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U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, right, talks to the media as Indonesian Armed Forces Chief Gen. Andika Perkasa, left, listens, after their meeting at Indonesian military headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, July 24, 2022. The Chinese military has become significantly more aggressive and dangerous over the past five years, the top U.S. military officer said during a trip to the Indo-Pacific that included a stop Sunday in Indonesia. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

U.S. to expand defenses with regional allies around China

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, second from left, walks past military guards during his arrival at the Department of National Defense in Camp Aguinaldo military camp in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines on Thursday February 2, 2023. (Rolex Dela Pena/Pool Photo via AP)

Pentagon bolsters U.S. military’s strategic reach in securing four sites in Philippines

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

A protester kicks an effigy of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during a rally as they commemorate International Human Rights Day, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022, in Manila, Philippines. Hundreds of people marched in the Philippine capital on Saturday protesting what they said was a rising number of extrajudicial killings and other injustices under the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippines protesters decry alleged injustices under Marcos

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FILE - This photo taken from a C-130 transport plane with Defense Chief Delfin Lorenzana and Armed Forces Chief Gen. Eduardo Ano shows Thitu Island off the South China Sea on April 21, 2017. A Chinese coast guard vessel twice blocked the Philippine naval boat before seizing the debris it was towing Sunday off Philippine-occupied Thitu Island, Vice Admiral Alberto Carlos said Monday., Nov. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

Chinese coast guard seizes rocket debris from Filipino navy

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippians, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. Blinken is on a ten day trip to Cambodia, Philippines, South Africa, Congo, and Rwanda. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Blinken: China should not hold global concerns ‘hostage’

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

A damaged car is seen along a road after a strong quake hit Bangued, Abra province, northern Philippines on Wednesday July 27, 2022. A strong earthquake shook the northern Philippines on Wednesday, causing some damage and prompting people to flee buildings in the capital. Officials said no casualties were immediately reported. (AP Photo/Raphiel Alzate)

Strong earthquake kills 4, injures dozens in northern Philippines

By Jim Gomez and Aaron Favila - Associated Press

Chinese structures and buildings on the man-made Fiery Cross Reef at the disputed Spratlys group of islands in the South China Sea are seen on March 20, 2022. The Philippine government has summoned a senior Chinese diplomat in Manila to protest the harassment by the Chinese coast guard of a research vessel manned by Filipino and Taiwanese scientists in the disputed South China Sea, officials said Tuesday May 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Sea feud with China flares as Marcos prepares for presidency

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

Former Sen. Ferdinand &quot;Bongbong&quot; Marcos Jr. speaks to supporters during his proclamation rally promoting his presidential bid for the 2022 national elections, at the Philippine Arena, Bulacan province, north of Manila, Philippines on Feb. 8, 2022. Marcos Jr.'s rise loomed large as the Southeast Asian nation marked the anniversary Friday, Feb. 25, 2022, of the army-backed uprising that toppled Marcos and became a harbinger of change in authoritarian regimes worldwide. (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe, File)

The son also rises: Philippines weighs another Marcos as president

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

In this June 30, 2010, file photo, then newly inaugurated Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, center, swears in local officials during his first day at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines. Aquino, the son of pro-democracy icons who helped topple dictator Ferdinand Marcos and had troublesome ties with China, died Thursday, June 24, 2021, a cousin and public officials said. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

Former Philippine President Benigno Aquino, democracy scion, dies at 61

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

Philippines protests `blocking’ of its patrol ships by China

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

A worker wearing mask as a precaution against coronavirus outbreak, raises his fist as he shouts slogans during a May Day rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, May 1, 2021. Workers in Indonesia marked international labor day on Saturday curtailed by strict limits on public gatherings to express anger at a new law they say could harm labor rights and welfare. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Workers protest Indonesia’s labor law in May Day rallies

By NINIEK KARMINI and ANDI JATMIKO - Associated Press

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows Chinese vessels anchored the Whitsun Reef located in the disputed South China Sea. Tuesday, March 23, 2021. The United States said Tuesday it’s backing the Philippines in a new standoff with Beijing in the disputed South China Sea, where Manila has asked a Chinese fishing flotilla to leave a reef. China ignored the call, insisting it owns the offshore territory. (©2021 Maxar Technologies via AP)

Philippines deploys more patrol ships amid rift with China

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

In this photo provided Sunday, March 21, 2021, by the Philippine Coast Guard/National Task Force-West Philippine Sea, some of the 220 Chinese vessels are seen moored at Whitsun Reef, South China Sea on March 7, 2021. The Pentagon's Indo-Pacific Command recently unveiled a software application that military officials say will monitor Chinese military anger at U.S. activities in the region in a bid to reduce tensions. (Philippine Coast Guard/National Task Force-West Philippine Sea via AP)

US backs Philippines in standoff over South China Sea reef

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Robert Sicat sprays a protective coating on a Dragon head at a creekside slum at Manila's Chinatown, Binondo Philippines on Feb. 4, 2021. The Dragon and Lion dancers won't be performing this year after the Manila city government banned the dragon dance, street parties, stage shows or any other similar activities during celebrations for Chinese New Year due to COVID-19 restrictions leaving several businesses without income as the country grapples to start vaccination this month. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

AP PHOTOS: Dragon dance ban saddens Manila residents

By AARON FAVILA - Associated Press

9 prisoners killed as rival gangs clash in Philippine prison

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