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Can China alienate the Philippines from the US?

China’s top diplomat visits Manila while conducting joint military exercises with Washington.

The Chinese foreign minister has just concluded a visit to the Philippines.

It was a meeting between neighbors with a history of not only deep economic ties, but also long-running territorial disputes.

The ministers of the two countries have pledged to work together to resolve their differences.

The visit was the latest in a series of high-level meetings between the Philippines, China and the United States, which are vying for the upper hand in the Asia-Pacific region.

How will the Philippines strike a balance in its relations with the two superpowers?

Presenter: Imran Khan

Guests:

Richard Javad Heydarian – academic and author of books including Asia’s New Battlefield: The USA, China and the fight for the Western Pacific

Gregory Poling – Director of the Southeast Asia Program and the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies

Andrew Leung – China policy analyst

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