US Trying to Lure Philippines Away from Detente with China: Analyst
- PressTV Published on Apr 8, 2019
An American political observer says the United States is trying to ingratiate itself with the Philippines and badly affect the ties between Manila and China. “The US response to Chinese activity around the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea is clearly an attempt to ingratiate itself with the Philippines,” Dennis Etler, a former professor of Anthropology at Cabrillo College in Aptos, California, told Press TV on Monday. By so doing, the US is trying to “lure Philippine President [Rodrigo] Duterte away from his detente with China,” he added.
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