China is attempting to create a buffer zone in the South China Sea, militarizing artificial islands to keep away the US and its allies from patrolling the strategic waterway where about $3 trillion worth of annual trade passes.
A Facebook user posted a video of a speed boat with people onboard and a Chinese flag, and falsely claimed that the Chinese military has finally left the West Philippine Sea.
The Philippines has to increase its defense spending to a modest 2% of its GDP to build up a minimum credible defense capability and play catch up with the rest of its Southeast Asian neighbors.
The Philippines should not be a party to these experiments of deadly pathogens.