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Japan, Philippines Agree to Boost Defense Ties

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FEB 2023
Image copyright: AFP [via Al Jazeera]
story last updated FEB 2023

The Spin

Anti-China narrative

Closer ties between Manila and Tokyo have become crucial to maintaining regional security and stability in the Indo-Pacific as Beijing exerts coercive pressure in the South China Sea. Like-minded democracies in the region must join forces, creating a broader regional web of defense relationships to help deter China's revisionism and aggressiveness.

The Japan Times

Pro-China narrative

The Philippines has been deceived into increasing security cooperation with the warmongering collusion between Japan and the US — risking becoming a pawn of non-regional actors pushing for militarizing the South China Sea and undermining regional peace and stability. Pres. Marcos should be reminded that friendly ties with China benefitted his country and the whole region during the past administration.

Global Times

Metaculus Prediction


Establishment split

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