a go to to Manila by Lloyd Austin, the US defence secretary, who has additionally infuriated North Korea by promising to ship fighter jets and plane carriers to South Korea.
The 4 new bases within the Philippines is not going to be massive everlasting installations with hundreds of troops, of the type that the US maintains within the territory of its different east Asian allies, Japan and South Korea.
Not everybody in Manila rolled out the crimson carpet for Lloyd Austin, with demonstrators protesting at US army involvement within the nation
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Nevertheless, they’ll add to the sense in Beijing that it’s being encircled by a US intent on limiting what it regards
