Marcos eyes stronger PH-US-Japan ties as Beijing decries Manila’s ‘provocations’

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This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article. China’s defense spokesperson accused ‘some big powers outside the region’ of ’[stirring] up trouble and [creating] turmoil in the region’ in backing the Philippines MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. hopes to “strengthen the cooperation” between the Philippines, United States, and Japan as China amps up its rhetoric against Manila over the South China Sea. “We hope the intention is to continue to plan, to strengthen the cooperation between the three countries—the United States, Japan, and the Philippines. And we will perhaps...