What's the deal with Beijing?

PRESIDENT Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (BBM) flew to Beijing Tuesday in a bid to improve ties with China, despite its worrisome conduct in the West Philippine Sea, which has increasingly triggered protests from Manila and drawn the United States and other countries into the debate.

BBM will have to play a balancing act between China and the US as he tries to calm down the tension in the area and operationalize his foreign policy vision of being "a friend to all and an enemy to none." It won't be a walk in the park.