PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. two days ago declared with much bombast, "While we are not looking for a fight, we will defend our territory." He's certainly got his work cut out for him. Or, his Foreign Affairs secretary isn't briefing him properly, or he isn't listening. (Such an irony of history: the sons of two arch-enemies said exactly the same thing, separated by 11 years.)
Marcos was referring to Scarborough Shoal, Bajo de Masinloc to us, which the Chinese last week encircled with a floating barrier in order, it said, to block the entry of Philippine government vessels into its lagoon without risking a collision of its ships if its coast guard attempts to block them.
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