MANILA’s joint patrols with its allies in the South China Sea show resistance to Beijing’s “bullying” in the waterway amid rising tensions over its disputed features, a Philippine senator said on Monday.
“It shows that we who believe in the rule of law will not tolerate any form of violence, threat, or intimidation,” Senator Ana Theresia N. Hontiveros-Baraquel said in a statement.
“I do think that these help put China in her place.”
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